Musharraf stole war-on-terror aid, says Zardari

[varun]

Source: Mumbai Mirror

London: In a fresh salvo against beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ruling PPP chief has accused him of “misappropriating” a whopping USD 700 million of American aid to Islamabad for supporting the war on terror, and said “rogue” ISI members could have benefited from it...


...“Our grand old Musharraf has not been passing on all the 1 billion dollar a year that the Americans have been giving for the armed forces.

The army has been getting $250 million to $300 million, reimbursement for what they do, but where’s the rest? ...


...We’re talking about 700 million dollars a year missing. The rest has been taken by ‘Mush’ for some scheme or other and we’ve got to find it,” 54-year-old Zardari told the The Sunday Times.


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Musharraf looting American taxpayer's money...

[DJ13]

1. Musharraf looting American taxpayer's money...

Thats why he got along so well with Bush.

[MadMaddie]

2. Say it ain't so...

One of * allies in the war on terror is a th ief of American tax payer dollars...A leader who knows exactly where the Taliban is on the Pakistans side of the boarder...who is playing both sides....another failure by the * administration.

[Arctic Dave]

3. I would have been absolutely floored if he didn't.

It was supposed to be bribe money, so he would clamp down on the ISI interfering in Afgahnistan and Iraq.

[depakid]

4. High level corruption in Pakistan?

color me surprised.

[bemildred]

5. Gosh, I can't believe Mushhead could be corrupt or greedy. nt

[Dr.Phool]

6. The guy's a piker. An amateur.

He got peanuts compared to Cheney's cronies at Halliburton, and Blackwater, and a few more.

[daleo]

7. One suspects some of that $$$ is going right back to the States

And into some division of the BFEE.

[Speaker]

14. Exactly.

I'd bet dollars to donuts that a good chunk of that money is laundered through, Saudi Arabia, into Bush/Cheney pockets.

[JerseygirlCT]

8. Oh there's a great big surprise.

And I'm sure no big surprise to his masters in the Bush administration, either.

[dantyrant]

9. Some might call it hush money. nt

[Frisbee]

10. Follow the money...

my money (something less than $700,000,000) says that if someone can find a way to trace where this money ends up, you will see Bush/Cheney with a "cat who ate the canary grin". Perhaps either in an unmarked bank account or buying land in Paraguay. I wonder if Musharraf has bought any land in the same area?

[Jack Rabbit]

11. I don't think we got any bang for out busk, that's for sure

What kind of partner in the War on Terror gives Osama a safe haven?

[Alcibiades]

12. Another story for the MSM to ignore

John Edwards is so much juicier than this. This is just corruption, bribery and treason, whereas the Edwards thing is about out-of-wedlock SEX!

[blayne]

13. I think everyone figured that was happening. n/t

[Solly Mack]

15. lol someone needs to tell them that all WOT funds are up for grabs

It's the American way