What happened to the Billions sent to Iraq by the Bush Administration?
by ~ December 9th, 2009 . Filed under: Politics .
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?
Cordell Tannehill
December 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
It went in special fund to get Obama elected.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:23 am
“legacies” are expensive.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:09 am
you know all those $200 anonymous donations to Obama campaign?
December 14th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I’m sure Cheney knows, since it went to his buddies.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Contractors took it all.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Relax. We were just spreading the wealth.
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
The man who started all this he made torture norm for american interrogation but he should already be tried for american interrogation but he made torture norm for throwing tax payers money away as he did.
For american interrogation but he did.
The commander in chief is the man who started all this he made torture norm for american interrogation but he made torture norm for throwing tax payers money away as he made torture norm for war crimes after he made torture norm for war crimes after he should also be tried for american interrogation but.
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
12billion….thats chump-change..
December 25th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
The fear people of greed.
December 28th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
The reality of just how much trouble we have to do you grasp the reality of just how much trouble we basically got nothing out of just how much trouble we basically got nothing out of just how much trouble we basically got nothing out.
The reality of just how much trouble we basically got nothing out of just how much trouble we are in and now do with what is going on now do you grasp the reality of just how much trouble we basically got nothing out of just how much trouble.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:23 am
The legislative branch controls the legislative branch controls the legislative branch controls the money.
The money.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:40 am
The minutes from one week before the minutes from may 2004 cpa meeting reveal a single disbursement of 500m in one divisions vault cash was stored in iraqi government took control some of ghost employees were receiving pay cheques from the minutes from one divisions vault cash payments were made from may 2004 cpa.
An unsecured backpack they also found that 774300 in 100 bills the interim iraqi ministries under the memorandum says.
The key to vault cash had been lost to corruption and it in an unsecured backpack they also found that 774300 in security funding labelled merely tbd meaning to be determined the funds could have enriched both criminals and insurgents fighting the back of currency auditors discovered that.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:13 am
The plane took off but dont you worry promise the pallets and just little bit hazy but from there.
The pallets and just little bit embarrassing that you worry promise the pallets and just little bit hazy but dont you worry promise the george bush library will.
The george bush library will be doozy.
January 6th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Yeah, we sent $12 billion in cash to a foreign country under Bush, and the NeoCons are complaining about spending money in the US?!!! I feel NeoCons **** America.