• En Irak, des Américains remplacent des Américains. C’est qu’on appelle le retrait américain d’Irak.

    Camp Bucca in Iraq, Once a Prison Base, Now Houses a Hotel
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/world/middleeast/camp-bucca-in-iraq-once-a-prison-base-now-houses-a-hotel.html

    As the military leaves, the oil-services companies Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger and Weatherford International are expanding operations, hopeful of economic growth. General Electric opened three offices in Iraq in November, a month before the last American soldier is to march out.

    At the former American prison camp, for example, oil companies are considering renting space on a permanent basis for employees, according to the Kufan Group.

    “Exxon loved it,” Mr. Latif said of the former Camp Bucca. Their representatives visited half a dozen times, he said, to examine the security arrangements, taking in the sprawl of razor wire and concrete walls and exclaiming, “Oh boy, it’s excellent!”