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Third US Official Charged for Iraq Reconstruction Graft

HeadlineDec 02, 2005

And in other Iraq news, a US Army officer has become the third person to be charged for graft in the US-run reconstruction of Iraq. Lt. Col. Michael Brian Wheeler was charged with smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in reconstruction funds to purchase machine guns and other illegal arms. Lt. Col. Wheeler helped supervise millions of dollars in reconstruction projects from September 2003 until July 2004. According to the New York Times, the affidavit submitted him indicates US authorities plan to bring charges against several other former occupation officials.

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