Written by KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN, Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As U.S. troops prepare for their final withdrawal from Iraq, a consortium of Michigan companies is eager to make the American presence felt in a different way by overseeing the building of a new city near Baghdad that draws on the skills of Iraqi immigrants living in Michigan.
Officials from the National Investment Commission of Iraq said Tuesday that they've signed a memorandum of understanding with the consortium to plan and build a new city on the outskirts of the capital where 500,000 people could live, shop and work.
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