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U.S. Said To Use Money As Weapon In Iraq
Aug 12 2008, Shelly

A U.S. Army program in which soldiers pay cash to Iraqis to help with expenses, large and small, has spent $2.8 billion in five years, The Washington Post reported Monday.

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Iraq’s prime minister Nouri al-Maliki addresses the media in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 22, 2008. It is a politician’s dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq’s prime minister has...

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