Billions over Baghdad
Posted September 27th, 2007 by dougzilla
Between April 2003 and June 2004, $12 billion in U.S. currency—much of it belonging to the Iraqi people—was shipped from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad, where it was dispensed by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Some of the cash went to pay for projects and keep ministries afloat, but, incredibly, at least $9 billion has gone missing, unaccounted for, in a frenzy of mismanagement and greed. Following a trail that leads from a safe in one of Saddam's palaces to a house near San Diego, to a P.O.
New York Times: U.S. Says Company Bribed Officers for Work in Iraq
Posted September 4th, 2007 by dougzilla
By ERIC SCHMITT and JAMES GLANZ
Published: August 31, 2007
New York Times
original article is @ www.nytimes.com
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — An American-owned company operating from Kuwait paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts, the government says in court documents.
The Reach of War
Whistleblowers on Fraud Facing Penalties
Posted August 27th, 2007 by dougzilla
original article @ www.forbes.com
By Deborah Hastings 08.24.07, 3:16 PM ET
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.
Or worse.
For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods.
The Great Iraq Swindle
Posted August 27th, 2007 by dougzilla
original article @ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle
The Great Iraq Swindle
How Bush Allowed an Army of For-Profit Contractors to Invade the U.S. Treasury
--From Issue 1034
Posted Aug 23, 2007 8:51 AM
Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart, April 27, 2007
Posted April 29th, 2007 by dougzilla
Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi speaks at Iraq forum
Posted March 9th, 2007 by dougzilla
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi's website, www.liberatethis.com
Excerpt from Congressional Iraq Forum testimony, April 27, 2006:
