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The Kids who Ran Iraq
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BBC World Service on 18 March, 2008 10:58:00
 
Many were in their twenties or early thirties and most, the critics, say were
political appointees and ill-qualified for the task. The verdict of Iraqis
towards the CPA's one-year tenure was generally negative, with most describing
a significant decline of basic services like water, electricity and sewerage,
up to the handover to an Iraqi Interim government in June 2004.
But today, five years after the invasion, many of the so-called "Brat Pack" of
American administrators are proud of their achievements and say they would do
it all again.
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