Bada Bing!
Amazingly enough, the Iraqi constitution even allows Cabinet ministers to block investigations into corruption, which they have done. What a shining example of democracy.
Iraq's top corruption fighter said Wednesday that $8 billion in government money was wasted or stolen over the past three years and claimed he was threatened with death after opening an investigation into scores of Oil Ministry employees.In the chaos and lawlessness of Iraq, such threats are not taken lightly. Radi al-Radhi, who runs the Public Integrity Commission, leads one of the more dangerous missions in the country. He said in an interview that 20 members of the organization have been murdered since it began its work.In perhaps the most publicized recent case, an estimated $2 billion disappeared from funds to rebuild the electricity infrastructure.Former Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samaraie, who holds both U.S. and Iraqi citizenship, was convicted in that case and sentenced to two years in prison. He escaped from an Iraqi-run jail in the Green Zone on Dec. 17 and turned up in Chicago on Jan. 15. Al-Samaraie has said the Americans helped him escape.
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That is why Waxman is focused on the Iraqi reconstruction and the money that is not accountable. That is why I called Waxman's office to ask for him to put that issue first. You are right. That should be front page news. Maybe people will get off their rusty dusty and demand the Gerbil and the Veep to be removed. Waxman recovered 20 million dollars from Iraq reconstruction for the public and yet 8 billion dollars of unaccountable money is gone. Unbelievable...
I cannot believe how corrupted the Bush Administration is. They threw away 8 billion dollars when that money could have been used here in this country!
Former Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samaraie, who holds both U.S. and Iraqi citizenship,
I have seen a few intervies with Ayham al-Samaraie, one was when he returned. He had a private jet waiting for him when he escaped and the US issued him another passport. He lives in Oak Brook Illinois, which is an area with gated communities, you must pass through a guard house to get into each neighborhood, and I can assure you he is not living in a shack, most homes are the size of a few townhomes put together.
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