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Millions in CIA ‘Ghost Money’ Paid to Afghanistan’s Karzai (+) Waste Effort: US ghost cash flushed down Afghan drain (Video Report)

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from youtube uploaded by MOXNEWSd0tC0M on Apr 29, 2013

Who Does The C.I.A. Really Work For?

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From NewsMax Monday, 29 Apr 2013 03:01 AM

Millions in CIA ‘Ghost Money’ Paid to Afghanistan’s Karzaiz

KABUL — Tens of millions of dollars were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks, and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.

The so-called “ghost money” was meant to buy influence for the CIA but instead fueled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington’s exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying.

“The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,” one American official said, “was the United States.” . . . Read Complete Report

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From youtube uploaded by RussiaToday

Waste Effort: US ghost cash flushed down Afghan drain

Uploaded on Jan 9, 2011

After having wasted billions in Iraq, Washington has been washing billions more in Afghanistan — in a war that has lasted longer than American involvement in WWII. . . From description posted w/video