Saturday, October 9, 2010

Crying Karzais


KABUL, Afghanistan — The eldest brother of President Hamid Karzai said he is not aware of a criminal investigation into his activities, an inquiry he says is more about political differences with the United States than wrongdoing on his part.

“I’m hurt, because instead of being praised for what I’ve done, I’m being attacked all the time for political reasons,’’ Mahmood Karzai, a US citizen who now lives in Dubai and has businesses in Afghanistan, said in a recent interview that touched on corruption claims against him.... 

Obamawan has taught you well.

Related: Afghan Exodus
  
Checking Out at the Afghan Airport

So how many suitcases of U.S-taxpayer cash did he declare?
Karzai said that he is traveling to New York this week to amend his earnings on his US tax returns to show profits from business deals not previously reported....

That's all the bankrupt U.S. government wants: every scrap of spare change it can lay its finger (this in the form of a kickback) -- unless it is going into the war machine, Israel, well-connected corporations, or their lavish lifestyles at taxpayer expense.

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Amazing how some stories just vanish away, huh?