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Nigeria Is Not The Only Country With Ghost Workers by chiedu7: 4:56am On Dec 02, 2014
Iraq's new government has discovered 50,000 'ghost soldiers' who received army salaries without showing up for work - a practice which accelerated the military's collapse in the face of ISIS fighters six months ago.

The names, equivalent to almost four full army divisions, were uncovered in an investigation launched by Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, who took office in September.

'Ghost soldiers' were men on the army payroll who paid their officers a portion of their salaries and in return did not show up for duty - enriching their commanders and hollowing out the military force.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2856454/Iraq-s-50-000-Ghost-soldiers-Government-discovers-thousands-cases-troops-received-salaries-without-showing-work.html#ixzz3Ki2jscLZ
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Re: Nigeria Is Not The Only Country With Ghost Workers by amAZEing: 5:59am On Dec 02, 2014
D pointer to 20,000 deployed in Maiduguri

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Re: Nigeria Is Not The Only Country With Ghost Workers by holatin(m): 6:52am On Dec 02, 2014
Money pallava

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Re: Nigeria Is Not The Only Country With Ghost Workers by chiedu7: 5:37am On Dec 04, 2014
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