Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations
Several federal agencies are investigating a widening network of criminal cases involving the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other matériel to Iraqi and American forces, according to American officials. The officials said it amounted to the largest ring of fraud and kickbacks uncovered in the conflict here…
…The enormous expenditures of American and Iraqi money on the Iraq reconstruction program, at least $40 billion over all, have been criticized for reasons that go well beyond the corruption cases that have been uncovered so far…
…Just last week, an Army major, his wife and his sister were indicted on charges that they accepted up to $9.6 million in bribes for Defense Department contracts in Iraq and Kuwait…
…the American military “cannot fully account for about 110,000 AK-47 rifles, 90,000 pistols, 80 items of body armor, and 115,000 helmets reported as issued to Iraqi security forces as of Sept. 22, 2005.”
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Yes… that is right, the USA can not account for 110,000 AK-47’s delivered as of >>2005<<!!! We are now almost 2 years in front of that date. How many weapons are floating around the world now that we do not know about – paid for by USA taxpayers to ensure our freedom. Would it be outrageous to guess that some are sequestered away for a time of need by those who sell death for the USA?