The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace

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Involved for over thirty years in the politics of Iraq, Ali A. Allawi was a long-time opposition leader against the Baathist regime. In the post-Saddam years he has held important government positions and participated in crucial national decisions and events. In this book, the former Minister of Defense and Finance draws on his unique personal experience, extensive relationships with members of the main political groups and parties in Iraq, and deep understanding of the history and society of his country to answer the baffling questions that persist about its current crises. What really led the United States to invade Iraq, and why have events failed to unfold as planned?
The Occupation of Iraq examines what the United States did and didn’t know at the time of the invasion, the reasons for the confused and contradictory policies that were enacted, and the emergence of the Iraqi political class during the difficult transition process. The book tracks the growth of the insurgency and illuminates the complex relationships among Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds. Bringing the discussion forward to the reconfiguration of political forces in 2006, Allawi provides in these pages the clearest view to date of the modern history of Iraq and the invasion that changed its course in unpredicted ways.

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The Best Iraq Book So Far.......2007-10-06

This book represents a serious effort to write a comprehensive narrative of the Iraq war and occupation. The author is a western educated Iraqi expatriate who was active in Iraqi emigre politics and served as Minister in 2 post-war Iraqi governments. While parts are informed by Allawi's personal experiences, Allawi has made a strong effort to write an objective, balanced narrative. Allawi is particularly informative about the Iraqi aspects of the story. Prior journalistic accounts published here, even very good ones like the books of George Packer and Thomas Ricks, concentrate on American aspects of the story.

Allawi opens with an enlightening narrative of the Iraqi history and sociology and the events leading up to the invasion. Allawi is particularly good on the changing nature of Iraqi society during the Hussein period and the tremendous impoverishment and corruption that accompanied the Iran-Iraq war, the First Gulf War, and the postwar sanctions. He depicts Iraq as a society essentially ruined by the period of Baath party rule and consequently requiring almost complete reconstruction. In particular, he shows how a series of events magnified the Kurd-Sunni Arab-Shiite Arab divisions inherent in the Iraqi state. These divisions, driven to a large extent by emerging Shiite consciousness, occurred even within the emigre community. Allawi himself was involved in proposals to develop a federal Iraqi state with considerable autonomy for Shiites.

Allawi provides a lengthy, detailed, and quite devastating account of the occupation right up a few months ago. He documents the multiple shifts in American policy, the complete lack of forethought devoted to occupation policy, and remarkable incompetence of the American authorities. This is already a well known story but Allawi provides considerably more detail and provides a valuable, Iraqi oriented perspective. Of greater value, Allawi provides a detailed account of Iraqi governments and Iraqi politics during this period. This is a complex topic which Allawi handles well. While strongly condemning the incompetence of the American occupiers, Allawi does not shrink from stringent criticism of Iraqi politicians and governments, including those in which he served.

This is generally a well written book though parts are repetitive. Given the complexity of events, this is not necessarily bad. There is a useful table of acronyms, though these are not always used consistently. There is also a glossary of important individuals which should probably have included more detail. There are abundant footnotes but many of the references are to journalistic sources, reflecting the fact that this book is 'first cut' of events.

