Monday, April 15, 2013

Billions of US tax dollars potentially funding Afghan terrorism – report

Grey areas in US legislation could mean that taxpayer money is financing Afghan terrorism, a report has revealed. It calls on Congress to change the $100,000 threshold on reconstruction contracts to include the 80 percent that evade scrutiny.
The “alarming” findings were greeted with calls for urgent action to mend the weak links in US regulations.
The report, titled ‘Contracting with the Enemy’ and published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), draws attention to the mismanagement of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) funds.

Read more: http://rt.com/usa/terrorism-afghan-report-us-752/

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