Leading Iraqi Aid Agency Crippled By Allegations Of Embezzlement

The Iraqi Red Crescent, the country's leading humanitarian organization, has been crippled by allegations of embezzlement and mismanagement, including what Iraqi officials call the inappropriate expenditure of more than $1 million on Washington lobbying firms in an unsuccessful effort to win U.S. funding.

The group's former president, Said I. Hakki, an Iraqi American urologist recruited by Bush administration officials to resuscitate Iraq's health-care system, left the country this summer after the issuance of arrest warrants for him and his deputies. He and his aides deny the allegations and call them politically motivated.

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[BPCentrisAmerican]

Lobbyist, they learn fast from the neo-cons.

[white mende man]

Ah yes we have taught them well about the art of stealing/cheating/lying... and especially lobbying, way to go guys, Bush is very proud of y'all.

[Pendragon2008]

Bush aide admits govt. knew MONTHS ago.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/28599-1.html?type=printer_friendly

"Fratto said it would be "unthinkable" for Congress not to pass legislation this week, asserting the result would be a "very, very serious situation" for the U.S. economy.

"It shouldn"t take much analysis to remember what happened last week, which was a very serious freeze-up in our credit markets," Fratto said. "Our financial markets right now do not need uncertainty, they need increased certainty as to how this rescue plan is going to go forward " and that they can be sure that there is a plan to go forward " and that will begin the correction in our financial markets."

Fratto insisted that the plan was not slapped together and had been drawn up as a contingency over previous months and weeks by administration officials. He acknowledged lawmakers were getting only days to peruse it, but he said this should be enough."

Criminally negligent or criminally competent...either way...Bush and Cheney need to be impeached and arrested RIGHT NOW.

[DualCitizenUSnNL]

Iraqis are just following the lead of the biggest bunch of crooks on the planet, the US govt.