Iraq Waste

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

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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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...

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BBC Investigation Estimates $23 Billion In Iraq Lost, Stolen, Or Unaccounted For

BBC | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq. For the first time...

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Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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

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'Significant' Amount Of U.S. Funds For Iraq Funneled To Militias

Think Progress | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today on waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq, GAO Comptroller David Walker said that "the Iraqis have a bu...

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Dear Media, We Have Lost a Billion in Equipment Before

Dina Rasor | Posted 12.06.2007 | Media

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Dina Rasor

People are angry now and politicians are reacting to these stories with promises of reform. But where was the outrage at the beginning of the war?

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