Monday, May 12, 2008

Ex-officials: Bush admin. ignored Iraq corruption (AP)

US soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment conduct a joint air assault mission with Iraqi forces in search for weapons caches across agricultural belts in Shakiriyah, south of Baghdad. A former senior US official in Iraq on Monday accused the State Department of recklessly misleading Americans over the country's plight and contributing to the deaths and maiming of US soldiers.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)AP - The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.




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