Iraq: What Happened To The $23Billion? The Greatest Heist In History

Iraq - What Happened To The $23Billion?
The Greatest Heist In History

When the US goes to war, corporate America goes too.

Panorama investigates claims that as much as $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.

There are contracts for caterers, tanker drivers, security guards and even interrogators, many of them through companies with links to the White House. Now more than 70 whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the Iraq war. Gagging orders A total of $23bn (£11.75bn) is under scrutiny.

The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging. But Panorama's Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned.

BBC - Broadcast 10/06/08
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20071.htm

And that was just 7 years ago.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=43927

A "lost" 2.3 trillion dollars. It staggers the mind.

There ought to be a way to show the exact nature of these profits and shame those corporations bilking taxpayers. Of course, we know shame is not enough :(

I can't help but think of how much better the world would be if there were a treaty to stop private/ANY profiting from war.