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But he said New Orleanians have showed amazing resilience. ‘‘Because of you,’’ the president declared, ‘‘New Orleans is coming back.’’ Obama spoke five years to the day from when Hurri- cane Katrina roared onshore in Louisiana, tearing through levees and flooding 80 percent of New Orleans. More than 1,800 people along the Gulf Coast died, mostly in Louisiana. Even as the region strug- gled to put despair behind it, hardship struck again this year in the form of the BP oil spill. More than 200 mil- lion gallons of oil surged into the Gulf of Mexico before the well was capped in mid-July. New Orleans’ economy, heavily depen- dent on tourism and the oil and gas industry, was set back anew. Projects left incomplete as US hands off to Iraqis KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq (AP) — A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children’s hos- pital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, it is leaving behind hundreds of abandoned or incomplete projects. More than $5 billion in American taxpayer funds has been wasted — more than 10 percent of the some $50 bil- lion the U.S. has spent on reconstruction in Iraq, according to audits from a U.S. watchdog agency. That amount is likely an underestimate, based on an analysis of more than 300 reports by auditors with the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. And it does not take into account security costs, which have run almost 17 percent for some projects. Attention Tehama County Teachers! You could win one of THREE $100 gift certificates at Raley’s. Just sign up to receive FREE copies of The Daily News to use as teaching aids in your classroom. Request by 5 PM Tuesday, August 31 Contest details and order form online at http://www2.redbluffdailynews.com/special_section/171 or call 527-2151 ext 128 for more information D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY There are success stories. Hundreds of police stations, border forts and govern- ment buildings have been built, Iraqi security forces have improved after years of training, and a deep water port at the oil hub of Umm Qasr has been restored. Even completed projects for the most part fell far short of original goals, according to an Associated Press review of hundreds of audits and investigations and visits to several sites. And the verdict is still out on whether the program reached its goal of generat- ing Iraqi good will toward the United States instead of the insurgents. 7 US troops killed in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while offi- cials found the bodies Sun- day of five kidnapped cam- paign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat. Two servicemen died in bombings Sunday in south- ern Afghanistan, while two others were killed in a bomb attack in the south on Satur- day, and three in fighting in the east the same day, NATO said. Their identities and other details were being withheld until relatives could be notified. The latest deaths bring to 42 the number of American forces who have died this month in Afghanistan after July’s high of 66. A total of 62 international forces have died in the country this month, including seven British troops. 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