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Baghdad Disneyland contractor: Violence in Baghdad is like ‘drive-bys’ in LA.

On April 24, Fox News interviewed John March, executive vice president of Ride and Show Engineering, to discuss the contractor’s plans to develop the “Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience.” Host Bill Hemmer asked March whether there are safety concerns associated with the park’s development. March answered:

Well, you live here in Southern California and there’s drive-bys and everything else. So there’s danger everywhere, and I think the key thing is this will be tremendous for Baghdad.

March added that the Disneyland-style project is being “fast-tracked” by the Pentagon. Watch it:

[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2008/05/disneybaghdad.320.240.flv]

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