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| Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal |
| 2009-11-18 |
| A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration's deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan. In Washington, two U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money soon after the $3 billion contract was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 How would China respond to finding itself Piggy-in-the-middle, when its investment and employees need to be defended from the sporadically rampaging hordes of Taliban gangs? It could be debated that allowing China a foot in the door was a brilliantly diabolical idea. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-18 19:34 |
| #2 $20 mil on a $3 billion contract? Cheap at twice the price. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-11-18 17:04 |
| #1 Bribes? From the Chinese? Who'd a thunk it? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-11-18 16:34 |