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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:44 PM Original message |
Pentagon can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi funds |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
105. "Reckless spending" |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. GRAFT BRIBERY & CORRUPTION |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #105 |
160. Yep |
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alllyingwhores (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
111. Seriously...is this an Onion article? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #111 |
161. LOL! No kidding . "improper accounting practices" but not fraud... |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
130. As far as I can see Fraud covers from the day that (*) announced he |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #130 |
162. True that...Bush was fraud personified. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
159. Actually, I think this Iraqi money, not US taxpayer money in any way. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. I believe you're correct ...that it was oil sales money. Meant to go to rebuilding. |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. That is what happened |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. I can't wait for the trillions $ war reparations bill from Iraq. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #159 |
171. $12bn to Iraq - Biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. So this happened between 2004 and 2007? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
98. Naaaaah. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
128. This theft has continued going on under Obama's watch. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Though there is no apparent evidence of fraud" |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. And we are looking forward |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. No kidding, I just found a couple billion dollars in change in between the pillows of my couch... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
112. The state of California is going belly up. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
85. no evidence of fraud, but there is corruption! |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
93. $8.7 billion missing = apparent evidence of fraud. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
124. Well, fer Chrissakes, if there's no trace of the money, |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
144. The corruption is so widespread |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
168. I look forward and I can sadly see the WaR criminals will be back. :( |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
169. "Though there is no apparent evidence of fraud..." |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Pentagon has been one of the biggest scams for a very |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. One pallet couldn't hold $8 billion in cash. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. 1 billion in $100 bills |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
122. That's almost 12 full pallets for $1B. So, around 90 for $8B. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #122 |
148. Two Words: Wire Transfer (n/t) |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
107. Waxman learned this in an oversight committee hearing. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. It was probably the bundled money used and thrown as footballs! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, it's "lost". |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You have that 100% right!! |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. But we continue to give the Pentagon more money whenever they ask for it. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. The MIC and interest on the debt account for well over $1T a year. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
92. NO "WE" don't ,.. our elected (or not) polititicans do! eom |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
63. "lost" in the same way billions on Wall St. was "lost" @ $211,000/hr. for hedge fund managers |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
89. They used the bundled cash |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. The report was written by |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
58. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. He's still there? |
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alllyingwhores (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
110. Sounds more like he's not anything more than part of the scam... |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
125. So, why would a Bush insider on the fast track to glory |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. Good questions. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Agreed. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
173. in '03-04'nearly 281 million notes, ($12bn) weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad' |
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QUALAR (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Check The Bagmen |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
99. And all this time I thought those repukes were all going over there for cheap photo ops. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here's a link to a compliation of videos regarding $23 Billion in missing money on Grayson's website |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks -- saved it -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. Rumsfeld couldn't account for $2.3 trillion -- eventually $3.4 trillion . . . I think ...??? |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Did they look under Rummy's desk? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. Shocked! |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Did anyone ask Franky Graham where it is? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
56. I guess that is |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. How can one account for money that never existed in the first place? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. Follow the money to bush and cheney. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
60. Follow the money to Paul Wolfowitz. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. That's the bundles of cash they were playing football with in Iraq. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. Hell the country even had money to pay the faith based bush |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. The Iraq War was all about making money for certain groups and people |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "... the money wasn't lost it was stolen" |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Now I think I know what Dick Cheney kept in his office safe. n/t |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
68. also, why he put out his back moving his office by himself - the boxes of cash must have been heavy! |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. Well, I'm sure that Bremer and Senor are innocent. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. And I'm sure that no fine upstanding CPA/Heritage Foundation employee |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
61. Senor made sure he... |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #61 |
82. Maybe that's why Mike Pence was always there also. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
90. Excellent memory, Dan 'big head' Senor, the 'head' of it all. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
106. I will never forget.. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. recommend |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. Is that in cash? Do you have any idea how much that WEIGHS? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. 8.7 BILLION? Who worries about single digit billion dollar figures anymore? |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. Can we get a funny vid of W looking under a chair for it? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. "no apparent evidence of fraud" |
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Aristophrenia (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
31. The Great Seymour Hersh accounted for it |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. I've never heard this on |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. think the $ is currently bashing democrats in preelection commercials |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. and it went to buy up progressive radio stations so they could be flipped ... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Oil is money. War is always about $$$$$$$. To bad volunteers never realize this. nt |
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LargeGreenSpider (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Thank you. Excellent post. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
66. & organizing all those tea party rallies & paying for speakers like Dummy Palin |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. Seems like it might be all,like,some kind of a racket. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Wow...what is it with Iraq? So many things disappear there it's like the Bermuda Triangle. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
138. Nitpick: Many of those artifacts, and almost all of the most significant ones, were recovered. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #138 |
174. I'm glad to hear that n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
