Iraq's Missing Billions - Dispatches investigats Iraqs missing money.

[Charleston Chew]

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The coalition was given trusteeship of nearly 20 billion dollars of Iraq's money, nearly all of it was spent with no accountability and records. Fraud and corruption rampantly consumed much of these funds. Paul Bremer who headed the Coalition Provisional Authority made certain that as much of the money was spent as possible.

"Iraq's Missing Billions - Dispatches investigats Iraqs missing money" has some heartbreaking stories of actual Iraqi citizens and their children. Shows that the infrastructure, especially water and hospitals, which supposedly had billions spent on it though is still in shambles. Where did the money go!?

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BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions
Tuesday, 10 June 2008

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.

The BBC's Panorama programme has used US and Iraqi government sources to research how much some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding.

A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations.

The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7444083.stm

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US 'fails to account' for Iraq reconstruction billions
27 July 2010

A US federal watchdog has criticised the US military for failing to account properly for billions of dollars it received to help rebuild Iraq.

The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says the US Department of Defence is unable to account properly for 96% of the money.

Out of just over $9bn (£5.8bn), $8.7bn is unaccounted for, the inspector says.

The US military said the funds were not necessarily missing, but that spending records might have been archived.

In a response attached to the report, it said attempting to account for the money might require "significant archival retrieval efforts".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10774002


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[midnight]

1. I suppose it's going to be up to the leakers to tell us where the money is.

[Charleston Chew]

2. Iraq For Sale - feature length

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x553911

[butterfly77]

3. What did bush say to his base...

"remember it's your money" as he just gave it away.

Some of the same people who are now complaining about the spending on Americans with our own monies,haven't said a damn thing about the mispent money and stolen money which somehow went into the hands of some of these talking heads on television and wall street somehow.

Where are the teabaggers on this..

Where is the missing 9 billion???

[Charleston Chew]

4. related links

"Kucinich: What are we going to Sacrifice for War?"

Kucinich Brings the Cost of War to Budget Debate1

WASHINGTON - January 24 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today opened up the debate on efforts to cut the federal budget by pointing out that more than half of our discretionary spending is consumed by the budget for the Pentagon and asking what Americans are willing to sacrifice for war.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x547438
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"Each US citizen pays $5,000 per year for US defense spending."

American citizens are paying large amounts of money each year for U.S. defense spending, which can be used for domestic spending, Steve Breyman, assistant professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x560193
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"Obama Meets Lobbyists Outside Of White House"

President Barack Obama's aides, caught between their boss's anti-lobbyist rhetoric and the reality of governing, often steer meetings with lobbyists to a complex just off the White House grounds -- and several of the lobbyists involved say they believe the choice of venue is no accident.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x560298
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"Iraq's Missing Billions - Dispatches investigats Iraqs missing money"

The coalition was given trusteeship of nearly 20 billion dollars of Iraq's money, nearly all of it was spent with no accountability and records. Fraud and corruption rampantly consumed much of these funds. Paul Bremer who headed the Coalition Provisional Authority made certain that as much of the money was spent as possible.

"Iraq's Missing Billions - Dispatches investigats Iraqs missing money" has some heartbreaking stories of actual Iraqi citizens and their children. Shows that the infrastructure, especially water and hospitals, which supposedly had billions spent on it though is still in shambles. Where did the money go!?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x560203
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"Iraq For Sale"

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x553911
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