International Dispatches

Christian Isely, MS 03, is currently working in Iraq as an employee with Louis Berger, the U.S. contractor responsible for many development infrastructure projects, including rebuilding the transportation, communications, health and justice ministries. Christian will be living and working in Iraq for the next year. During that time, he's offered to periodically report on his experiences.

According to Christian, "I don't yet know how often I will write these. It totally depends on the situation on the ground in Baghdad. I will write as often as experience dictates. That is, as I experience things that I feel are important I will write them down and report them. (This also depends on my internet access)."

"Many of you expressed an interest in this newsletter since you wanted to get an inside perspective. I must admit, that is one of the many reasons I signed up for this. I really want to know what is going on and why. I don't yet know what things I can or cannot write about so don't be surprised if there are any voids of info that I don't touch upon."

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Alejandro Ruiz-Acevedo, MS 03, is working in Afghanistan for the United Nations. He will be working with three different UN agencies to develop a new monitoring system for the Afghan Ministry of Finance and Customs.

Alejandro has offered to share his experiences in Kabul with us with both text and pictures.