US money is 'squandered' in Iraq

[Dover]

US money is 'squandered' in Iraq


Millions of dollars in US rebuilding funds have been wasted in Iraq, US auditors say in a report which warns corruption in the country is rife.
A never-used camp in Baghdad for police trainers with an Olympic-size swimming pool is one of the examples highlighted in the quarterly audit.

Billions of budgeted dollars meanwhile remain unspent by Iraq's government.

The report comes as President Bush is urging Congress to approve $1.2bn (£600m) in further reconstruction aid.

The audit by Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (Sigir), is the latest in a regular series of updates to Congress...cont'd

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6316057.stm

[izzie]

1. Said that years ago and we will never find it. Try Swiss banks

Just by reading I could have told you that it was crooks day and Bush would do not one thing about it. He him self has done some odd things when it comes to money and the market. We knew Congress would not but this Congress may. I am sure it is why Bush is packing the courts with his men right now. And not running them through Congress hearings. 4 years of crooks and 4 years to cover them up. Great govt. we have.