Blatant, Disgusting Corruption in Iraq

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citizenkhan

It Wandered In From the Wastes
This was a fun little article I read in the New York Times yesterday. I thought it was worth sharing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/international/middleeast/02reconstruct.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

A brief summary:
Despite a prior conviction on felony fraud that his Pentagon background check apparently missed, Mr. Stein was hired and put in charge of at least $82 million of reconstruction money in the south central Iraqi city of Hilla by the Coalition Provisional Authority, the American-led administration that was then running Iraq.
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It gets better:
Mr. Stein used some of his stolen money, the papers say, to buy items as wildly diverse as grenade launchers, machine guns, a Lexus, "an interest in one Porsche," a Cessna airplane, two plots of real estate in Hope Mills, N.C., a Toshiba personal computer, 18 Breitling watches, a 6-carat diamond ring and a collection of silver dollars. The papers say that the ring of corruption was much wider than previously known, drawing at least seven Americans, including Mr. Stein, Mr. Bloom and five Army reserve officers, into what is portrayed as a maelstrom of greed, sex and gun-running at the heart of the American occupation of a conservative Muslim country.
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OMFG LOLZORS THIS IS TEH AWESOME:
Over all, Mr. Stein is accused of stealing at least $2 million of American taxpayer money and Iraqi funds, which came from Iraqi oil proceeds and money seized from Saddam Hussein's government, accepting at least $1 million in money and goods in direct bribes and grabbing another $600,000 in cash and goods that belonged to the Coalition Provisional Authority. In return, Mr. Stein and his cronies used rigged bids to steer at least $8.6 million in contracts for buildings like the police academy, a library and a center meant to promote democracy, the papers say.
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I love paying taxes! Love it! Love it!
 
Yep, we've been a member of your little cabal since January 2000, Ratty.
 
I guess it's about time Europe ended this little 'independance' experiment we had running with you creoles. It's gone way wrong.
 
Jebus said:
I guess it's about time Europe ended this little 'independance' experiment we had running with you creoles. It's gone way wrong.
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Yeah, but I'm afraid that the British Army is having a few problems with them, cowboys and such. Perhaps the Belgish army could lend a hand?
 
Big T said:
Jebus said:
I guess it's about time Europe ended this little 'independance' experiment we had running with you creoles. It's gone way wrong.
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Yeah, but I'm afraid that the British Army is having a few problems with them, cowboys and such. Perhaps the Belgish army could lend a hand?
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We can't. Revealing the true military might of the Belgian Empire right now would endanger our plans of suprise attacks and annexations of Dutchieland, France and Germany...

Maybe when we're ready with them.
 
Jebus said:
We can't. Revealing the true military might of the Belgian Empire right now would endanger our plans of suprise attacks and annexations of Dutchieland, France and Germany...

Maybe when we're ready with them.
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GAH! Must... NOT... succumb... to... urge... to... play... EU2.

Seriously, I started playing the game again last week and it's as awesome as I remember it. Only this time, I set A.I. aggressiveness to the highest setting and now I'm having the time of my life. Playing as Austria and fighting Poland, France and the Ottoman Empire at the same time while facing bankrupcy and having three rebellions on my hands is almost as good as sex.

Für Kaiser und Vaterland!
 
Ratty said:
Playing as Austria and fighting Poland, France and the Ottoman Empire at the same time while facing bankrupcy and having three rebellions on my hands is almost as good as sex.
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How would you know, Śtaksi?
 
Ratty said:
Jebus said:
We can't. Revealing the true military might of the Belgian Empire right now would endanger our plans of suprise attacks and annexations of Dutchieland, France and Germany...

Maybe when we're ready with them.
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GAH! Must... NOT... succumb... to... urge... to... play... EU2.

Seriously, I started playing the game again last week and it's as awesome as I remember it. Only this time, I set A.I. aggressiveness to the highest setting and now I'm having the time of my life. Playing as Austria and fighting Poland, France and the Ottoman Empire at the same time while facing bankrupcy and having three rebellions on my hands is almost as good as sex.

Für Kaiser und Vaterland!
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I dunno, I haven't touched it since I got HOI2.

You can fuck Poland up the ass with NUKES!
 
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