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MISSPENDING IN $5 BILLION SENT TO PAKISTAN

Topic: Counterterrorism, Once in a Lifetime
24. December 2007
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A team of writers from the New York Times are investigating the possible misuse of millions of dollars of U.S. aid to Pakistan.  According to an article by David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt and David Sanger, "Bush administration and military officials" have asserted that key U.S. funding has "not [been] making its way to frontline Pakistani units" targeting the Taliban resurgence, and that some funds may have instead been used to counter India’s presence in the region.  Read more here

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