"one of the largest thefts in history"
By the way:
Missing cash
$12 billion - cash shipped to Iraq from US in 2003-4
$8.8 billion - total spent by Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and never accounted for
$2.5 billion - Iraqi money spent by CPA from oil-for-food programme without proper accounts
$800m - amount missing from Iraqi defence ministry
$500m-$600m - missing from transport, electricity and interior ministries
$69m - value of fuel missing from oil ministry".
Former Iraq minister denies theft of millions, March 11, 2007.
*click it* The missing money was part of $8.8 billion of shrink-wrap-ped American cash that was flown into Iraq after Saddam fell but which is now unaccounted for.
Missing cash
$12 billion - cash shipped to Iraq from US in 2003-4
$8.8 billion - total spent by Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and never accounted for
$2.5 billion - Iraqi money spent by CPA from oil-for-food programme without proper accounts
$800m - amount missing from Iraqi defence ministry
$500m-$600m - missing from transport, electricity and interior ministries
$69m - value of fuel missing from oil ministry".
Former Iraq minister denies theft of millions, March 11, 2007.
*click it* The missing money was part of $8.8 billion of shrink-wrap-ped American cash that was flown into Iraq after Saddam fell but which is now unaccounted for.
