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Ukrainian government reveal corruption in a deal to supply Iraq with armored vehicles and hundreds of al-Maliki to cancel orders
Posted 18/03/2012 08:47 AM
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received site "squares of liberation" detailed information relating to a transaction consensus reached officials at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense with a Ukrainian company to supply 440 tankers armored amount of $ 477 million, but the political change in the Ukrainian government revealed corruption and widespread in the deal, is the The contract was with a fictitious company called "Progress", and owned by a businessman Ukrainian specialist running discos and nightclubs, while the real manufacturer of the armor is a government company "" UKR Export ", and started to implement the transaction amount less than 13 percent of the value signed with the Iraqi side, The commission ratio was shared by Iraqi officials (8 percent) and the Ukrainian businessman (5 percent).
Model of armor BTR-4E 8x8 wheeled Ukrainian Iraq contracted to buy them.
Iraqi sources familiar with the case, said that "the deal tankers armored Ukraine signed in 2009 has the knowledge and the former defense minister (Chancellor now) Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi, a senior officer in the General Command of the Iraqi Armed Forces team Mohan Furaiji, Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Hassan General Manager of the budget and programs, and General human rights Ghalib Obaid General Counsel of the Ministry of Defense. "
sources explained that "the contract was dated 2009, to be armored vehicles, motorized German and equipment carriers for the movement of French, the lack of efficient engines and transmission of Ukraine," pointing out that "the Ukrainian company (fictitious) received 20 percent of the value of the deal, but the advent of a new government in Ukraine has contributed in the detection of corruption of the deal, was on its impact on prison the owners of the company's delusional and all participated in this contract from the Ukrainian side. "
The same sources pointed out that "the Iraqi side a waiver of the requirement to provide armored vehicles, motorized German (operating at a temperature of 55 ° C and are suitable for Iraqi airspace) as she will cost $ 60 million and commission them from the German side is not possible, and agreed to engines Ukrainian despite incompetence (working class movement in 35 ° C) to ensure the survival of the commission at the rate of the maximum. "
With The sources revealed about the "arrest of Major General Mahmoud Hassan General Manager of the budget and programs, and Major General legal Ghalib Obaid, after receiving information about the corruption of the transaction to the Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, but the two were fired later on bail," she said, "Mohan Furaiji threatened to reveal all government figures the major Iraqi involved the deal, which is where a high price when compared to the efficiency of armor Ukrainian counterparts Russian, Serbian, which was at least $ 100 million, as it pointed out that there are leaders of a large beneficiary of the commission, except the Prime Minister, while the left adviser to the Ministry of Defense Abdul Qadir Obeidi and the two absolute released out of the country. "
While decided Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to cancel the transaction in the second of this month, but the "problem facing the Iraqi government has received the Company of Ukraine $ 120 million of 16 tanker arrived in Iraq really was pay 80 percent of its value. "
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