Foreign Interpreters Hurt in Battle Find U.S. Insurance Benefits Wanting
This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.
After the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the U.S. military discovered tha … more…
Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets
Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover, replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company … more…
Browse Iraq Reconstruction History For Yourself
Yesterday, in partnership with the New York Times, we detailed an unpublished 513-page federal report that offers the definitive crit … more…
The Organizational Chart for Iraq’s Reconstruction
Lessons From ‘Hard Lessons’: Excerpts From the Iraq Reconstruction Report
Will New Admin. Deliver on U.S. Pledge to Iraqi Refugees?
Updated November 6, 2008 6:15 pm EST
President-elect Barack Obama will inherit an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Iraq, including th … more…
Audit: US Fails In Tracking Cost of Iraq Contractors
The U.S. has spent about $6 billion on private security contractors and related services in Iraq, although the real tally remains unk … more…
Iraqi Army Headcount Still Unclear Despite Millions Paid to Private Contractor
On any given day in Iraq, about 140,000 Iraqi soldiers are on duty. But some 1,000 are in jail, 2,000 are in the hospital or recupera … more…
Coming This Week
9:30 a.m. -- The House Budget Committee convenes a hearing on "Iraq's Budget Surplus." (Iraq has tens of billi … more…
Iraq Fibs on Reconstruction Spending
It seems the U.S. and Iraq are nearing a deal for American forces in Iraq. Whether the GIs are staying or going home ($) in the next … more…
August 11, 2009
How the Pentagon Funneled Taxpayer Billions to Iraq’s Sheiks Shane Bauer, Mother Jones, August 11, 2009
July 27, 2009
Fraud Alleged in Iraq Job Program Funded by U.S. Ken Dilanian, USA Today, July 27, 2009
U.S. ‘Money Weapon’ Yields Mixed Results Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post, July 27, 2009
April 13, 2009
Some U.S. Troops Tempted by Reconstruction Cash Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2009
December 01, 2008
Corrupt Often Go Free in Iraq Matt Kelley, USA Today, December 01, 2008
November 18, 2008
Cancelled Iraq Contracts Cost U.S. $600 Million Matt Kelley, USA Today, November 18, 2008
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