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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:07 AM Original message |
Literally tons of money sent to Baghdad |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. How many trees are involved in the making of that much money |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. none |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Cotton grows on trees too!!! |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. ok, very short trees |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. And would someone be so kind |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. blackwater usa |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Jesus |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. 12 billion you mean. |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Yike not my fault |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I would say to check Paul Bremer's pockets.. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Why is Bremmer wearing army boots with his fancy suit? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. He went mad over there |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Flashback to Spiny Norman (Monty Python) |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Bremer! |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. those aren't boots... that is a really bad case of |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Nice boots--- motherfucker |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. lol! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 12:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Hiya LC |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. And for what purpose are we sending our cash reserves to |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It is Iraq's cash, not ours. |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yes, let's make this clear. It was Iraq's money. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That would be the same money held in trust that was supposed to have |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I think it was considerably more than that. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yes, it was more, but there are millions of that money which has vanished |
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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. That reminds me of this article by Naomi Klein. US corps are getting paid |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. The Cayman Islands were going to sink otherwise |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. I sincerely |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Yes. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Yes, in fact, you are |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. Borrowed from China... eom |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. Welcome to the wonderful world of privitization |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well US officials are always so honest, im sure we can trust them. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Rummy, is that you? "...and we know what those projects are"... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Salaries paid with cash? |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. I hope |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. I would assume they asked for the money |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. You mean |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. It is 2005 and they don't have electronic transfer? |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Ah, that's because you are a person |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I thought those Swiss bank accounts and stuff were to transfer money |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. self deleted |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. A small correction |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. And it seems like it was urgent |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Well, the electronic transfer machine was made by Deibold and it |
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tea4me (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. All the perfume in France, |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. I have to wonder if some of that cash is what is funding |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Oh, now that's a subversive thought |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I'm not saying any of our people knowingly gave them money, |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. But, you opened a line of thought in my mind of a much darker ilk. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. bank on it... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Good one.If there's no fighting,we'd have to withdraw, & leave the oil |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. Dollars? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
42. Note from Baghdad: need money, low on beer. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
43. U.S. was big spender in days before Iraq handover |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. "Send lawyers, guns & money," or...2 out of 3 ain't bad? |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
47. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK->BAGHDAD-> CAYMAN ISLANDS |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. No doubt about it |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
52. One of those dollars is mine, and I want it back |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. cash to Iraq |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. Too bad it wasn't euros |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. Imagine how much of that went missing to Chalabi et al |
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sintax (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. kick n/t |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. How Sopranos! |
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