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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:02 PM
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Just wondering....have the billions missing in Iraq ever been found?
I remember somewhere around 9 billion, but I'm not sure. No one seems to talk of this anymore but that's a lot of money to just go "missing"!
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:04 PM
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1. It's probably stored away safely in Swiss bank accounts ...
... under names like 'Cheney' and 'Halliburton'.

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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:12 PM
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8. Swiss Bank Accounts?? Nonsense!!
Anybody who's anybody puts their money in the Cayman Islands nowadays.
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:04 PM
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2. don't worry your head about that trivia.
Edited on Sun Apr-02-06 10:08 PM by Jigarotta
focus on McKinney's 'assault' on a officer and all those 'illegals'....
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:05 PM
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3. Its In Yacht Basins All Up And Down Both Coasts
At anchor until the season begins.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:07 PM
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4. Considering that there were no true auditors like
Bonatine Greenhouse at the time this money went missing...the money is gone...the administration fired or demoted all of the civilian auditors who could have kept this in check....
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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:07 PM
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5. It's right by the WMD's. nt
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:11 PM
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6. They can't apply 1st world accounting standards in a 3rd world economy...?
Have you heard that one?

Here's an idea.

Get a piece of paper. You know, the kind they had in ancient egypt.

And a pencil or maybe a pen, but hey, it's a third world economy, so use a pencil. That's OK.

Whoever is giving the money out, put his name on the top of the piece of paper. Have him sign it.

Have I lost you in your "third world" accounting yet?

On the paper, write a name, a date, and an amount. Have the person getting the money, "mark" (I know that they don't know how to write in these 3rd world countries) next to their name and the money they're receiving.

Then, we can go back and track down two or three of these names and ask them if they got their money, or maybe just compare their signatures...

If it doesn't foot, start asking tough questions to the guy whose name appears on the top...

You know, having studied accounting BEFORE PERSONAL COMPUTERS, this bullshit "excuse" really pissed me off...
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Lostnote06 Donating Member (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:12 PM
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7. If I recall, a young man(24sh) was appointed to establish the Iraqi
....stock exchange.....I would start there....lol
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:26 PM
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9. I think they knew where the $9 Billion was all along. They just "forgot"
Donald Rumsfeld's $9 Billion Slush Fund from Slate, October 10, 2003.
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Clyde39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 10:44 PM
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10. Isn't there a lawsuit?
The MSM has forgotten all about it, but I'll bet Paul Bremer is involved.
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