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June 20, 2011

Iraq Claims U.S. Lost $18.7 Billion, Tripling Initial Reports 
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A top Iraqi official is claiming that as much as $18.7 billion of Iraqi
money was lost by the United States during the first year of the U.S.
occupation. A recent U.S. report put the amount unaccounted for at $6.6
billion, but Iraqi's parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said the actual
total is three times that. The Bush administration flew in a total of
$20 billion in cash into the country in 2004, but nearly all of the
money is unaccounted for.



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