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windsofchange.net - 9/23/2008
Defense Department Inspector General on Iraqi Cell Phones
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A friend of mine sent me this link to the DOD IG report on corruption in Iraqi Cell Phone contracts. I was vaguely intrigued, since one of the big early success stories in Iraq has been the flowering of the cellular phone industry (as well as the satellite television industry, and a few ...

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Belmont Club — Winds of Change has a link to a report by the Inspector General into Mobile Telecommunications Licenses in Iraq dated May 11, 2004.  The preliminary report ( ...

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