from rcfp:
CORRUPT IRAQI SPENDER HAND-PICKED BY U.S. Hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq's military-spending budget went to secret, no-bid contracts, awarded by a former used-car salesman whom U.S. officials propelled into the chief procurement position for the Iraqi Defense Ministry, the Los Angeles Times reported. Ziad Cattan, along with several other former ministry officials, is now facing corruption charges from the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The Times reported that Cattan's friends were the recipients of many of these contracts, collecting a percentage of the proceeds, and speculated that one may have earned up to $10 million in fees.
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