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We have to be a completely mad Nation with the way we run our country.

What are they doing with the extra revenue from oil?

Panorama investigates claims that as much as $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.

When the US goes to war, corporate America goes too.

There are contracts for caterers, tanker drivers, security guards and even interrogators, many of them through companies with links to the White House.

Now more than 70 whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the Iraq war.

Gagging orders

A total of $23bn (£11.75bn) is under scrutiny.

The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging.

But Panorama's Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned.

She hears allegations of mismanagement, fraud and waste; tales of contractors chosen for their US government connections without a competitive bidding process; contractors inflating their costs and double counting to increase their profits and billions supposed to be used to rebuild the Iraqi military allegedly ending up in the pockets of some Iraqi government officials.

Even the contract to oversee the expenditure went to a company with no relevant qualification in accounting.

"They are the quintessential war profiteers," said a witness to one of the most notorious companies involved. "They made money out of chaos."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/7438372.stm


Did anyone else watch Panorama last night? I was left completely dumbfounded

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7444083.stm

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.

For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by the BBC's Panorama using US and Iraqi government sources.

A US gagging order is preventing discussion of the allegations.

The order applies to 70 court cases against some of the top US companies.

War profiteering

While George Bush remains in the White House, it is unlikely the gagging orders will be lifted.

To date, no major US contractor faces trial for fraud or mismanagement in Iraq.

The president's Democrat opponents are keeping up the pressure over war profiteering in Iraq.

Henry Waxman who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said: "The money that's gone into waste, fraud and abuse under these contracts is just so outrageous, its egregious.

"It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history."

In the run-up to the invasion one of the most senior officials in charge of procurement in the Pentagon objected to a contract potentially worth seven billion that was given to Halliburton, a Texan company, which used to be run by Dick Cheney before he became vice-president.

Unusually only Halliburton got to bid - and won.

Missing billions

The search for the missing billions also led the programme to a house in Acton in West London where Hazem Shalaan lived until he was appointed to the new Iraqi government as minister of defence in 2004.


Judge Radhi al Radhi: "I believe these people are criminals."
He and his associates siphoned an estimated $1.2 billion out of the ministry.

They bought old military equipment from Poland but claimed for top class weapons.

Meanwhile they diverted money into their own accounts.

Judge Radhi al-Radhi of Iraq's Commission for Public Integrity investigated.

He said: "I believe these people are criminals.

"They failed to rebuild the Ministry of Defence , and as a result the violence and the bloodshed went on and on - the murder of Iraqis and foreigners continues and they bear responsibility."

Mr Shalaan was sentenced to two jail terms but he fled the country.

He said he was innocent and that it was all a plot against him by pro-Iranian MPs in the government.

There is an Interpol arrest out for him but he is on the run - using a private jet to move around the globe.

He stills owns commercial properties in the Marble Arch area of London.

I praise the Lord God for this.

Many Nigerians are beginning to believe the truth about OURSELVES.

For several years, I have consistently told people to look at themselves rather than point at the leaders and they have never been willing to do so. If everyone of us decides to change ways and mentality while also discouraging anyone around us from being involved in evil (no matter what we stand to gain materially), Nigeria will see drastic changes for the better.

Biabeke, you are 29 now. You must have been less than 25 when you met your husband: this means you were not an old woman with all the baggage. If you were over 35 and met a guy under 30 in Nigeria, you'll definitely be divorced now except if the guy is yet to get his green card.

Your case is clearly different from older western women looking to use younger Nigerian men to satisfy their need for old age companionship.

I wish you well

if you dont like the laws of any country, stay away from there.

I refuse to visit any Islamic country because I'll find it difficult to live according to their laws but I wont condemn them for that. It's the way they want their country.

It's hypocrisy and a lack of level judgement to say that one country has a right to make certain laws based on it's own beliefs and convictions while condemning another country for making laws based on it's own convictions as well.

Britain believes that only mad countries have the death penalty but the death penalty exists in america! Should we all say that America is one of the axis of evil as a result?

God bless Uche and omoovie

stillwater:
Wow that was harsh

Oops. i'm not usually harsh.

I'm just sick and tired of hearing these nonsense from these women. They know why they fall for guys they've never seen before or guys who are of much lower standards than they would ordinarily desire.

Note to women(especially westerners): If you want to use a guy and you get used, you should not be complaining.
That's for westerners because African women tend to be smart enough not to fall for that kind of nonsense.

This is very typical of Nigerians. They forget whatever any past leader did to them as soon as they find someone else to vent their spleen on.

