{"id":4880,"date":"2011-07-25T00:59:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T00:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2011-07-25T00:59:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T00:59:47","slug":"u-s-debt-rising-while-millions-spent-on-the-war-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/u-s-debt-rising-while-millions-spent-on-the-war-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. debt rising while millions spent on the war .. lost ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

With\u00a0the talks underway regarding the\u00a0budget debt crisis and the most vulerable programs at risk on the cutting table – this article from Time\/CNN about\u00a0U.S. dollars spent on\u00a0the war in\u00a0Afghanistan got my attention ~\u00a0\u00a0Last Wednesday the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released a startling report …<\/p>\n

The article is called “Afghan VIPs Steal $10 Million From You Every Day, in Cash”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Afghan government VIPs stuff your tax dollars into suitcases and fly the money out of the Kabul airport to parts unknown, possibly at the rate of about $10 million bucks a day. That’s one of the\u00a0startling conclusions in the latest report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It says that the United States has pumped more than $70 billion into development projects in Afghanistan since 2002. A lot of that is converted to cash. But the United States has ‘limited visibility over U.S. cash that enters the economy — leaving it vulnerable to fraud and diversion to the insurgency.’ In other words, Afghans are stealing our money or giving it to other Afghans …”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/battleland.blogs.time.com\/2011\/07\/21\/afghan-vips-steal-10-million-from-you-ever-day-in-cash\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With\u00a0the talks underway regarding the\u00a0budget debt crisis and the most vulerable programs at risk on the cutting table – this article from Time\/CNN about\u00a0U.S. dollars spent on\u00a0the war in\u00a0Afghanistan got my attention ~\u00a0\u00a0Last Wednesday the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released a startling report … The article is called “Afghan \u2026<\/p>\n

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