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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 10:53 PM Mar 2014

L. Paul Bremer - Where did all the money go in Iraq???

Seeing him now on Rachel's show "Why we did it". I ask this question every time I see him.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/20/usa.iraq

'Iraq was awash in cash. We played football with bricks of $100 bills'

At the beginning of the Iraq war, the UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition to redevelop the country. With the infrastructure of the country still in ruins, where has all that money gone? Callum Macrae and Ali Fadhil on one of the greatest financial scandals of all time

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To my knowledge, this question has never been answered.

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L. Paul Bremer - Where did all the money go in Iraq??? (Original Post) deminks Mar 2014 OP
Offshore bank accounts. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #1
Swiss & Cayman banks? n/t Mika Mar 2014 #2
Here ya go... Tx4obama Mar 2014 #3
Thank you for the links! deminks Mar 2014 #4
I'm in tears libodem Mar 2014 #10
It went into the pockets of the 'RIGHT PEOPLE'...... alittlelark Mar 2014 #5
Bribes. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #6
What a list of crooks and liars hibbing Mar 2014 #7
Just numb, nothing surprises me anymore DiverDave Mar 2014 #8
I agree PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #12
I've been thinking of moving to Sicily... Javaman Mar 2014 #14
Dubai, Caymans and Singapore, I'd say..... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #9
I'm pretty sure L. Paul got his cut...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #11
He came across as the most vile prick of all in that docu. last night. bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #13

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
3. Here ya go...
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 11:03 PM
Mar 2014

Watch the Alan Grayson videos below regarding $23 BILLION dollars stolen


Daylight Robbery





2007
Alan Grayson on Waste & Fraud in Iraq





2007
Contractor Fraud in the Iraq War





Grayson: Iraq's Missing Billions

Part 1 of 3


Part 2 of 3


Part 3 of 3



libodem

(19,288 posts)
10. I'm in tears
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 02:52 PM
Mar 2014

No wonder the Repukes are blocking all judicial appointments. They don't want the bastards prosecuted because they are all,, their own, Republican scum, supporters.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
7. What a list of crooks and liars
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 01:50 AM
Mar 2014

I get so angry with all the stories about Iraq. Condi Rice speaking at Rutgers, and all these crooks still sitting on their millions of ill gotten gains. Iraq is screwed to hell and these evil people should all be in jail.

Peace

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)
8. Just numb, nothing surprises me anymore
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 06:43 AM
Mar 2014

The shear scope of bad shit is overwhelming.

And the criminals that allow it just laugh and get on
the gulfstream 5 or 6 or whatever
is the flavor these days and jet to carnival.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
12. I agree
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:09 PM
Mar 2014

Honestly, we are all just pissing into the wind here. There is no way to right any wrongs if we never admit that any wrongs have ever occurred. Our government's complete refusal to look at anything that has happened in the last couple decades is a travesty of justice.

I honestly am beginning to think that the best thing a moral person could do is to drop out of American society as much as possible and relocate to another nation and take up citizenship there. Preferably a nation who did not play a part in the war of aggression against Iraq. Possibly a Social Democracy. Iceland comes to mind as a "high on the list" choice in my view. It is only a matter of time until this country implodes completely.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
13. He came across as the most vile prick of all in that docu. last night.
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:12 PM
Mar 2014

Still in complete and utter denial that oil was the driving force behind the invasion & conquest.

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