8.8. $BILLION Missing in Iraq
/Three U.S. senators have called on Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to account for 8.8 billion dollars entrusted
to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq earlier this
year but now gone missing. In a letter Thursday, Senators Ron
Wyden of Oregon, Byron L Dorgan of North Dakota and Tom Harkin of
Iowa, all opposition Democrats, demanded a "full, written
account" of the money that was channeled to Iraqi ministries and
authorities by the CPA, which was the governing body in the
occupied country until Jun. 30. The loss was uncovered in an
audit by the CPA's inspector general. It has not yet been
released publicly and was initially reported on the website of
journalist and retired U.S. Army Col David Hackworth. [more 
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