Sunday, July 04, 2004

We had no choice

Surely you can see that. The Iraqis might have given contracts to Iraqis or some foreigners.

U.S. officials in charge of the Development Fund for Iraq drained all but $900 million from the $20 billion fund by late June in what one watchdog group has called an “11th-hour splurge.”

An international monitoring board is planning an audit of money from the development fund that was spent on contracts for Iraq’s reconstruction that were approved without competitive bidding.
  Detroit News article

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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