PRT will have no big projects in Basra in 2010 – Gov.

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (P.R.T) will have no big projects in Basra in 2010, Gov. Shaltagh al-Mayiah said on Thursday. “They will be preparing to depart,” Gov. al-Mayiah said in a press conference in Basra attended by IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the P.R.T’s role in Basra will be limited to consultancy. In 2009, the P.R.T spent around $120 million on services projects in Basra province. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1