Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: $9 miliardi spariti !

Nove miliardi di $ su venti, ovvero la meta`circa, provenienti dal fondo di 
ricostruzione, mancano al conto.
<"Cose che succedono in tempo di guerra!"~Paul Bremer.>
Giano
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/file_on_4/4216853.stm
Iraq reconstruction funds missing
The missing $8.8bn is more than 40% of Iraq's oil revenues
Almost $9bn (£4.7bn) of Iraqi oil revenue is missing from a fund set up to 
reconstruct the country.
The BBC's File On 4 programme has learnt that out of over $20bn raised in 
oil revenues during US-led rule, the use of $8.8bn is unaccounted for.
US government auditors criticise the Coalition Provisional Authority for 
failing to manage the money properly.
In one case, auditors say the key to a safe holding millions of dollars was 
kept in an open backpack in an office.
"There was insufficient internal control to assure that money was spent for 
the benefit of the Iraqis, as the UN Security Council resolution mandated," 
said the auditors' chief of staff, Ms Ginger Cruz.
'Bribes demanded'
"We contend that since the CPA was in control and did have a responsibility 
to be an effective steward of those monies, that it was to be expected that 
there was more supervision of what happened to that money," she said.
Even allowing for the chaos in the aftermath of war, the auditors still 
believe the management of the money should have been a great deal tighter.
An earlier auditors' report from last year revealed evidence of wholesale 
carelessness with large amounts of cash.
On one occasion, $1.4bn had to be transported to a bank in three 
helicopters, as it weighed 14 tons, but no deposit slip was obtained when it 
was paid in.
  It [the liberation of Iraq] was such a key moment and a great opportunity 
was lost by the way it was handled
Claude Hankes-Drielsma
The CPA has also come under attack for failing to prevent widespread fraud.
One US company is accused of massively inflating its profits by setting up 
sham companies to send fake invoices which the coalition paid.
Others are alleged to have demanded dubious commissions which then came out 
of Iraqi funds.
Even some Coalition officials are said to have openly demanded bribes of up 
to $300,000 in cash.
File On 4 reporter Gerry Northam explained: "Many Iraqis are angry at the 
way the Coalition handled funds, particularly the money from their own oil, 
and especially where inexplicable amounts ended up in the hands of foreign 
businesses."
Context 'misunderstood'
Claude Hankes-Drielsma, a former British advisor to the Iraqi Governing 
Council, which worked alongside the Coalition, said the lack of control of 
funds was a further blow to the United States.
"It is most unfortunate, given that the liberation of Iraq was a great 
achievement. It was recognised as such by the Iraqi people, but the 
subsequent handling of events was a disaster.
"It was such a key moment and a great opportunity was lost by the way it was 
handled."
In response to the report, the former head of the coalition, Ambassador Paul 
Bremer, said the auditors had failed to understand the context in which the 
Authority was operating.
Western accounting standards could not be applied in the midst of a war, he 
said.

 said.
Qualcuno sa dove sono finite le riserve della Banca Centrale Irakena?
Se esistono ancora?
Am.

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#_Ullallah!..
Una discreta fonte (discreta anche nel senso di "discrezione") di notizie di 
questo genere e`:
http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/
Per chiarimenti successivi meno discreti, bisognerebbe conoscere se Mr. 
Fuga-nel-carboot  Ciąla(li)bi, ha un suo blog nel net dal quale inveisce 
ancora , dopo la sparizione di $300.- milioni in Libano (-amarcord-fu un tuo 
post che anticipņ uno mio!), contro " concorrenti " nel business o quelli 
che hanno mancato di fare "il palo".
Hasta luego.
Giano