U.S.-Backed Afghan Corruption Probe Hits Close To Karzai

Wall Street Journal:

KABUL, Afghanistan--When U.S.-trained agents from an anticorruption task force raided the headquarters of the nation's largest "hawala" money-transfer business, they caught many people by surprise: the company's politically connected executives, the nation's top law-enforcement officer, even Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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Comments

[holyghostie]

08:43 PM on 08/12/2010

Our government is getting played for billions by both sides...and meanwhile our unemployed and homeless have to beg for scraps.

[Yikes11]

02:22 PM on 08/12/2010

Touched a nerve, did we? I think so. We pointed out on Tuesday that Politico is funded almost entirely by corporate dollars, and surprisingly, that it consistently attacks Democrats.

Here is Politico 'reporter' Ben Smith's response. "I'd comment on how ludicrous this is, and the degree to which it assumes his donors are rubes, but I should probably check in with Boeing first to see if that's OK."

Actually, it's not Boeing. Yesterday's issue was brought to you by BP (p. 2), and of course, Goldman Sachs (full page, back page, as usual).

And let's look at the substance. Yesterday, the New York Times has a front-page article titled 'U.S. Military to Press for Slower Afghan Drawdown'. On the the front page of Politico's website, by contrast, you could find a penetrating analysis of 'Snooki versus POTUS'. There was also great news about how Robert Gibbs and innumerable pseudo-scandals showing that Democrats are divided.

The lobbyists' favorite vapid gossip sheet is attacking you because we stand against giving their corporate friends the keys to power. We've already raised $44,016 from over 1,250 people for our money bomb. I know we can do more because 'rubes' like us punch back.

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Corruption in DC goes to the bone. Corporations have bought our media, they've bought our politicians, and they are selling us out.



Courage,

Alan Grayson

[audadvnc]

12:48 PM on 08/12/2010

I'm confused by the headlines. Is Karzai the recipient of US - Backed Corruption?

Or what...

[den1953]

01:41 PM on 08/12/2010

Wait he wants to play the United States a few more years then he will tell you!

[oped1961]

12:03 PM on 08/12/2010

can no one on the left get posterboard?
You won’t get political power until you earn it.Pols listen to the Tea party
put a sign on your windsheild while you shop, rightists have them
embarrassed? own your opinion
Obama doesn't hear you,speak louder

[omega777]

11:54 AM on 08/12/2010

Hillary Clinton gave Pakistan $500 million of our tax dollars at the direction of Mr. Obama.
Pakistan has been arming and helping the Taliban!

"When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it."
-Will Rogers

[den1953]

11:49 AM on 08/12/2010

Really NO who would have thunk it the Afghan government corrupt wow i am bamboozeled!!!!

[Alant]

11:33 AM on 08/12/2010

Sad to make fun of someone's hat.

[omega777]

11:31 AM on 08/12/2010

an alternative patriotic flag:
https://www.adbusters.org/cultureshop/corporateflag

[Whinger]

11:00 AM on 08/12/2010

Corruption is a national sport in Afghanistan, but, in fairness, they're not on their own!

[plages]

10:49 AM on 08/12/2010

He'll be living in Florida soon!

[rf dude]

10:45 AM on 08/12/2010

He might be Krazai,

but he certainly isn't stupid...

[Moshe]

10:31 AM on 08/12/2010

It is pretty tough to investigate Afghan corruption without running into the guy that's at the center of it.

Once again, we are backing a corrupt guy unwanted by his own people, and calling it "democracy": What could possibly go wrong with that?

[doctorkosan]

10:13 AM on 08/12/2010

Just say no to Afghanistan and its corrupt government.
Bring the troops home.

[progressivegreg]

09:41 AM on 08/12/2010

As Gomer Pyle would say "Surprise, Surprise"

[totaldisbelief]

09:37 AM on 08/12/2010

Is this a new corruption probe Karzai is "close" to or an older corruption probe he's "close" to..I'm confused because every other week Karzai's name comes up "close" to corruption in Afghanistan.