What? It's not safe to work in Iraq?

Contrack International Inc., an engineering and construction company, became the first major U.S. firm to withdraw from a reconstruction contract in Iraq because the deteriorating security situation had made working there too expensive.

The company led a team assigned to rebuild the country's transportation system, including construction of new roads and bridges.

So much for Iraq's highly touted new infrastructure...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20858-2004Dec22.html?