BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 — The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report has concluded.
The report, obtained by The New York Times, estimates that groups responsible for many of the insurgent and terrorist attacks are raising $70 million to $200 million a year from illegal activities. It says that $25 million to $100 million of the total comes from oil smuggling and other criminal activity involving the state-owned oil industry aided by “corrupt and complicit” Iraqi officials.
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All this is thanks to George W. Bush and company. This mess started with lies and corruption so it makes since that smart people would use dumb stupid Bush. Look it the US knew a world leader was as much an idiot as George W. Bush the US would use it to the max. Americans made the mistake of letting a dumb drunk take office now we have to pay for that mistake.
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