Zeppistan
30-07-2004, 01:25
If the US can't figure out where 1 Billion dollars went in Iraq over the space of one year, what made them think that Saddam would have been able to figure out where each and every artillery shell went over 30 years?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_audit_2
U.S. civilian authorities in Baghdad failed to keep good track of nearly $1 billion in Iraqi money spent for reconstruction projects and can't produce records to show whether they got some services and products they paid for, anew audit concludes.
The former Coalition Provisional Authority paid nearly $200,000 for 15 police trucks without confirming they were delivered, and auditors have not located them, the report from the CPA's Inspector General said. Officials also didn't have records to justify the $24.7 million pricetag for replacing Iraqi currency which used to carry Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s portrait, the report said.
The report, released in Iraq (news - web sites) late Wednesday, is the first formal audit of contracting procedures under the CPA, which oversaw billions in reconstruction spending that critics say was doled out without proper controls. The agency's defenders say it did the best it could given the pressure of operating in a war zone and trying to get reconstruction going quickly
Ah. So not keeping track of every one of your tax dollars in a warzone is understandable. But not keeping track of every artillery shell during a ten year war (Iran-Iraq) isn't.
In response, the Chalabi family stated from their new 120 foot yacht: "Money? What money? Pass the champagne..."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_audit_2
U.S. civilian authorities in Baghdad failed to keep good track of nearly $1 billion in Iraqi money spent for reconstruction projects and can't produce records to show whether they got some services and products they paid for, anew audit concludes.
The former Coalition Provisional Authority paid nearly $200,000 for 15 police trucks without confirming they were delivered, and auditors have not located them, the report from the CPA's Inspector General said. Officials also didn't have records to justify the $24.7 million pricetag for replacing Iraqi currency which used to carry Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s portrait, the report said.
The report, released in Iraq (news - web sites) late Wednesday, is the first formal audit of contracting procedures under the CPA, which oversaw billions in reconstruction spending that critics say was doled out without proper controls. The agency's defenders say it did the best it could given the pressure of operating in a war zone and trying to get reconstruction going quickly
Ah. So not keeping track of every one of your tax dollars in a warzone is understandable. But not keeping track of every artillery shell during a ten year war (Iran-Iraq) isn't.
In response, the Chalabi family stated from their new 120 foot yacht: "Money? What money? Pass the champagne..."