Inside the world of war profiteers--Chicago Tribune

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TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION

Inside the world of war profiteers

From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S.

By David Jackson and Jason Grotto | Tribune reporters
February 21, 2008

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-kbr-war-profiteers-feb21,0,195925,full.story



----ROCK ISLAND, Ill.—Inside the stout federal courthouse of this Mississippi River town, the dirty secrets of Iraq war profiteering keep pouring out.

Hundreds of pages of recently unsealed court records detail how kickbacks shaped the war's largest troop support contract months before the first wave of U.S. soldiers plunged their boots into Iraqi sand.

The graft continued well beyond the 2004 congressional hearings that first called attention to it. And the massive fraud endangered the health of American soldiers even as it lined contractors' pockets, records show."

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1. K&R - I've only read the snippet - haven't clicked on the link yet, but my

blood is boiling already.

Good to see you ! :hi:

[Hieronymus]

2. Thanks, everyone should read this article.

[Cherchez la Femme]

3. Kick & Recommend

:kick: & :thumbsup:


Sorry, but even though I have nothing other than that to say, I have to get my post count up so I can recommend these excellent posts! :)

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4. Its amazing how wide open the crime must have been

There must have been no controls at all.