Iraq Contracts

The Military's Expanding Waistline

Pratap Chatterjee | Posted 03.22.2009 | World


Pratap Chatterjee

It is ironic that the men who drive across a battle zone, dodging stones, bullets, and IEDs to bring ice cream, lobster tails, and ammunition to U.S. soldiers have to beg for food themselves.

Former Iraq Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Almost $40 Million In Army Fuel

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army b...

Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or...

$6 Billion In Iraq Contracts Under Criminal Investigation

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Military officials said Thursday that contracts worth $6 billion to provide essential supplies to American troops in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan -- i...