Certainly not as billed...or titled..........2007-08-13

After reading the reviews of several other readers, I think somehow I read a different book than they did. Things that were readily apparent to me didn't seem to catch the eye of some of the other readers. First, this book was authored by a gentleman whose knowledge of Iraq is second hand. He left the country prior to puberty and didn't return for fifty years. The guy to give you some inside scoop, huh? How a couple of the reviewers could characterize Mr. Allawi as an "insider" beats the heck out of me. If this exile is an "insider", what would it take to be an "outsider"? And still he was able to find a way to fit 200 pages of content into 460 pages. Must be a lot of drivel in there? Yep. Having read Allawi's book I now know that Baghdad's main book market is on Mutannabi Street. Now I'll know right where to go! Did you know that there are three types of chains used for self-flagellation in Iraq? (Doggone. Now you won't have to read the book to learn these salient points.) And I thought I was buying a book on Post 9/11 Irag. And the editor's review--shocker!--bore that out. Gotta watch those titles! Nope. This book is nothing more than the personal opinions of a camp following charlatan who chose his moment to leave exile in order to slop at the trough with so many other Iraqi exiles. It is written subjectively to a fault. It leaves far too many personal opinions undocumented in any way. The writer's style is boring and his annoying dalliances with irrelevant minutiae don't help his cause. This fellow does have a future though. His ability to spend an inordinate amount of time getting nothing productive accomplished makes him ideally suited for a post at the U.N. And you can betcha he's already back in the 'hood. This guy likes living in "The Superpower" (and London) although--sniff, sniff--he makes it clear that folks in the States are neo-conservative religious fanatics. Yikes! And he's spent a couple of years in Iraq amidst the slaughter? This book is going to the used book store today. It is not a scholarly work so I would never have any reason to reference it. One person's opinion...just like Mr. Allawi's.

Great book a touch too long.......2007-07-29

I really loved reading this book. It gave a seemingly unbiased perspective of the war especially from an Iraqi's perspective which is very rare. It provided a very detailed account of the Iraq situation, before, during and after the war, relating issues to their historical origins and helping you understand why people who had lived side-by side for centuries suddenly decide to kill each other. I also found the writing flawless and the author a good storyteller. Towards the end of the book however, it got just a touch tedious as I felt the author had by then told me everthing I needed to know about the situation.

Highly recommended!

Blood and Treasure.......2007-07-15

This week in Iraq: U.S. troops kill 6 Iraqi policemen while General Pace complains that fewer battle-ready Iraqi battalions provide security; U.S. forces try to uproot Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents while Bush and pundits loyal to him still say the enemy is al-Qaeda, which rises again in Pakistan; the most important benchmarks have been neglected while the least important have moved little, but State Department spokesmen tout the slight improvement in electricity, water treatment, and sanitation even though those life-quality indicators remain well below pre-war levels; government auditors slowly investigate private contractors' excesses; the Iraqi parliament intends to take an August vacation but Bush spokesman Tony Snow implies there might be more "progress" without them; Khalid Hassan, a reporter & interpreter for the NY Times, was shot to death, adding to the scores of journalists who've perished in this war; former Times writer Chris Hedges and others report more U.S. soldiers are talking about the routine harassing and too prevalent killing of Iraqi civilians; Bush asks for patience until General Petraeus gives his September report, which may ask for another decade of patience; about 70% of Americans now oppose the war but the rest back Bush, even lusting for blood to be spilled in Syria and Iran.

Can most Americans find Iraq on a map? How many know the difference between Sunni and Shia? A growing number don't read anything of substance, but if they read Ali Allawi's book they'd have an understanding of the country where thousands of our soldiers have been killed and many billions of our tax dollars spent.

Caveat: if you want slick, brisk writing, read Woodward, Tom Ricks, or another journalist. Ali Allawi earned degrees in business at Harvard and engineering at MIT, where redundancy is a virtue.

