Yes, I can see that. There would still be the vehicles though... so even if there is no paper trail there should still be weapons and paid soldiers to show. SO it seems that there probably is something going on more than just partisan bickering.
Dana On 10/12/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah. Somewhat to be expected given the chaotic nature of things over the > last couple of years, but they should still be found and prosecuted. > > On an interesting note, I know a guy who worked as a private contractor > over there, and he said they would very often do business completely in cash > because there was no banking infrastructure in place to do it any other way. > Guys would show up at their offices and say, "We need $100K in cash to buy > vehicles." They would take the money and buy the vehicles. No receipts, no > paper trail. > > In the case of my acquaintance, the money seemingly was going toward legit > uses, but the general lack of banking, accounting records, or any paper > trail created a situation where people could steal from the public treasury > with very little risk of being caught. > > >Anyone else see a wire services story saying that the Iraqis have issued > >arrest warrants for members of the Allawi government because there are > large > >chunks of the military budget missing? > > > >-- > >In the long run we are all dead. - John Maynard Keynes > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176875 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
