CNN Breaking; 3 officers, 2 civilians indicted in Iraq $$ laundering

[MonkeyFunk]

Three former Army Reserve officers and two civilians indicted with conspiracy, money laundering and bribery in probe of alleged fraudelent use of millions of U.S. dollars in Iraq.


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[Bluebear]

1. Related to Iraq reconstruction. Bet Halliburton is in on it.

[file83]

13. Notice how it's always individuals that get busted?

When Corporations get caught doing this shit - they get "investigated" - slapped on the wrist, and then later on get rewarded another huge contract.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Treason charges?

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Treason?

they stole money - they didn't take up arms against the US.

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Somehow, since this whole war has been about positioning for

war profiteering, it just feels like treason is the right call.

[robinlynne]

3. That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it. hundreds more to come, I hope.

[tblue]

5. Too bad the 2 civilians are not * and Ch*ney

[Auggie]

6. About time

[ClassWarrior]

7. Is this because of the Waxman hearings...

...or to take the heat off of them?

NGU.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Tip of the iceberg,

I hope Waxman starts a slow boil and gets a few of the small timers to start singing....I really suspect this was a massive RNC laundering operation and lots of this money found its way back into the US elections in 2004. The whole CPA operation was a Republican controlled enterprise with most of the people being ideologically young Repubs who could be counted on to keep their mouths shut. The money got "disbursed" weeks before handing over the governing mess to the Iraqis...if they saw a few million of this money, I'd be surprised.

[EVDebs]

9. Begs question, 'How much of that $ came back to US political campaigns?' nt

[kenny blankenship]

11. Whew, glad they caught the "few bad apples" so now the rest of the war profiteers can get busy again

You know, the guys who're doing the same thing but with billions instead of millions.

[file83]

14. The problem is that these guys didn't incorporate! If the had formed a Corporation...

...and did this, they'd get rewarded with a large no bid contract.

[DemReadingDU]

12. here is link on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/07/iraq.fraud/index.html

[uppityperson]

15. This money?

[uppityperson]

17. Nope, not that money. Bit from article in OP,,,

A grand jury indicted three Army Reserve officers and two civilians Wednesday on charges they steered more than $8.6 million in Iraqi reconstruction funds to a contractor in exchange for kickbacks that included vehicles, jewelry and real estate

[951-Riverside]

16. Administration to America....

Keep your filthy hands off the money we're wasting on Iraqis.