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2021-08-22 Afghanistan

FLEECED! How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan: £4 million on Tuscan goats for the cashmere trade, £120 million on Dubai villas for corrupt politicians and £400 million on aircraft left to rot

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like Proxmire's "Golden Fleece" awards or the similar reports Rand Paul produces now. Just gummint wasting money as gummint is congenitally wont to do.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-22 06:48|| 2021-08-22 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 How does that stack up with all the failed Obama financed Green programs?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-22 08:32|| 2021-08-22 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 This is such old news: Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash From Kabul
By Matthew Rosenberg
Updated June 25, 2010

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-08-22 13:48|| 2021-08-22 13:48|| Front Page Top

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