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Old 05-03-11, 07:35 AM   #9
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I totally agree. But his place was expensive for HERE. It said a million dollars, not a million durka jihads (or whatever paki money is ).

a 12 ft wall, 100 ft long, and a foot thick is ~44 yards of concrete. That's ~$4500 here in the US. The whole thing could be poured and we'd be talking well under 100 grand. I just checked and a bag of cement (not sure the weight) is $3.80 in Islamabad. Even if not an 80# bag, that's cheap. Labor costs are on the order of a couple bucks a day per person.

Dunno where the million buck went, but it ain't visible

Sounds like Osama should have hired you as his general contractor Tater! Maybe you could start a business. "Cheap Lairs for Frugal Fugitives (CLFF).
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