Is this not the same Abacha who death was wildly celebrated on the Streets all over Nigeria?

arles35:
Hello, I'm new to all of this. I'm here because i would like to say that I'm very much in love with my man. He is from Nigeria and I am from the states.We have been together for one year now, and everything seems to be going well.The problem i have is people believing that we are in love. He's 28 and well i am 41. We have had a relationship on-line for the last year.(we have not met in person) At first i thought it might be a scam, but was proved to be wrong. He has never asked me for anything but to love him. We have shared so many different feelings for each other, We plan on meeting in London in the few months for a vacation together.
I was just wondering if there were any other women here older than their husbands or boyfriends, and how did you get over the age conflict?
He always tells me that i upset him when i let the age come into our relationship, and assures me that age doesn't matter to him, that he loves me. I love him dearly.
We plan to marry but we are having difficulties because of the age difference. Immigrations is looking at it as if i am doing it just to bring him to the states. how do we prove that this is real?

This woman na real 419 woman.
She wants to use young Nigerian men in her old age. I wonder why desperate white women always want to defraud our men with fake love and they turn around to complain when they get outwitted.
Why dont you find a 28-year-old man in America who is not a junkie and who has bright prospects to see if he will fall in love with you like that. You women always think that the guys are stupid and then you cry foul when the guys have finished dealing with you.
I wont blame the guy if he uses you to buy his way to America because you are also trying to use him to kill the loneliness in your life. You will both be guilty of trying to use one another.

Jaguda

Real Barawo

RSA, I just read that and I find it hard to believe what I read

http://www.inithebabeandsuckling.com/bothasplan.html

please tell me it's not true

Every nation should have a right to decide what laws to put in place and implement; if you go to any Nation, try and respect their laws.

If you go to America, you cant even have a joke about incidents that touch their hearts without paying the price for it. A british girl saw hell for joking about 9/11 at an airport a few years ago.

Who are we to tell other Nations what to legislate upon?

What does that mean? What the basis for comparing Ribadu and obama?

Ribadu was an office holder; not a contestant.

Thief dey pose

Thieving Bush girl

Barawo

Thief

My position is that Britain triggered off the problems of Zimbabwe when it reneged on an earlier agreement. If Britain did not renege on the earlier agreement, Mugabe would not have decided to take over the lands and there would have been no sanctions and Zimbabweans would not be so poorly today.

Mugabe however was not very smart in dealing with the situation. He should have realised that Britain and America are capable of damaging the reputation of any regime they want to and he should have been more cunning in going about the land reforms.

He took away the land without planning for the after effects (just as America went to take out Saddam without thought).

The same thing happening to Zimbabwe can happen to Nigeria, however to a more reduced extent because we have oil and there will always be nations ready to buy oil from us. If Britain and America impose sanctions and get their supporters to alienate any government, that government is in trouble. America is too powerful and she countinues to bully the world.

Xiononsense is a frustrated woman; rejected by men, unloved by her family, and unwelcome by her neighbours.

Go on Xiomoron, vent your life's frustrations here where you spend most of your life.
I'm going to have dinner while you're at it.

It's not from UK. they have ways of making it look like it's from UK.

When I called the 070 number, a Nigerian accented guy answered it. I knew that the 070 numbers are usually 9ja 419 numbers.

I got this one 2 days ago:

From: AXA Isle of Manchester United.K. [mailto:axa-iomoffice@mail.com]
Sent: 30 May 2008 15:08
Subject: INHERITANCE NOTICE


From: AXA Isle of Man, UK.

ATTN,

We are a leading provider of offshore investments. We operate from the secure tax efficient environment of the Isle of Man, where we manage more than £4.6 billion for over 23,800 clients (as at 31 December 2006).


We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of £6,000,000.00 GBP (Six Million British Pounds) in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. (Name now withheld due to protocol).
We contacted you because you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance.

We therefore reckon that you could receive these funds as you are qualified by your name identity. All the legal papers will be processed upon your acceptance.

Upon your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance, your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address to enable us file necessary legal documents in your name at our high court probate division for the release of the fund in question.

Please contact the officer in-charge of this profile for further correspondence and assistance.

Officer in-charge : Thomas Craig
Direct Line: +447031996877 (calls on this line are not recorded)

If you would like to contact us by telephone then please call +44 (0) 1620 826 365. As part of our commitment to quality service, telephone calls may be recorded.

Kind regards,

AXA Isle of Man Limited,
Royalty House, Walpole Avenue,
Douglas, Isle of Man,
IM1 2SL, British Isles. 

I just called that 070 number and I knew it had gone through to naija. I just told the idiot who answered that he is a rogue. I know that's not going to stop him trying it again anyway

Tornadoz:
@BlatantAbeg no kill me o

abi you no see as the girl dey write and she come dey talk of porn.

person wey suppose dey attend English lessons dey complain say porn no dey yanfu yanfu

Carlosein:
hey guys except am getting this all wrong, i think in this case the victims were not looking to make any quick bucks.
they were asked to pay for transferring money internationally. kindly read the original post again if u please.

What funds were being transferred?