BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Baghdad Gate Housing Project will provide job opportunities, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Monday. “This is a new stage, Iraq has become a workshop,” al-Maliki said in a speech addressed to the ceremony that was held for the occasion of putting the project’s corner stone. A ceremony has been organized in Baghdad today to place the corner stone for this housing project. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attended the ceremony. “All projects that have been agreed upon will be finalized within the coming years,” al-Maliki said. The project is expected to be finalized in three years, at a total cost of around $238 million.