The title of his meticulously detailed book shows his distaste for the notion that we are liberators. With their talk of reshaping the Middle East and foisting democracy at the point of a gun, U.S. policy makers sent our military to occupy Iraq. Allawi's introductory chapters briefly explain Iraqi history, noting the long tradition of resisting foreign intruders, Saddam Hussein's rise and consolidation of power, and Iraq's intricate relations with neighboring countries. The central focus of the book involves the dashed hopes of the returning exile community, of which Allawi was a part, to modernize and democratize the country. Abysmally ignorant of Iraqi culture and insulated in the Green Zone, the Coalition Provisional Authority committed blunder upon blunder. De-Baathification led to a chaotic absence of administrative stability, soaring unemployment, and the reviving of long suppressed sectarian rivalries. Even though the CPA wouldn't admit it, an insurgency developed and, with few Arabic speakers in the U.S. intelligence community, there was no chance to thwart it except through the use of brute force, which generated antagonism instead of good will among Iraqis. Allawi says the CPA had "a `we know best' attitude, with a profoundly anti-democratic ethos." American bureaucrats were clueless as to how to stem attacks on the Iraqi infrastructure and ensure security, but through skillful media manipulation we were assured that the situation was gradually improving. As power shifted from the CPA to the interim Iraqi government, there was no improvement. "Neither the ministers nor the bureaucracies over which they presided," Allawi maintains, "could deliver a fraction of what they had promised." Corruption flourished, particularly in the electricity and oil sectors, but also in the Ministry of Defense, right under the nose of General Petraeus, who crowed that "training is on track...infrastructure is being repaired...institutions are being re-established." As bankers and other businessmen were kidnapped, and academics and doctors were killed, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis fled the country. Allawi acknowledges that the situation was not entirely bleak: entrepreneurship rose, some universities stayed open, and there was enthusiasm in 2005 for elections and the writing of a constitution.

Yet he can't end on an optimistic note. Saddam has been "replaced by the corroded, inefficient, incompetent and corrupt state of the new order." He believes America's stated motives after no WMD were found - removing the tyrant, building democracy, introducing civil rights and a constitution - ring hollow and give rise to cynicism about the "real" motives: seizing oil, subverting Iran, protecting Israel. Allawi has no confidence in the notion of a unified Iraq; the only suggestion he makes for a way out of the current mess is in the creation of three separate administrative districts.

But who's reading or listening to Allawi? Our politicians are waiting to hear from General Petraeus.

Superb, authoritative account of how the war was won and the occupation was lost.......2007-07-02

Though the subject is a sad one, this book is a delight: a thorough analysis of went right and wrong with Iraq written by someone who doesn't suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Ali A. Allawi has axes of his own to grind. He is an Iraqi expatriate who returned to help build his native land. But he apaprently is not blinded by his biases. He served as a minister in the Iraqi government and apparenttly still advises.

There are many people, myself included, who see the invasion of Iraq as the right thing to do and, in fact, regret that Syria and Iran were not targeted as well. Removal of all three of those governments followed by the institution of viable democracies would have been a great thing for the world. We will, in fact, pay a huge price in the future for not doing so.

Allawi explains in riveting detail how the U.S. was led to believe invasion was the right thing to do and how after a brilliant military campaign, the occupation and promise were lost through total incompetence. The latter is a sad, sad tale.

From the initial appointment of Jay Garner, the route was straight downhill. Lack of comprehension on the part of officials, bureaucratic infighting, corruption, incompetence and ignorance brushed good intention to the side.

This is both an insider's account and a history. The politics of Ayatollah Sistani, the confused state of the first battle for Fallujah, the incredible incompetence and corruption of the reconstruction effort, the bumbling of the Bremer, the feuds among the Iraqis are all recounted in detail. It is a sad, terrible telling.

Indeed, there were and are brave Iraqis and Americans who tried to build a new and free Iraq. But frankly it seems they are outnumbered by the corrupt, the mendacious and the incompetent.

This is a depressing read, but a necessary one for anyone seeking the truth about the tragedy of Iraq.

Jerry

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Rebuilding Iraq (War in Iraq)
Sheila Rivera
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The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, the Middle East, and the World

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"The desert is the cradle of the Arab,and Iraq is his grave."-an Arabic Proverb
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The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, the Middle East, and the World
Joseph Braude
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In the minds of many Americans, Iraq is synonymous with Saddam Hussein, an impression only reinforced by political leaders and the media over the last decade. But the debates over Saddam's regime have left out a vital piece of the story: the Iraqi people themselves. After three decades under Saddam's repressive rule, the question of "what comes next?" is an urgent one - and one that the American public needs to know more about. In The New Iraq, Middle East expert Joseph Braude tells the story of a country in flux, from memories of its distant past to the painful realities of life today, and explains how a global commitment to Iraq's renewal will benefit everyone who takes part in the emerging project of state-building.

