100 dollars compensation for house flattened--

[emc]

It seems that the interim government and the us military thinks that 100 dollars is compensation for flattening your home in Falluja---would you take 100 dollars????
This is what they are giving out to returning residents---


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041118/wl_nm/iraq_dc_955

Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government declared the Falluja operation a success and held out the prospect of residents being able to return to the city within days, offering $100 cash to each family and compensation for damage to homes and businesses.

[one_true_leroy]

1. I'm not trying at all to deflate the tragedy...

is that an approximate fair-market price in Fallujah/Iraq?

[flobee1kenobi]

2. Theat means about as much as

giving thiem Dinars with Saddams face on it
Give them Euro's. the country's going that route anyway

[charlie]

3. Per capita income in 1999

was $2700.

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/gulf.war/updates/iraq/

So, what they're offering is a little less than 2 weeks income. Doesn't seem like it would be enough to come close to compensating for a destroyed home.

[Doohickie]

4. Hang on, now

Your quote says, "offering $100 cash to each family and compensation for damage to homes and businesses."

This means, to me, that they get $100, no questions asked, plus compensation for damage to structures.

Your post implies something different than the quote says.