http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.us.funds.taliban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
By David Ariosto, CNN
July 26, 2011 -- Updated 0303 GMT (1103 HKT)
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A U.S. military task force has discovered that part of a $2.16 billion transportation contract was diverted through a murky network of subcontractors and into the hands of a group of Afghan power-brokers, criminals and Taliban insurgents, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
In one instance, $7.4 million was transferred into the bank account of a "low-level police officer."
After a series of transactions, including multiple withdraws, officials then traced $3.3 million in weapons, explosives and cash transfers "to the enemy," the source said.
Government officials are currently pursuing corrective actions against the trucking firms, including suspensions and limits on work, though all eight companies still remain on the U.S. payroll.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.us.funds.taliban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
US govt is so rich, they have money to pay the enemy to fight themselves. LOL
By David Ariosto, CNN
July 26, 2011 -- Updated 0303 GMT (1103 HKT)
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A U.S. military task force has discovered that part of a $2.16 billion transportation contract was diverted through a murky network of subcontractors and into the hands of a group of Afghan power-brokers, criminals and Taliban insurgents, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
In one instance, $7.4 million was transferred into the bank account of a "low-level police officer."
After a series of transactions, including multiple withdraws, officials then traced $3.3 million in weapons, explosives and cash transfers "to the enemy," the source said.
Government officials are currently pursuing corrective actions against the trucking firms, including suspensions and limits on work, though all eight companies still remain on the U.S. payroll.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/afghanistan.us.funds.taliban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
US govt is so rich, they have money to pay the enemy to fight themselves. LOL