The New Iraq's riveting portrayal of Iraqi society-from its preachers and wealthy elites to its prostitutes and disaffected majorities-sheds light on a world unknown to Westerners due to the country's decade-long international isolation. Major wars, 13 years of sanctions, and the domestic legacy of a police state have all combined to preserve and reinforce an old culture with attitudes and skill sets that other traditional societies would be hard pressed to match.

In The New Iraq, Joseph Braude draws upon his deep knowledge of the country's history and people to show how a viable Iraqi economy will liberate its society and thereby transform the Middle East. Confronting the challenges that lie ahead, Braude outlines the transition and transformation of Iraq's political system; the reengineering of its worn-out military into an army of nation-building; the promotion of religious tolerance; business opportunities that the country's reconstruction will open up; and the revitalization of its entertainment industry, media, and educational and legal systems.

Impressively researched and cogently argued, The New Iraq challenges all of us, from many countries and walks of life, to help reintegrate Iraq into the world community. The recipe for a prosperous new Iraq will marry the external demands of the global marketplace with an internal reappropriation of the unique attributes of Iraqi civilization.

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"The desert is the cradle of the Arab,and Iraq is his grave."-an Arabic Proverb.......2006-01-14

Why is it that nothing about the Arab world ever turns out as it is purported to be?This book reads like it was written by someone who had a great depth of knowledge about,spent a lot of time there and was a big time business consultant to government and buisinesses there.Actually ,he was in his 20's,spent very little time there ,and who knows what consulting he did,there's no indication of anything about it in the book.
Ever since 9/11, we have been bombarded with the stuff that fills this book.What great benefits to mankind that the religions and cultures of the Mid East have wrought.The war cry about it being the cradle of civilization is neither here nor there when one looks at what a mess the whole area is today and has been for many centuries.
Societies whose cultures are built on a foundation of Racism,Hatred,Bribery,Oppression,Rheotric and Falsehoods,Eliteism Falsehoods,Eliteism,Slaughter of the Defenseless by those in power,have no right to consider themselves as civilized.
There is nothing in this book ,nor much else one listens to that comes from this part of the world ,that the culture ever desires peace and prosperity for its peoples and neighbors.It seems that if there was nothing else to hate someone for,the side of the street or the village one comes from would do.
At least in the past, the the consequences of this hatred,was relatively confined,but now the money derived from oil ,is resulting in it spreading and threatning the world's peace.
The book shows that the culture of this area is to blame someone else for the problems of their own making.
It was disappointing that the author's actions wrecks his credibility.
There is always hope that one day something good,other than oil,will come out of Iraq;but first there will have to be major enlightenment.

Very Impressive Work, for an antiquities trafficker..........2005-01-21

I thought this book provided some interesting analysis about the opportunities in Iraq.

Recent revelations that the author is a law-breaking opportunist himself, however, color my appreciation of his work. I no longer believe it to be sufficiently "disinterested" as a scholarly work.

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Looter's memoir.......2004-08-04

There are reports that Mr. Braude pleaded guilty to looting the Iraqi artifacts. Amazon.com would better investigate this and stop distributing his volume.

timesdaily.com, 08/03/04: An expert on Iraq's postwar reconstruction has pleaded guilty to smuggling 4,000-year-old artifacts looted from the country's national museum after the U.S. invasion.

Joseph Braude, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday, two days into his trial on charges of smuggling and making false statements to customs agents. He could be sentenced to up to 16 months in prison.

Braude studied Near Eastern languages at Yale University and Arabic and Islamic history at Princeton University before publishing "The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, the Middle East and the World" last year.

