Over $4 Billion Wasted In Iraq Reconstruction
Government Inspector Estimates: Bowen estimated up to 20 percent "waste" _ or more than $4 billion _ from the $21 billion spent so far in the U.S.-bankrolled Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
http://tinyurl.com/5wws36
Military Wasted Millions in Iraq, Inspector Bowen Says
Parsons Corp., one of the largest construction contractors in Iraq, and the Pentagon wasted millions of U.S. tax dollars because of poor oversight and building practices, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said in a new report.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awLWws6g.cwA&refer=us
U.S.-Iraq memo opens door to future turmoil
The United States is moving into legal no-man's land because the president refuses to ask the U.N. Security Council to renew the annual resolution that provides the legal foundation for the presence of our troops in Iraq. If this resolution is allowed to expire Dec. 31, it would create a legal vacuum — a vacuum that can't be filled by a presidential memo.
http://tinyurl.com/6ans9u
From Information Clearing House
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Audit Find Millions Wasted in Iraq Reconstruction Contract
Agence France-Presse: "Millions of dollars were likely wasted on a $900 million army contract to build courthouses, prisons, police and other security facilities in Iraq, an audit released Monday has found."
http://www.truthout.org/article/audit-finds-millions-wasted-iraq-reconstruction-contract
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=reconstruction
http://tinyurl.com/5wws36
Military Wasted Millions in Iraq, Inspector Bowen Says
Parsons Corp., one of the largest construction contractors in Iraq, and the Pentagon wasted millions of U.S. tax dollars because of poor oversight and building practices, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said in a new report.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awLWws6g.cwA&refer=us
U.S.-Iraq memo opens door to future turmoil
The United States is moving into legal no-man's land because the president refuses to ask the U.N. Security Council to renew the annual resolution that provides the legal foundation for the presence of our troops in Iraq. If this resolution is allowed to expire Dec. 31, it would create a legal vacuum — a vacuum that can't be filled by a presidential memo.
http://tinyurl.com/6ans9u
From Information Clearing House
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Audit Find Millions Wasted in Iraq Reconstruction Contract
Agence France-Presse: "Millions of dollars were likely wasted on a $900 million army contract to build courthouses, prisons, police and other security facilities in Iraq, an audit released Monday has found."
http://www.truthout.org/article/audit-finds-millions-wasted-iraq-reconstruction-contract
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=reconstruction
rudkla - 29. Jul, 06:24
