Reply With QuoteWHOOPSIE!!Originally Posted by Legion Troll
There goes the military vote!
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Trump says troops stole millions in Iraq
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WHOOPSIE!!
There goes the military vote!
Leonthecat (06-15-2016)
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Nope. He got his spokeswoman to "clarify" that he really meant to say "Iraqi troops".
The Faithful will buy that and give him another pass.
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Trump stands to make millions in Iran.
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Selling billions of bucks worth of big beautiful Boeings....
Let's face it, Deadbeat Don needs the cash. The big-money boys didn't trust him when he begged them to buy favors from him.
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They wisely don't trust his word.
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Maybe Vlad will advance him some rubles in exchange for total control.
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Trump spits at American war veterans again. First he withholds charity money collected in their name, now he calls them thieves of US aid money.
Is there any way this draft dodger will not insult American troops?
Sookie, sookie, sookie, where are you?
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He called McCain a loser. he has nothing but contempt for the military.
Tsuke should be here to spin this for my amusement.
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BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions
A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.
The BBC's Panorama programme has used US and Iraqi government sources to research how much some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding. A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations. The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies.
War profiteering
While President George W Bush remains in the White House, it is unlikely the gagging orders will be lifted. To date, no major US contractor faces trial for fraud or mismanagement in Iraq. The president's Democratic opponents are keeping up the pressure over war profiteering in Iraq. Henry Waxman, who chairs the House committee on oversight and government reform, said: "The money that's gone into waste, fraud and abuse under these contracts is just so outrageous, it's egregious.
"It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history." In the run-up to the invasion, one of the most senior officials in charge of procurement in the Pentagon objected to a contract potentially worth $7bn that was given to Halliburton, a Texan company which used to be run by Dick Cheney before he became vice-president. Unusually only Halliburton got to bid - and won.
Missing billions
The search for the missing billions also led the programme to a house in Acton in west London where Hazem Shalaan lived until he was appointed to the new Iraqi government as minister of defence in 2004. He and his associates siphoned an estimated $1.2bn out of the ministry. They bought old military equipment from Poland but claimed for top-class weapons. Meanwhile they diverted money into their own accounts. Judge Radhi al-Radhi of Iraq's Commission for Public Integrity investigated. He said: "I believe these people are criminals. "They failed to rebuild the Ministry of Defence, and as a result the violence and the bloodshed went on and on - the murder of Iraqis and foreigners continues and they bear responsibility." Mr Shalaan was sentenced to two jail terms but he fled the country. He said he was innocent and that it was all a plot against him by pro-Iranian MPs in the government.
There is an Interpol arrest warrant out for him but he is on the run - using a private jet to move around the globe. He stills owns commercial properties in the Marble Arch area of London.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/7444083.stm
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