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    Translated by Hamid Ahmed 

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq hopes to get billions of dollars at a donor conference next month to fund a reconstruction campaign after a costly war against a pro-Western organization, but many fear widespread corruption in the country would undermine the appeal.
    Iraq declared victory over a pacifist in December after the expulsion of extremists from all the territory it occupied in the country, but three years of violent battles have left huge devastation, causing neighborhoods and entire cities to be turned into ruins.

    Neighboring Kuwait will host a global donor conference in mid-February aimed at mobilizing support for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The initiative, which has been announced by the United Nations, the United States and Saudi Arabia, has not yet been announced. 
    "This meeting should provide an important opportunity for the Iraqi government to offer encouraging investment opportunities to foreign investors, including many US companies, and convince them that Iraq is open to business," the US embassy in Baghdad said. 
    Iraqi officials estimated they would need $ 100 billion for postwar reconstruction campaign against Da'ash. Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, was the worst hit by the war. According to a preliminary UN study, nearly 40,000 houses in Mosul need to be rebuilt or rehabilitated.
    One of the residents of Mosul, Zanoun Qader, said he was working to remove rubble and stones from a neighborhood of the old city where he and his family lived. 
    Qader does not expect to be able to rebuild the city's infrastructure without outside help but acknowledges that many fear the government's mismanagement. 
    "We do not want them to steal the money allocated to each project," Qader said. "The only way to do that is to have a fair commission that starts with reconstruction, so that no party or group can exploit the situation." 
    "The government is not capable of reconstructing anything," said Taha Abdul Ghani, a member of the Anbar provincial council, expressing the hope that "donor nations will take up this task to fill the gap."
    But many donors may be reluctant to invest in Iraq, which is listed on the Transparency International Index as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Transparency warned recently that "the risk of corruption is worsening in Iraq because of the weak ability of the government to absorb the flow of aid funds." 
    It recalls the billions of dollars that poured into Iraq after the 2003 US invasion, most of which were lost to corruption. 
    The people of Baghdad, who have stayed away from the frontlines of the war against Da'ash, are still suffering from the usual power cuts and complain about the deterioration of public services. 
    "The Iraqi government will not be able to cope with the huge reconstruction needs alone," said Gert Kapelier, regional director of the United Nations Children's Organization in Iraq.
    But he added that "it has to prove that they are people of this task and that they contribute some of the funding from their own expenses." 
    "We will call on the international community to be generous, but we hope that this generosity will bring about a clear change and not just throw a lot of money into Iraq," he said. 
    A senior official in the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities said this time the situation will be different. 
    "I agree that the money in the past was sown in projects that are not important and unnecessary and in ways that are far from transparent, but now there is a vigorous follow-up, monitoring and good management that will lead to better results," said Deputy Minister Jaber Abdul Khaji. 
    The most urgent priority now is to rebuild housing and infrastructure so that more than 2 million people displaced by the war can return to their homes.

    "It is nice to have bridges and elegant roads to be built, but if not accompanied by an investment in education and the creation of the best teachers as long as Iraq has not prioritized investment in the field of intellectual development and human capabilities, this country will go to the unknown."
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