Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work

by irish -liberty or death! Posted 2012/07/16 13:30:13

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Auditors say billions likely wasted in Iraq work

After years of following the paper trail of $51 billion in U.S.
taxpayer dollars provided to rebuild a broken Iraq, the U.S. government
can say with certainty that too much was wasted. But it can't say how
much.

In what it called its final audit report, the Office of the Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Funds on Friday spelled out a
range of accounting weaknesses that put "billions of American taxpayer
dollars at risk of waste and misappropriation" in the largest
reconstruction project of its kind in U.S. history.

"The precise amount lost to fraud and waste can never be known," the report said.

http://news.yahoo.com/auditors-billions-likely-wasted-iraq-17...

Translation: "We all got rich off of those taxpayer suckers!"

DeeB 2012/07/16 14:41:24

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I say if they want to destroy countries they need to pay for it themselves. People are so braindead!
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S. Gompers 2012/07/17 13:08:12

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It always works that way.

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irish -... to S. Gompers 2012/07/17 13:15:36

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of course and we get the debt.

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S and S 2012/07/16 19:12:31

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how about the whole war was illegal and Bush must be tried for treason and crimes against humanity.

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irish -... to S and S 2012/07/17 12:07:39

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i am totally with you on that! and he should pay restitution to the people he killed,both sides.

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ConLibFraud 2012/07/16 18:24:38

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Swampdog 2012/07/16 16:36:55

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The goal was to bring the Bank of Iraq into the fold of the NWO. As George Bush said when he landed on the Air Craft carrier, "Mission accomplished."

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irish -... to Swampdog 2012/07/17 12:08:05

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and then on to libya,syria and iran.

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Swampdog to irish -... 2012/07/18 12:32:45

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They have Libya,Egypt and are trying for Syria, after that Iran and Venezuela. That's the only goo thing about Chavez.

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irish -... to Swampdog 2012/07/18 12:34:06

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well actually chavez is trying to help his people as gaddhafi did ,nationalizing the oil.

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Swampdog to irish -... 2012/07/18 12:35:18

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I agree, 23 cents a gallon for gas. Reminds me of 1962.

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irish -... to Swampdog 2012/07/18 12:36:02

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hey it was 14 cents a gallon in libya.

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Swampdog to irish -... 2012/07/18 12:50:01

Libya is the driest place in the world, and their largest source of produce is watermelons.

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irish -... to Swampdog 2012/07/18 12:52:56

not so. actually chile is ,an area in chile. and if libya is dry watermelons ,which are mostly water wouldn't grow.

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Swampdog to irish -... 2012/07/19 17:16:15

My question exactly, apparently there is one area where this miracle happens. Yes there is a small area of Chile that is considered the most "arid" place on earth, I was considering the size only.

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irish -... to Swampdog 2012/07/20 12:42:31

you can't do that though.

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~Adrien~ 2012/07/16 16:28:15

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Ya think? I mean, how do people think our deficit gets so huge every year?? *sigh*

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irish -... to ~Adrien~ 2012/07/17 12:08:37

they really are clueless,you would be surprised. they think its food stamps and welfare.

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~Adrien~ to irish -... 2012/07/17 13:41:45

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They should let the American people balance the budget. . .

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irish -... to ~Adrien~ 2012/07/17 14:04:06

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i agree. apparently the nose in the air politicians are clueless.

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Katfish 2012/07/16 15:24:17

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I heard once that the fuel delivery contract came out to $400 per gallon of fuel delivered.

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irish -... to Katfish 2012/07/16 15:58:01

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amazing.

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Kat ♪ 2012/07/16 15:00:39

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That seems to be what the government does, waste money and raise taxes to get more to waste.

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irish -... to Kat ♪ 2012/07/16 15:08:52

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great way to put it. i have to remember that!

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Southern Man 2012/07/16 14:46:01
irish -... to Souther... 2012/07/16 14:58:48

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well when you have psychopaths in charge i guess it does.

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DeeB to Souther... 2012/07/16 17:56:56

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And the people keep giving them the money! That's what I find insane!

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DeeB 2012/07/16 14:41:24

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I say if they want to destroy countries they need to pay for it themselves. People are so braindead!

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irish -... to DeeB 2012/07/16 14:45:19

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i agree.

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Boblawbla 2012/07/16 13:41:33

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$51 billion? And the main reason was because they didn't have enough auditors? I've got an idea.... they could hire a thousand more auditors for a few measly millions. I guess nobody thought of that.... LOL

http://www.winewithoutbs.com....

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irish -... to Boblawbla 2012/07/16 13:49:23

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or they could have NOT destroyed iraq to begin with!

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Boblawbla to irish -... 2012/07/16 14:44:06

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Oh, but the reasoning from the Project For a New American Century proved it was in the best interest of America and the world to invade Iraq. I mean, look at the fine democracy they have today. I mean think how much worse off they were under Hussein...... LOL

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irish -... to Boblawbla 2012/07/16 14:49:06

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yeah it couldn't be worse could it?
yep the u.s. got rid of those pesky cities that iraq was going to tear down anyway!

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kyle 2012/07/16 13:31:07

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im not surprised by that

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irish -... to kyle 2012/07/16 13:36:35

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nope,not one bit.

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Souther... to kyle 2012/07/16 14:47:38

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This corporate war does not make sense

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