41. How many schools and hospitals could that have built back home? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
62. and affordable housing |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
137. This is from Iraq oil money, not US funds |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
42. Correct me if I'm wrong... |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. New Oversight |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
44. And what will happen? They'll get more money for accountants. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
45. They really need to check their pockets before doing the laundry |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'd check Cheney's accounts... nt |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. and that goes for his daughters---I'm sure he's given some away to them |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. So this in addition to the 9 billion Rumsfeld spoke of on 9/10/2011. nt |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. actually, I thought it was 1.2 trillion |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I think you're right about the 1.2 trillion. Yeah, 9/11 sure changed everything. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
48. Caymans? Switzerland? Liechtenstein? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
50. They get so freaking high salaries and this is how they '"repay" us? |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #50 |
73. actually, I think of them as some kind of carnie guys |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Or you win the teddy |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
52. Move along, nothing to see here. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. So I guess this.. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. That's like buying a car and only getting one of the tires. Then being expected to not worry about i |
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demi moore (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. only 8.7? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
57. K&R. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
59. "no apparent evidence of fraud"??!!$$$ ?? Losing $8.7 billion doesn't point to fraud? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
88. They have to get the money to Pay the Taliban from somewhere ..don't they??. eom |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
69. If this were Medicare/Medacaid |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
70. Just "another one of those mysteries" that we're not supposed to look back on.... |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
72. Unacceptable |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
77. Go to some Iraqi and American cemetaries... |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
79. What happened to the 4.3 trillion? Trillions or billions? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
80. Let's see, how many jobs can we create when we ask for that 9 billion back? |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #80 |
123. AT $50K per job, you could make 180,000 jobs. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
81. They cared as much about money accountability as much as they cared about our kids. And |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
83. I can only think of one place to spend billions - defense contractors. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
84. ... and how the right wing love to blether about 'throwing money' at socially |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
86. I bet some of that money will now be used to get Righties into office in the midterms |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
87. K&R. nt |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
91. "no apparent evidence of fraud" ??? Isn't $8.7 billion missing considered evidence? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. THIS IS A CRIME...a real prosecutable crime if anyone had any interest in |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
95. Lost in the pockets of the criminals |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
96. But make sure unemployment insurance is paid for.... no deficit spending... |
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Carnage251 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
97. The U.S. has to straighten out its priorities |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
100. It's under Cheney's death bed. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
101. Mission accomplished!! |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
102. Its not that they can't. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
103. That's in addition to the $2.3 TRILLION that the Pentagon can't account for? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #103 |
175. Thank you. I was wondering that myself. nt |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
104. OK, now we have embezzlement and theft -- the money went somewhere. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
108. Good GAWD...BILLIONS! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
109. Oh well, I'm sure it will be appropriate to "look forward" |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
113. Alan Grayson: videos of $23 BILLION of missing money, link below |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
114. If this missing money had gone to welfare or schools, Fox would be all over it |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
115. I don't suppose there would be a record of the chain of custody for such a piddling amount. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
116. chump change |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
117. The war is a joke. It was a scheme to steal money. We need a real 9-11 investigation. |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
118. Well that's better... |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
120. Its located where the WMD's are! |
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svpadgham (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
121. I'll bet if 3 bucks were unaccounted for |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
126. And is the White House calling for firings? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
127. Corruption but no fraud? Are they serious? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
129. This was Iraq's money. The US STOLE it from the Iraqi people. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
131. Probably more like over 10 billion dollars-War for profit & stealing for republicans & corporations |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
133. Isn't this an old story -- or is this an ADDITIONAL 8 + billion that vanished? nt |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
135. What else is new? n/t |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
136. of course they can't, o, too bad-and we have people starving |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
139. For the Pentagon, that's chump change. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
140. Oopsie, the DoD must have left it in their other pants! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
141. K&R |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
142. the US Government officials military corporations are theives |
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Ticonderoga (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #142 |
149. "they are part of the stench of corruption" |
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cate94 (573 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
143. K & R |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
145. Well since they lost $8.7B |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
146. No problem, the admin will give them a free pass. nm |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
147. While blowing the SHIT out of over $7 TRILLION over the last 10 years |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
150. Is this in addition to the pallet of money that they lost shortly after |
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truthtelleralways (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
151. We're being looted |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
152. Tea Party outrage over this? Hmm... |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
153. well today we can add another $33 Billion going to that region, soon to be accounted for.... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
154. Its ok. All those richy school teachers who get cut will make up for it. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
155. a farce... the whole damned thing... you KNOW where the money went as well as I do - Illegally into |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. It wouldn't surprise me |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
156. Get your priorities straight |
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missheidi (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
158. You mean people in the Bush admin could count? |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
165. Withold it from their allowance. Until they come up with it, no money for black ops. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
167. How many times have we discussed this on DU? 100? 1000? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
170. Let's see-no health care, no jobs, Social Security on the verge of annihilation, |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
172. Let me at their accounting system. I will find it asap. |
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