Iraq_for_Sale:_The_War_Profiteers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_misappropriations

• Use of Iraq Contractors Costs Billions, Report Says - New York Times - The United States this year will have spent $100 billion on contractors in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, a milestone that reflects the Bush administration’s unprecedented level of dependence on private firms for help in the war, according to a government report to be released Tuesday.
• Iraq a bottomless cash pit
• Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Former U.S. official admits to kickbacks in Iraq
• Parsons, Military Wasted Millions in Iraq, Inspector Bowen Says
• CNN.com - Audit: U.S. lost track of $9 billion in Iraq funds
• So, Mr Bremer, where did all the money go?
• The case of the Missing $21 Billion

1. ^{a b c} http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=112255&d=30&m=7&y=2008
2. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/feb/01/iraq.suzannegoldenberg Audit reveals abuse of $9bn works funds
3. ^ "BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions", Jane Corbin, BBC News, 10 June 2008
4. ^ Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steel: Billions over Baghdad. Vanity Fair, October 2007
5. ^ ^{a b} "Daylight Robbery", BBC, 9 June 2008
6. ^ ^{a b} "'Iraq was awash in cash. We played football with bricks of $100 bills'", Callum Macrae and Ali Fadhil, The Guardian, 20 March 2006
7. ^ http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/bush-reveals-true-reason-for-war-in-push-for-iraqi-agreement/4204/
8. ^ http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/06/23-billion-gag.html