US spending in Iraq ignored rules
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"An audit of some $8bn paid to US and Iraqi contractors has found that almost every payment failed to comply with US laws aimed at preventing fraud.
In one instance, $11m was paid to a US company without any record of what goods or services were provided, the US defence department audit said.
US spending of another $1.8bn in seized Iraqi assets was also poorly handled.
The findings, covering the period from 2001 to 2006, will fuel anti-war Democrats' claims of mismanagement.
They accuse the Bush administration of relying too heavily on contractors to run the Iraq war and paying too little attention to problems of corruption and fraud.
The review by the defence department's inspector general estimates that the US Army made more than 180,000 commercial payments from bases in Iraq, Egypt and Kuwait from 2001 to 2006.
The $8bn spending of US taxpayers' money involved purchases of goods and services ranging from bottled water, mattresses and food to trucks and phones.
In some cases, contracts worth millions of dollars were paid for in cash with little or no documentation to show what was delivered".
In one instance, $11m was paid to a US company without any record of what goods or services were provided, the US defence department audit said.
US spending of another $1.8bn in seized Iraqi assets was also poorly handled.
The findings, covering the period from 2001 to 2006, will fuel anti-war Democrats' claims of mismanagement.
They accuse the Bush administration of relying too heavily on contractors to run the Iraq war and paying too little attention to problems of corruption and fraud.
The review by the defence department's inspector general estimates that the US Army made more than 180,000 commercial payments from bases in Iraq, Egypt and Kuwait from 2001 to 2006.
The $8bn spending of US taxpayers' money involved purchases of goods and services ranging from bottled water, mattresses and food to trucks and phones.
In some cases, contracts worth millions of dollars were paid for in cash with little or no documentation to show what was delivered".
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Saladin
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Embarrassing.
So much for private efficiency.
- 4 years ago
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Saladin
