Salon.com > IEDs http://www.salon.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:06:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Afghan contract fraud puts troops at risk http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/afghan_contract_fraud_puts_troops_at_risk/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/11/afghan_contract_fraud_puts_troops_at_risk/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13037191 A fraudulent contract deal in Afghanistan has put troops at greater risk from roadside bombs, according to Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko.

Wired reports that Sopko, the official responsible for reconstruction oversight, "is warning that 'potentially significant contract fraud' from a $361,680 deal with an Afghan company may have led troops to falsely believe that metal bars placed over water drainage systems and roadside holes are effective against implanted insurgent bombs."

In an Oct. 10 letter to Gen. James N. Mattis, commander of the U.S. Central Command, and Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Sopko wrote:

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