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Bruce Falconer writes in Mother Jones:

Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs—all in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq?

Allegations of widespread mismanagement and corruption among private contractors in Iraq are nothing new; if anything, tales of cronyism, over-billing, and embezzlement have become so frequent that our national tolerance for them seems only to have increased as the Iraq War has drawn on. Even so, the testimony earlier this week of three whistleblowers before the Senate's Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) stands out for the sheer outrageousness of their accusations—namely that U.S. private contractors looted Iraqi palaces and ministries, stole military equipment, fenced supplies destined for U.S. troops, and even operated a prostitution ring that may have contributed to the death of fellow contractor. Yet despite its focus on such salacious matters as sex and corruption, the session earned little media attention.

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By Bruce Falconer
May 2, 2008
motherjones.com
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/05/...

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4 responses // Contractors Gone Wild

  • Yeah, it is played down because the powers that be are into the same things. Most of the media is owned by those who support such things in my opinion.
    HappyYoga
  • More people would know about it if it was a show on Spike TV.
    hack26
  • This stuff should be on the top of every nightly newscast - what a shame it's not.
    digitrash
  • What did you expect from a redneck president. Lets vote responsibly and let the people living in the bubble see this on primetime.
    Jtonio4823

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