New report cites failures in massive Iraq reconstruction initiative . Shortcomings largely caused by waste and poor pre-war planning , report says . Report says violence in country posed huge barrier to reconstruction projects . After U.S. forces toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003 , it was `` unprepared and ill-equipped to deal with what came next : a 'post-conflict ' environment torn by violence , looters , criminals , a nascent insurgency ; a governmental system in a state of complete collapse ; and an economy that had slipped into idle and then switched off . '' Comment:
New report cites failures in massive Iraq reconstruction initiative . Shortcomings largely caused by waste and poor pre-war planning , report says . Report says violence in country posed huge barrier to reconstruction projects . Comment: