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Old 02-08-2007, 09:43 AM   #1
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US Tax payers money, this is beyond belief...
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The memorandum details the casual manner in which the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority disbursed the money, which came from Iraqi oil sales, surplus funds from the UN oil-for-food programme and seized Iraqi assets.

However, evidence before the committee suggests that senior American officials were unconcerned about the situation because the billions were not US taxpayers' money. Paul Bremer, the head of the CPA, reminded the committee that "the subject of today's hearing is the CPA's use and accounting for funds belonging to the Iraqi people held in the so-called Development Fund for Iraq. These are not appropriated American funds. They are Iraqi funds.
You don't even read your own damn articles.
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Old 02-08-2007, 10:18 AM   #2
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You don't even read your own damn articles.
Are you really that gullable and most Iraqi oil sales go to the black market...
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