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novapsycheMassive looting operation may be underway in Iraq
Military equipment as well as seemingly brand-new parts for oil rigs and water plants may be leaving Iraq by truck every day in what could be a massive looting operation, the New York Times warned.
"This is systematically plundering the country," John Hamre of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a non-partisan Washington research institute, told Friday's edition of the paper.
While coalition authorities have approved the removal of scrap metal from Iraq, including thousands of damaged Iraqi tanks and military vehicles, material seen in scrapyards in neighboring Jordan include new material from Iraq's civil infrastructure.
Military equipment as well as seemingly brand-new parts for oil rigs and water plants may be leaving Iraq by truck every day in what could be a massive looting operation, the New York Times warned.
"This is systematically plundering the country," John Hamre of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a non-partisan Washington research institute, told Friday's edition of the paper.
While coalition authorities have approved the removal of scrap metal from Iraq, including thousands of damaged Iraqi tanks and military vehicles, material seen in scrapyards in neighboring Jordan include new material from Iraq's civil infrastructure.