Private contractors in Iraq are guaranteed huge profits no matter how badly they screw things up

The Rip-off in Iraq: You Will Not Believe How Low the War Profiteers Have Gone

The US government mailed 360 tons of cash to Iraq. 360 tons!!! and they could not account for $8.8 billion of the $12 billion sent.

Suddenly, being a private contractor seems to be quite a lucrative profession.

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I love these things...

When Custer Battles was caught delivering broken trucks to the Army, a military official says the company told him, "We were only told we had to deliver the trucks. The contract doesn't say they had to work."

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The companies that are not to be trusted:

Parsons
Custer Battles
KBR
Bechtel
Wolfpack