Comments on: Iraqi guards steal $282 million.

By: timeisart

timeisart — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:40:45 +0000

I had the best belly laugh I’ve had in months when I read the heist story. Iraqi security guards? NO! I put my money (some of which has already been stolen) on the Boys from Blackwater.

By: leporello

leporello — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:14:48 +0000

Giving cred where credit’s due: the Major Strasser remark is a quote from Casablanca. Its just so appropriate for this theft. And remember, boys and girls, this theft was made possible by your tax dollars. One interesting observation, the major lack of coverage by the MSM.

By: troll alert

troll alert — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:06:11 +0000

Cucumbers are at fifty cents a pop these days.
Comment by WaltTheMan

Dude, around here, cucumbers are @ $1.ÂºÂº each.
As much as $1.29 apiece just a month or two ago.

By: W.Clements

W.Clements — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:14:26 +0000

And sane people wonder why this war is costing so much?

By: WaltTheMan

WaltTheMan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:21:34 +0000

It’s not that much, just a buck from every man, woman and child in America. It would be nice if the same crowd would be kind enough to mail a simular amount to me. It would certainly help with my expenses. Gas prices are getting high, you know, even with my Prius. Cucumbers are at fifty cents a pop these days. Please give to WaltTheMan! I will decide what to do with 564,00,000 cukes when the time comes.

By: tr

tr — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:02:23 +0000

just regular ole iraqis guarding 1/4 billion without american involvement. doesn’t seem plausible. i’d guess blackwater was involved.

By: Left Coast Mike

Left Coast Mike — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:58:18 +0000

You know if the legislature won’t do it, we should just quit paying taxed until the country is back in our hands. That was our tax dollars…that really pisses me off. Hang the whold damned administration.

By: Probus

Probus — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:10:07 +0000

This theft is a further indication of the utter incompetence we have seen in Iraq. Whether it is Maliki’s attempt to not get anything done, illegal practices by defense contractors, the poorly planned surge or this theft. This goes to show how little has been done to remove corruption from Iraq. The administration needs to answer some questions. Congress should investigate this theft. How can the CEO administration let something like this happen on their watch?

By: big papa

big papa — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:01:28 +0000

…Blackwater Security…

…Ahmed Chalabi…

…Halliburton-Kellogg Brown and Root…

By: Christine in Atlanta

Christine in Atlanta — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:18:12 +0000

The first story I read about this heist was around 3am last night, and included a paragraph comparing the 282 mil to what it cost us to run the war for a day (which is more than 282 mil), can’t find it anywhere, and I thought that was a potent detail. Anyone else read that, or was I that sleepy?

By: Not Canadian

Not Canadian — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:45:07 +0000

This comes on the heels of Dumbya saying he sees progress in Iraq?
There has been and will be no success for such a ‘botched from the get-go, war of choice.’
Freakin ignoramuses, every one.

By: Troll Hater

Troll Hater — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:41:06 +0000

Marvel comics or Casablanca?

By: leporello

leporello — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:25:14 +0000

Major Strasser’s been shot! …Er, 282 million dollars have been stolen! Round up the usual suspects!

By: Karim

Karim — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:57:03 +0000

Damn.

By: Troll Hater

Troll Hater — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:21:46 +0000

> Alternatively, that money could have been used to send 3989 students to a
> public university for 4 years.

According to wingnuttery, that education would be “stolen from the american public”

So there.

By: Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:10:01 +0000

$282 million will also buy a lot of influence in the Iraqi government, support from the locals (for those who don’t yet sympathise with the insurgency), weapons, etc.

But, hey, the surge is working…

By: Coffins draped with flags

Coffins draped with flags — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:08:11 +0000

Hey – you need American dollars to buy guns from American gun runners. It makes sense to me.

By: angryvietnamvet

angryvietnamvet — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:08:11 +0000

Probably a Blackwater job. It will be used to finance the Chaney Branch of the U.S. Government (thats the secret branch…so secret that the Article in the Constitution providing for this mysterious branch was written in invisible ink.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:07:43 +0000

I have solved the mystery! Just ask yourself who has carte blanche in Iraq. Who moves around at will and beyond the law? The mercenaries of Blackwater that’s who. Now do I get a reward for solving this ‘who done it”?

By: Buck Fush

Buck Fush — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:01:18 +0000

What was that much American Dollars doing there in the first place, was it part of the billions that is missing?
This whole thing stinks to high heaven.