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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:48 PM
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Demand an Audit in Iraq! (by Rep Louise Slaughter)
Because of your hard work more than 2000 people have signed on to our call for an Audit in Iraq. They understand that without a Truman Commission being formed to examine all financial and military transactions related to the war in Iraq we may never know how $9 billion, and counting, has been lost during the war and "reconstruction" effort in Iraq.

We cannot stop now. If you haven't signed the petition yet please do so by going here:

<http://www.votelouise.com/page/petition/truman>

Give her a little help DU!!
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:50 PM
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1. Yesssssssssssssss!
Finally, a sane suggestion. I will sign it.
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 11:56 PM
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2. Nine billion dollars?
That's from the Iraqi oil-for-food leftovers and oil sales since the invasion began. Chump change. How about accounting for the $200+ billion of taxpayers' money spent to date in Afghanistan and Iraq? Congress keeps passing off-budget supplemental spending many times that amount for which there's been no accounting, either.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 12:03 AM
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4. Go sign her petition
The two money "problems" are probably related. Gotta get some investigation going first.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 12:08 AM
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5. The vigorish is an easy trillion.
Easy.

Chimp can do nothing else and he'll be an unqualified success. He'll be the bar by which transferences of wealth will be set by.
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 01:14 AM
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8. I demanded a through
audit. The $9 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what is really being spent!
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 05:23 AM
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9. True, but $8,800,000,000 is a lot of CASH repeat CASH to 'lose.'
The stuff literally disappeared.

I recall a story about $1,800,000,000 in CASH that was being transported from Baghdad on a CH-47 that went missing. Granted, $1,800,000,000 is chump change, but I'd kinda like to know where it is.

After we find out who had that, there is only another $7,000,000,000 or so to find. Just another 3 or four CH-47s worth.

Inquiring minds want to know. . . .
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 12:03 AM
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3. Signed and sent!
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Shallah Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 12:25 AM
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6. Signed, forwarded. Nail the scum!
!
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 12:46 AM
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7. happy to oblige
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Habibi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 05:30 AM
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10. Done. Thanks for the heads up.
:hi:
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 05:44 AM
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11. Kick for NINE BILLION DOLLARS of presumably stolen taxpayers money.
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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 06:50 AM
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12. Kick
for Social Security, Schools, Healthcare......
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 07:42 AM
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13. Done, great idea! Also asked for an accounting
of the missing 2.3 trillion missing from the Pentagon before 9/11 that was never reported in the media.
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:20 AM
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14. needs a
:kick:
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 09:21 AM
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15. it's about time! Thank you, thank you
thank you
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 10:58 AM
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16. kick
trying to keep focus on the thugs!
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dxstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 11:37 AM
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17. Done! Kicked and nominated!
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