Baghdad Goes Underground With $3bn Metro Plan

Take The A Train To Sadr City -- Foreign Policy

In an unexpected and inspired move yesterday, Baghdad's mayor, Sabir al-Issawi, announced that he would be bringing a metro system to his city.

Plans for uthe train line, which were first drafted under Saddam Hussein in the '70s but shelved in the early '80s because of the conflict with Iran, will need to be remapped and modernized. Atta Nabil Hussain Auni Atta, an engineer with the transport ministry, said they are planning to start work as "early as next year."

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My Comment: This would be an enormous psychological lift for the people of Baghdad. This is a good program to proceed with as the security situation improves.

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