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An Eye witness Account

Lakhs of bunkers built in Iraq

From AFP Correspondent
BANGKOK. Jan 28 A That worker who tenth underground bunker* In Iraq was quoted by a Bangkok newspaper Sunday as saying he doubted the allied air offensive would succeed
The Thai-language Dally Ma tic bon quoted an anony mom young That worker' as saying he worked on three types of bunker* designed to keep Iraq. Military Command. Air Force and arsenal tn tact under heavy bombing.
The three types Included an underground aircraft hunger lined with Iron. h< was quoted as saying.
The hangars were usually surrounded by hills but had enough flat surface area Sir Immediate lake-olT. After construction they were burled In sand and rubble and ringed by trees for camouflage. he said
"When the Americana said they would bomb Iraqi airfields until the airplanes could no longer lake off. they were mistaken'. Matk hon quoted him us saying
The worker said he was employed by a German construction firm that had built thousands of bunkers tn Iraq.
He estimated that there were tens of thousands of bunkers built by foreign companies contracted by Baglidad
I don’t think America can beat Iraq. because of the bunkers that the alites were hired to build', he said adding 'the moder.* construction equipment that we used was American.'
Thal workers, who were preferred for bunker construction project, were also employed lo build underground concrete bunkers Intended lo serve as battle command posts and barracks for high-level Army officers, he said.
During construction the temperature inside the bunkers wns_ kept between 28-34 degrees centigrade (82 lo 93 degrees r'alieenhck) he Md. adding
• ha. iterv were equlppr-d with a range of lek < ommunteatiuna gear
Thal workers also dug Into mountainsides lo build bunkers to store heavy weapons Including antiaircraft guns and tanks he
Exposed areas verr camou flaged with nibble left over from the digging to make the mountainside bunker* almost invisible from
Explaining why Thai workers
projects. he said : Thais don't only use their strength -• they also use then brains