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Iraqi Army 'Had 50,000 Ghost Troops' On Payroll [Paid-For By American Taxpayers?]
BBC News ^
| November 30, 2014
Posted on 11/30/2014 4:06:02 PM PST by Steelfish
Edited on 11/30/2014 4:42:56 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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An investigation into corruption in the Iraqi army has revealed that there were 50,000 false names on its payroll.
Known in the military as "ghost soldiers", they either did not exist or no longer reported for duty, however their salaries were still paid.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:06:02 PM PST
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
Forty years after we were suckered by this in Vietnam, and nobody oversaw the program? What a hoax; then again, the whole Iraq war was.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:07:42 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Steelfish
Like New Orleans. I read they had 750 “ghost officers” on the payroll to benefit city officials.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:10:14 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:11:48 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: kearnyirish2
How is it that an enslaved, war poverished and destitute contries can turn tables on us and so thoroughly take advantage of us before we can elect a liberal to cut and run out on them?
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:12:03 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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We're going to need a big push to
wrap this up. Let's git 'er done.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:13:48 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
To: Steelfish
My tagline is rather accurately expressive on this issue.
;-)
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:13:54 PM PST
by
GladesGuru
(Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
To: Steelfish
"An investigation into corruption in the Iraqi army has revealed that there were 50,000 false names on its payroll. Known in the military as "ghost soldiers", they either did not exist or no longer reported for duty, however their salaries were still paid."
Yeah. And many Americans were killed and horribly maimed fighting for this corrupt and worthless people called Iraqis. (Otherwise known as Arabs.) What was it all for? What was gained or achieved for America? Why is it that the Iraqis put up a determined resistance to American forces but fold like a cheap suit to ISIS?
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:15:20 PM PST
by
StormEye
To: Delta 21
That’s a great question; I wish I had an answer.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:17:59 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Delta 21
How is it that an enslaved, war poverished and destitute contries can turn tables on us
The whole middle east has been practishing to decive for many millennias so they are well practished and to lie to the infidels is a ticket to Allah and the seventytwo vergins
so who is surprised here?
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:23:35 PM PST
by
munin
(MSNBC?)
To: kearnyirish2
The Brits were doing Kit Inspections of Native troops before they were paid well before WW1 and they have the photos to prove it.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:26:53 PM PST
by
ClayinVA
("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
To: ClayinVA
It is simple enough, though I guess when they pulled out our troops that became impossible.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:28:59 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Steelfish
Most of those 50,000 are probably here in the U.S., illegaly of course, with their obama phone awaiting amnesty and free obamacare.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:32:21 PM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: kearnyirish2
Pulling out the troops makes for good rhetoric. But, the Iraqis have been defrauding US for years. Why would they stop now?
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:37:44 PM PST
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: munin
I had forgot. It is their cultural way to be deceptive.
It must be our white privilege that keeps us from seeing it.
That and half the freekin cabinet is Muslim. We’ve been sold out from the inside out.
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:42:21 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Theoria
Pulling out the troops made a lot of deaths meaningless; I’d imagine we’re still sending the money to pretend a viable government was left in charge (to minimize the sting of those deaths).
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posted on
11/30/2014 4:44:06 PM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
11/30/2014 5:03:22 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Steelfish
Sounds like Mayor Nagin in New Orleans with the fake cops on the payroll.
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posted on
11/30/2014 5:04:30 PM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Delta 21
To: kearnyirish2
Now we know why ISIS won so many battles—they were fighting ghost soldiers. Let the Caliph have them! let them try to cheat that guy and see how fast they loose their heads.
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