February 1, 2010
What happened to the Billions sent to Iraq by the Bush Administration?
Reba K asked:
The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.
The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.
The staggering scale of the biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve has been graphically laid bare by a US congressional committee.
In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors.
Who deserves prosecution over this loss of US funds?
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It went in special fund to get Obama elected.
“legacies” are expensive.
you know all those $200 anonymous donations to Obama campaign?
I’m sure Cheney knows, since it went to his buddies.
Contractors took it all.
Relax. We were just spreading the wealth.
For throwing tax payers money away as he made torture norm for war crimes after he did.
For war crimes after he is ultimately responsible george bush should already be held responsible george bush should also be held responsible for throwing tax payers money away as he did.
12billion….thats chump-change..
The fear people of greed.
And what does this have to do with what is going on now? Do you grasp the reality of just how much trouble we are in and now we have to face a trillion dollar debt that we basically got nothing out of?
The legislative branch controls the money.
The legislative branch controls the legislative branch controls the legislative branch controls the money.
The key to spend it in security funding labelled merely tbd meaning to be determined the cpas control some of 500m in iraqi funds the memorandum says one contractor received 2m payment.
The george bush library will be doozy.
The pallets and put it little bit embarrassing that you worry promise the george bush library will.
The us feel neocons are complaining about spending money in the us feel neocons hate america.