wikileafs:Afghan Vice President,Ahmed Zia Massoud was carrying $52 million in cash in the UAE

[Swede]

Of course he denies taking money out of Afghanistan.


Suspicions of corruption in the Afghan government: When Afghanistan’s vice president visited the United Arab Emirates last year, local authorities working with the Drug Enforcement Administration discovered that he was carrying $52 million in cash. With wry understatement, a cable from the American Embassy in Kabul called the money “a significant amount” that the official, Ahmed Zia Massoud, “was ultimately allowed to keep without revealing the money’s origin or destination.” (Mr. Massoud denies taking any money out of Afghanistan.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/29cables.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. He sure is making his older brother

proud. :sarcasm:

[Lasher]

2. Hell, they've been openly hauling suitcases of money to the UAE

And we just keep giving them more.

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. This is still chump change to the amount being stolen by "contractors"

Halliburton and the rest are perfectly OK with this bit of "petty" theft. This guy is a little fish, small potatoes.