Iraqi Officials ‘Stole Millions’
From the BBC: "A former Iraqi minister has said that officials in the former interim government stole about $800 million meant for buying military equipment." Apparently there's $7 billion worth of corruption being investigated.Your support is crucial...BBC:
A former Iraqi minister has said that officials in the former interim government stole about $800m (425m) meant for buying military equipment.
Former Finance Minister Ali Allawi told the US CBS network that about $1.2bn had been allocated for new weapons.
About $400m was spent on outdated equipment and the rest stolen, he said.
Mr Allawi said the UK and US had done little to recover the money or catch the suspects, who were “running around the world”.
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