A (...).......2004-04-09

As a Western academic who has carried out extensive research in post-Saddam Iraq, I was looking forward to reading this book, especially with regards to human trafficking in new Iraq. I was disappointed and found this book to be a mere collection of anecdotes that did not bring anything new to the many burning issues in New Iraq. Trafficking of women and girls does indeed exist in post-Saddam Iraq, this under the nose of the very people who have a responsibility to protect the populations under their care: the US. This book is a waste of time and money.

Very insightful, anyone wanting to generalize what "Iraqis".......2003-05-19

want should really read this book. In the most unsuspecting chapters I found the most revealing information. The previous British attempts at "regime change" or reformation and how MUSIC played a crucial role, the true breadth and depth of fear and deceipt among the Iraqi people. The background of Ba'ath, Shi'i, Islamic, and other influences. This information in this book really raises questions regarding the method of the US's current efforts of rebuilding a well-structured Iraqi government.
The impact of the book may have been even more profound had there been an additional perspective presented by a co-author.

21st Century Guide to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq, Regional Aid for Disaster Assistance, Economic ... East, Europe, Caribbean (Three CD-ROM Set)

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21st Century Guide to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq, Regional Aid for Disaster Assistance, Economic ... East, Europe, Caribbean (Three CD-ROM Set)
U.S. Government
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This comprehensive set of three CD-ROMs provides a thorough review of the foreign aid administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). America has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world.

Coverage includes: Organization; FAQs; Directory; Partner Resources; Inspector General; Employment; Reform and Reorganization; Publications; Student Internships; Business & Procurement; Budget; Development; Small & Disadvantaged Business; USAID Policies and Procedures; U.S. Higher Education.

USAID Activities covered include: Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA); Democracy & Governance; Disaster Assistance; Economic Growth & Agriculture; Education & Training; Evaluations; Environment; Food for Peace; Global Development Alliance; Global Health; HIV/AIDS; Information Technology; Private & Voluntary Cooperation; Transition Initiatives; Women in Development; Millennium Challenge Account; Africa Food Crisis; Global Coffee Crisis.

USAID regions covered include: Africa; Asia & the Near East; Europe & Eurasia; Latin America, Caribbean; for each region USAID information is provided for each Country, aid Sector (Agriculture, Economic Growth, etc.) plus Success Stories and Publications.

USAID documents include: Operation Days Work: Students; History of Foreign Assistance; Marshall Plan; USAID's 40th Anniversary; Policy Briefs; Issue Briefs; Disaster Situation Reports include Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, India, Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea.

USAID publications include: A Decade of Change in Europe and Eurasia; Africa Bureau Publications; 1995 through 2001 Agency Performance Reports; Bureau for Africa Publications; Global Health Publications; Populations & Health Publications; DCOF/LWVF Reports & Publications; Democracy & Governance: Technical Publications; OTI Publications; Women in Development Publications & Research; USAID Environmental Publications; Office of PVC Publications; Annual Performance Plans, 2000 and 2001; Automated Directives Systems (ADS)-Formerly the USAID Handbooks; Conflict Prevention; Congressional Budget Justifications and Congressional Presentations 1997 through 2003; Creating Opportunities for US Small Business; USAID Disaster Assistance Annual Reports 1998 through 2001; Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger Report to Congress on Title XII-Fiscal year 2000; Foreign Aid in the National Interest; FrontLines monthly USAID newsletter; HIV/AIDS and Children; Successful Development: Models for the 21st Century; USAID Accountability Reports, 1998, 2000, and 2001; USAID Yellow Book (directory of contracts, grants and cooperative agreements with universities, firms and non-profit institutions); Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation; Farm Forestry: Cultivating Trees as Crops; Tropical Reforestation and Carbon Sequestration; Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Trusts and Endowments; Aftermath: Women and Women's Organizations in Postconflict Societies; Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Humanitarian Response; Education for Girls in Pakistan; Food Aid in Ethiopia; Democratic Local Governance in Philippines; World Well-Being, 1950-1995; Scientific Cooperation and Peace Building; Linking Democracy and Development; Handbook on Fighting Corruption.

