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Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Swamp_Thing on May 06, 2005, 10:06:13 am

WASHINGTON - Americans overseeing cash handouts for rebuilding in southern Iraq could not adequately account for almost $100 million, and now criminal investigators are trying to figure out the money trail, according to a new audit by a government watchdog.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7737306/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7737306/)

NBC News obtained a spreadsheet last May describing some of the R3P projects in the region:

$162,163 for a “date palm nursery wall”
$18,000 for “anti-dash fencing.”
$30,000 for “training of trainers.”
$3.2 million for “landfills south.”


:wtf:

No wonder the reconstruction is such an anecdotic subject...
:rolleyes:

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: vyper on May 06, 2005, 10:09:26 am

:lol:

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Rictor on May 06, 2005, 10:21:00 am

Only a hundred million? Nah, it's gotta be more than that, they just don't want to admit it. I would be surprised if the amount wasn't in the  billions of tens of billions, considering how much money has been pumped into Iraq with absolutely no oversight.

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Swamp_Thing on May 06, 2005, 10:28:47 am

Training of trainers?? Landfills?? :wtf:

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: karajorma on May 06, 2005, 10:29:25 am

The Daily Telegraph is probably already blaming George Gallaway :D

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: aldo_14 on May 06, 2005, 11:41:18 am

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Originally posted by Rictor
Only a hundred million? Nah, it's gotta be more than that, they just don't want to admit it. I would be surprised if the amount wasn't in the  billions of tens of billions, considering how much money has been pumped into Iraq with absolutely no oversight.

Potentially $9bn; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4224661.stm

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Charismatic on May 06, 2005, 11:59:38 am

How can they loose that much money, stupid americans...

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Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: aldo_14 on May 06, 2005, 12:35:42 pm

Bribes, sly backhanders, skimming off of slush funds or inflating prices artificially........

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Ford Prefect on May 06, 2005, 03:12:07 pm

I think we should make Oprah pay for reconstruction.

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Swamp_Thing on May 06, 2005, 03:39:41 pm

Iraq is a bottomless pit for lost funds. Bush is using it to arrange jobs for the boys, for the rich boys to get richer. If you want to struck it rich, join the Bush camp and ask for a post in Iraq. After a couple of months of "creative" accounting, you come out filthy rich and with a couple medals to boot...
What more can you ask?

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: MatthewPapa on May 06, 2005, 06:05:33 pm

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Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
Iraq is a bottomless pit for lost funds. Bush is using it to arrange jobs for the boys, for the rich boys to get richer. If you want to struck it rich, join the Bush camp and ask for a post in Iraq. After a couple of months of "creative" accounting, you come out filthy rich and with a couple medals to boot...
What more can you ask?

Rich boys? Whatever.... :p

Quote

Originally posted by Charismati[i/]
How can they loose that much money, stupid americans...

*is tired of people slamming Americans*

If you want the right to accurately judge Americans, come live in America and see for yourself.

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: Rictor on May 06, 2005, 06:10:23 pm

It has nothing to do with Americans. It has to do with human greed and a state of lawlessness in Iraq. In the absence of an honest, legitimate authority, this kind of stuff is almost inevitable.

Title: U.S. probes $100 million missing in Iraq
Post by: vyper on May 06, 2005, 06:43:36 pm

[q]*is tired of people slamming Americans*[/q]

I'm sure the poor people exploited to give you, and me, the standard of living we have are tired of it.

Also, //insert what rictor said \\