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5 indicted in multimillion Iraq bid-rigging scam

KidRocks

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Shouldn't these people be shot?

I mean there are some here would have liberals shot on site for much lesser issues, such as... dissension!







5 indicted in multimillion Iraq bid-rigging scam - USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Army Reserve officers and a U.S. contractor were indicted Wednesday as part of a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars of Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, jewelry and other pricey goods.

The husband of one of the military officials also was charged with helping to smuggle at least $10,000 into the United States that the couple used to pay for improvements to their New Jersey house.

The scam was outlined in a 25-count indictment filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey.

The three U.S. Army Reserve officers were responsible for helping to supervise how the U.S.-managed Coalition Provisional Authority spent an estimated $26 billion available for reconstruction projects in Iraq. They were in those posts in 2003 and 2004...
 
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Shouldn't these people be shot?

I mean there are some here would have liberals shot on site for much lesser issues, such as... dissension!

5 indicted in multimillion Iraq bid-rigging scam - USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Army Reserve officers and a U.S. contractor were indicted Wednesday as part of a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars of Iraq reconstruction projects to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, jewelry and other pricey goods.

The husband of one of the military officials also was charged with helping to smuggle at least $10,000 into the United States that the couple used to pay for improvements to their New Jersey house.

The scam was outlined in a 25-count indictment filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey.

The three U.S. Army Reserve officers were responsible for helping to supervise how the U.S.-managed Coalition Provisional Authority spent an estimated $26 billion available for reconstruction projects in Iraq. They were in those posts in 2003 and 2004...

They should be tried, convicted if guilty, stripped of their rank, and then be sentenced to the appropriate amount of time in prison.
 
They should be tried, convicted if guilty, stripped of their rank, and then be sentenced to the appropriate amount of time in prison.

I agree. And they should be executed if the situation warrants it. Doesn't sound like it will though.
 
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