$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted Or Stolen, Ex-Investigator Says

[go west young man]

Source: Washington Post

A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes.

Salam Adhoob, a former chief investigator for Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity, told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, an arm of the Democratic caucus, that an Iraqi auditing bureau "could not properly account for" the money.

While many of the projects audited "were not needed -- and many were never built," he said, "this very real fact remains: Billions of American dollars that paid for these projects are now gone."

He said a report that went to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials was never published because "nobody cares" about investigating such cases. Many investigators, he said, feared for their safety because 32 of his co-workers have been murdered.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202053_pf.html

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Small pennies compared to the $700 Billion that the Bush Administartion is about to steal right under our noses with the consent of half the dumbed down US populace.

[Amonester]

1. Since When Wasted Taxes And Stolen Taxes Different?

Washington Post = Right Wing Criminals Supporters And Protectors.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Smirk." - Republicon homelander chickenhawk 'leadership' & allied cronies

"Nothing profits (us) like good old republicon Nation Building. Smirk."

- Republicon homelander chickenhawk 'leaders' & allied republicon cronies

[WhiteTara]

3. Theiving Bastards!

[Bigmack]

4. Plus all the bullshit "defense" contract ripoffs. nt

[pinniped]

5. Let me see, waste it or steal it. THEY FCKN STOLE IT.

And no one will do a damm thing about it.