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08/03/2004:

"One of the Biggest Heists in History"

In Iraq, $8.8 billion is MIA. Serious dough even for the big spenders in Washington, D.C.

Offshore bankers must be burning the midnight oil these days with all the new secret accounts pouring out of Baghdad!

And small wonder that L. Paul Bremer went to ground in June after he turned the running of Iraq over to the Iraqis, closed down the CPA and flew home for an attaboy lunch with President Bush at the White House.

I'm not suggesting that he's living high on the hog on some Cayman-type island in the Caribbean, but I am saying that he was the guy in charge in Iraq – and when it came to handling the funds in his trust, the IG report clearly states that he "did not exercise adequate fiduciary responsibility over DFI funds provided to Iraqi Ministries."

Full Article : sftt.org