Iraq Corruption

Over $4 Billion Wasted In Iraq Reconstruction, Government Inspector Estimates

AP | BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misg...

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Your Tax Dollars May Be In The Hands Of Iraqi Militias

Sen. Byron Dorgan | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Byron Dorgan

Earlier this month, former State Department officials in Iraq testified that the State Department turns a blind eye to corruption in the Iraq government, even when that corruption involves American tax dollars.

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Shocking Corruption Is Given A Blind Eye by Our Government

Sen. Byron Dorgan | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Byron Dorgan

Billions of U.S. tax dollars, as well as guns, ammunition, medical supplies and other equipment are siphoned off and diverted to the insurgents and militias who are killing American soldiers.

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Ex-officials: Bush admin. ignored Iraq corruption

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially...

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More on Condi and the Code of Silence

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

When the State Department, the Justice Department, and the executive branch decide that they're not answerable to Congress, and the American people, there is nothing left but the illusion of a representative government.

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Why U.S. Military Occupation Corrupts

Gareth Porter | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

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Gareth Porter

The problem is that the occupation of a country by a foreign army is in its essence a system of lawlessness that corrupts not only the indigenous elite but the U.S. officials managing the country.

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Iraq's Anti-Corruption Chief Says Maliki Government Must Go

The Nation | David Corn | Posted 09.07.2007 | Home

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With Congress and the White House engaging in yet another round of debate on the Iraq War, a former Iraqi judge who was--and who still may be--the chi...

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