U.S. Tax Dollars Fueling Afghan Insurgency -- CBS News
House Investigation: Private Contractors Paying Warlords, Criminals to Get Supplies to U.S. and NATO Bases
(CBS) Billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars are fuelling corruption in Afghanistan and funding the insurgency, according to a six-month investigation by the House subcommittee on National Security and Foreign affairs.
The committee's chairman, Rep. John F. Tierney, D-Mass., told CBS News: "the business is war and the war is business and you've got ‘Warlord Inc.' going on over there."
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Update #1: Investigators probing US money flow to insurgents -- AP
Update #2: US military supply contracts fund corruption, the Taliban, according to report -- Boston.com
Update #3: Afghan security firms linked to Taliban allegedly extorting money from U.S.-paid contractors -- Canadian Press
My Comment: This news is not new. The problem has always been what to do about it. The solution has also been simple .... use military forces as guards when shipping these supplies .... unfortunately .... there are not enough soldiers in the war zone to conduct any meaningful escort duty.
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