Audit: US Can't Account for $8.7B in Iraqi Funds -- ABC News/APUS audit finds weakness in Pentagon controls for Iraq funds; $8.7 billion missing
The U.S. Defense Department is unable to properly account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraqi oil money tapped by the U.S. for rebuilding the war ravaged nation, according to an audit released Tuesday.
The report by the U.S. Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction offers a compelling look at continued laxness in how such funds are being spent in a country where people complain basic services like electricity and clean water are sharply lacking seven years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
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More News On The Missing Iraqi reconstruction Funds
US 'fails to account' for Iraq reconstruction billions -- BBC
Audit: US can't account for $8.7B in Iraqi funds -- AP
Pentagon can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi funds -- L.A. Times
US Cannot Account for $8.7 Billion in Iraqi Funds -- Voice of America
Pentagon can't account for how it spent $2.6 billion in Iraqi funds, audit finds -- Washington Post
My Comment: I am shocked .... SHOCKED .... that there is corruption in Iraq.
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Your comment made me lol over something that causes me much rage otherwise.
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