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elf Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:18 AM
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$20 billion missing in Iraq, from oil deals!!
WIEDERAUFBAU

Im Irak sind 20 Milliarden Dollar verschwunden

Die US-Verwaltung im Irak kann keine Angaben über die Verwendung von mehreren Milliarden Dollar aus dem Irakischen Entwicklungsfonds machen. Das Geld stammt unter anderem aus Einnahmen aus dem Verkauf irakischen Öls und war für den Wiederaufbau des Landes bestimmt.

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,306123,00.html

German magazin DER SPIEGEL

AP
Wiederaufbau im Irak: Projekte wurden zumeist an amerikanische Firmen vergeben
London - Die Hilfsorganisation Christian Aid und die britischen Liberaldemokraten berichten, dass eine erste Buchprüfung im April die Unregelmäßigkeiten ergeben hätten. Für das ganze Jahre sei es praktisch unmöglich zu sagen, was mit rund 20 Milliarden Dollar geschehen sei, erklärten beide. Eine Untersuchung sei dringend erforderlich. Auch die Länder, die gebeten worden seien, den Wiederaufbau Iraks zu unterstützen, wollten wissen, was mit den irakischen Geldern passiert sei.

Die von den USA geführte Verwaltung hat nach dem Sturz Saddam Husseins im Mai 2003 auch die Verantwortung für den Irakischen Entwicklungsfonds übertragen bekommen. Voraussetzung war der Nachweis, dass die Gelder im besten Interesse Iraks verwendet werden.

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:19 AM
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1. Elf, can you give a brief summary in English? :^)
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elf Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:34 AM
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2. OK,I try
Edited on Mon Jun-28-04 08:35 AM by elf
The US can't prove where some billion dollars went, coming from oil deals and were needed for the reconstruction of the country.

London:"Christian Aid" and "British Liberals" proved in April 2003 the taxes and found there is no account possible for $20 bill.

Now all countries involved in helfonds want to know, where the money went.

Sorry, very poor translation, maybe some DUer can help here

:)
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:35 AM
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3. Vo ist der English?
Spanish?
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elf Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:39 AM
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4. Engl. link
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elf Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:42 AM
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5. not the same article but here a summery
'Failure to account' for Iraq cash


Iraq has some of the world's biggest proven oil reserves
Iraqi money cannot be accounted for by occupying forces responsible for the funds, according to two new reports.

Discrepancies are highlighted in the handling of $20bn (£11bn) generated from Iraq's oil and other sources since war ended last year.

The Coalition Provisional Authority was given responsibility for the country's finances by the United Nations.

The UN stressed that money in the Development Fund for Iraq must be shown to be used in Iraq's best interests.


It was understood that all revenues would be paid into a central fund.

Criticism

But both the charity Christian Aid and the Liberal Democrats are now criticising the CPA, saying no audit of how the money was used had been carried out until April of this year - two months before the handover of power.

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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 08:44 AM
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6. Is this someone's little joke that we have already become fascist?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 09:09 AM
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7. No. Elf is originally from Germany. :^)
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LittleApple81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-28-04 09:11 AM
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8. No. Elf is German. And translation takes time. But I saw the same
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