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Some U.S. troops tempted by reconstruction cash
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| April 11, 2009
| Kim Murphy
Posted on 04/11/2009 7:02:50 PM PDT by zaphod3000
The Justice Department has secured more than three dozen bribery-related convictions in the awarding of reconstruction contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least 25 theft investigations are underway.
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In a federal indictment last month, prosecutors alleged that (Capt. Michael Dung) Nguyen managed to skim more than $690,000 in cash as the civil affairs officer overseeing millions of dollars intended for reconstruction projects and payments to private Iraqi security forces northeast of Baghdad. The 28-year-old West Point graduate is accused of packing stacks of cash into boxes and mailing them to his family's home in Beaverton, OR.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; justicedepartment
A story as old as war itself. Wherever there is money, someone will be there to skim some of it. It is deheartening, however, that members of the armed forces disgrace their country by this behavior.
To: zaphod3000
Its gonna happen - I just hope they don’t concentrate on military when there is so much more corruption elsewhere.
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:04:18 PM PDT
by
gondramB
To: gondramB
The article focuses on Nung as a case study, but prosecutions include civilian contractors and Americans working in the provisional governmental authority.
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:13:14 PM PDT
by
zaphod3000
(Free markets, free minds, free lives.)
To: zaphod3000
It appears that ALL “government schools” are failing to teach the fundamental basics of honor, honesty, integrity, ethics and the essence of being an American...
Even West Point....
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:16:37 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: All
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:21:43 PM PDT
by
zaphod3000
(Free markets, free minds, free lives.)
To: river rat
This should be something you learn from your parents or church—school is the last place you should learn something like this. Isn’t there a book that says “Thou shalt not steal”?
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:23:53 PM PDT
by
zaphod3000
(Free markets, free minds, free lives.)
To: Aaron0617
A story as old as war itself. Wherever there is money, someone will be there to skim some of it
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posted on
04/11/2009 7:31:21 PM PDT
by
Aaron0617
To: zaphod3000
I wonder why the military postal service didn't catch him. They are supposed to inspect every package going out.
Additionally, all mail is x-rayed at BIAP. This should have been spotted if the "stacks of cash" were really "stacks".
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posted on
04/11/2009 8:46:08 PM PDT
by
Sarajevo
(You jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
To: zaphod3000
How abut paying them more?
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posted on
04/12/2009 5:57:30 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6)
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