In all, the three-disc set has over 116,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable. (Please note that this CD-ROM set is also available under another title as ISBN 1592482376.)

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This up-to-date and comprehensive set of two CD-ROMs contains the story of Postwar Iraq after the capture of Saddam Hussein, including the vital work of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Post-Saddam, Postwar Iraq coverage includes the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) established to help the Iraqi people build a stable and democratic society with a future full of hope in a land that is free. CPA Official Documents, Transcripts, Business Opportunities, Oil for Food, Photo Galleries, Economy, Foreign Investment, Budget and Finance, Press Releases, Iraqi Governing Council, Respect for Human Rights, Constitutional Development, Essential Services, Security, Maps, Military News, Ambassador Bremer Statements, 55 Most Wanted Deck of Cards, Requests for Proposals (RFPs). President Bush and White House In Focus coverage of the New Iraq includes Renewal in Iraq; Voices of Freedom; News; Capture of Saddam Hussein; Coalition; Global Messages. Department of Energy coverage includes Energy Information Administration Country Analysis of Iraq Energy Reserves and Iraq Energy Chronology 1980-June 2003; OPEC and Persian Gulf; Energy Sanctions. Other coverage includes Agriculture and State Department Iraq issues including Rebuilding Agriculture; Food Security; State Department Washington File on Iraq; Iraq Country Information; Fact Sheets, Special Reports, Iraq Reconstruction. State Department publication Iraq: From Fear to Freedom addresses such issues as Human Rights Catastrophe; WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction); Terrorism; Corruption. USAID Assistance for Iraq coverage includes Testimony and Speeches; Photos; Reconstruction and Humanitarian Relief; and USAID Contracts.

U.S. Army V Corps coverage includes News Archives of V Corps and Combined Joint Task Force Seven (CJTF7) in Iraq including News Releases, Briefing Transcripts, Briefs, Coalition News, Humanitarian Efforts, Military Life in Iraq, Maps, Facts, Photo Gallery.

This set of two CD-ROMs has over 24,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems, and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into Acrobat Reader, providing a complete full-text index. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

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Utilizing sophisticated technology and the latest in smart, precision-guided weaponry, the U.S.-led coalition was able to overwhelmingly dominate the battlefield during Operation Iraqi Freedom. This title examines some of the high technology weapons utilized during the war, as well as the limits of technological superiority.

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The New Iraq:Rebuilding the Country For It's People, the Middle East, and the World
Joseph Braude
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Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Mismanagement in the Middle East

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Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Mismanagement in the Middle East
Committee on Government Reform; U.S. House of Representatives
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"We know more today.about how the Administration has mismanaged the contracts to reconstruct Iraq. And what we have learned shows that the problems are even worse than we thought. All.perspectives point to the same conclusion: Halliburton is gouging the taxpayer and the Bush Administration doesn't seem to care." - Statement of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform REBUILDING IRAQ: U.S. Mismanagement in the Middle East discussed the oversight of the Development Fund for Iraq funds through the national budgetary process. Originally issued in late January 2005 by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the main objective of this audit was to determine whether the Coalition's Provisional Authority (CPA) implemented adequate procedures for the recording, reviewing and reporting disbursements for the reconstruction of Iraq. The results of the audit contain detailed information relating to managerial, financial, and contract controls as well as formal recommendations about the oversight of the Development Fund for Iraq funds. Organized chronologically from early December 2004 through end of July 2005, additional documents contained in this report include numerous Facts Sheets on the value of Halliburton contracts including a comprehensive overview of the total value these contracts as well as information pointing to serious problems from severe contract abuses to the mismanagement of funds in Iraq.

ARAB-US RELATIONS - July 30 - Powell Pledges Speed On Rebuilding Iraq.: An article from: APS Diplomat Recorder

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ARAB-US RELATIONS - July 30 - Powell Pledges Speed On Rebuilding Iraq.: An article from: APS Diplomat Recorder

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Recorder, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on July 31, 2004. The length of the article is 475 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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