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Old 04-28-2008, 08:59 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7370355.stm

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An audit of US-funded reconstruction projects for Iraq has found millions of dollars have been wasted because many schemes have never been completed.

The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction blamed delays, costs, poor performance and violence for failure to finish some 855 projects.

Many other projects had been falsely described as complete, found the audit of 47,321 reconstruction projects.

Iraq reconstruction has cost US taxpayers more than $100bn so far.

USAID, the body responsible for overseeing Iraqi reconstruction, has responded that the database used for the review was incomplete.

'Depressing picture'

The audit by Senator Stuart Bowen found US officials had terminated at least 855 projects before completion.

Of this number, 112 were ended because of the contractors' poor performance.

Danielle Brian, executive director of the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight, said: "The report paints a depressing picture of money being poured into failed Iraq reconstruction projects.

"Contractors are killed, projects are blown up just before being completed, or the contractor just stops doing the work."

Last year, congressional investigators said as much as $10bn (£5bn) charged by US contractors for Iraq reconstruction had been questionable.

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Wow, I thought the number would actually be a lot higher although 855 represents quite a chunk of change flushed down the toilet. I think the outrage here is that we said certain things were built like important structures such as hospitals but in fact people were talking out of their butts.
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Yay, more proof of incompetence and corruption.

But let's keep expanding the role of government!
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...fOcal. Further evidence that real intentions that underly the occupation are not geared towards the Iraqi people and is one more nail in the coffin of those who still cling to the belief that this US-led war of terror is all about bringing democracy to these blighted people.
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...fOcal. Further evidence that real intentions that underly the occupation are not geared towards the Iraqi people and is one more nail in the coffin of those who still cling to the belief that this US-led war of terror is all about bringing democracy to these blighted people.
The only unmitigated success has been the profits for these contractors.
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The only unmitigated success has been the profits for these contractors.
The ones that aren't killed at least.

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"Contractors are killed, projects are blown up just before being completed, or the contractor just stops doing the work."
Can you blame them when facing the first two risks?

This quote shows the necessity for getting the nation secure. Nothing can get finished as long as contractors are being killed and buildings are being blown up, but that isn't going to happen if we pull out of the country.
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