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BBC probe: Gag orders hide contractor corruption in Iraq

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Page last updated at 10:34 GMT, Monday, 9 June 2008 11:34 UKE-mail this to a friend Printable versionDaylight RobberyDaylight Robbery: BBC One 9pm Tuesday 10 June 2008.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 ordersA 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."Panorama: Daylight Robbery will be on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 10 June 2008.

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Uploaded: June 10, 2008 at 6:30 pm
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DRDNIBOY (August 13, 2008 at 8:39 pm)
I live in america and I am ashamed of this country. I will be leaving shortly. So they can kill themselves.
RossYo (June 19, 2008 at 10:07 pm)
digg . com/world_news/BBC_uncovers_lost_Iraq_billions_5some good comments on digg also
RossYo (June 19, 2008 at 9:57 pm)
its hosted on google video with the title Daylight Robbery - What Happened to the $23billion? if you search for it for anyone wanting to watch it
ajfearon1 (June 18, 2008 at 7:51 pm)
It will be available shortly on the BBC Website
setfree70 (June 17, 2008 at 10:46 pm)
posted it on my channelsetfree71
setfree70 (June 17, 2008 at 10:36 am)
i am working on it
todayclaf (June 11, 2008 at 7:17 pm)
Decent people from America and Iraq are losing their shirts - if not their lives - because of corrupt politicians and corporations. The Media supports the lies and people are too busy working two jobs to have time to learn the truth. America is on the brink of financial destruction and barely a peep is heard from the citizens.
wiremu (June 10, 2008 at 10:43 pm)
Well said.
yankeerose01 (June 10, 2008 at 10:40 pm)
Will somebody please upload the entire program. American taxpayers need to see this....!!!
sugarpuddin88 (June 10, 2008 at 9:10 pm)
As long as Nancy Pelosi's husband sits as chair on AIPAC, there will be no indictmentsMeanwhile, Scotland Yard is indicting Tony Blair for genocide and crimes against humanityThe American sheeple really are suckers - They deserve what they get!


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