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pnwest

(3,266 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 03:55 AM Nov 2012

Petraeus, Wolfe, Iraq, Missing Millions

Ok, maybe I'm getting really tired and trying to find ghosts where there are none, but a short comment in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021812982

started me thinking:
Petraeus - Iraq
Iraq - missing millions
Wolfe - Big whoop-te-do title in Iraq involving Iraqi Private Sector Development
Wolfe - Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer at the Export-Import Bank of the United States. He was appointed to the bank by President Bush in June 2002.
Petraeus - moves to CIA, Allen replaces him in Afghanistan
Allen, Petraeus - HAVE to know Grayson
(WHY did Allen and Petraeus feel it necessary to throw their support AGAINST Wolfe in custody battle?)
How does Jill Kelley's "Honorary Consul to Korea" status fit into all of this?

I'm too tired to make any sense of all of this - anyone feel like trying to connect the dots? Or tell me I'm full of shit, and why?

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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
1. Khawam tribe in Iraq controlled commercial interests
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:02 AM
Nov 2012

doesn't seem connected, but sweep up all the loose tidbits just to see what sifts out

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
3. The Khawam family came to The U.S. in the 70s from Lebanon. n/t
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:07 AM
Nov 2012

-snip-

Jill Kelley was raised in Philadelphia, where her family settled in the mid-1970s and opened a Middle Eastern restaurant after immigrating from Lebanon. Her father, John Khawam, was a renowned organist in Lebanon.
-snip-

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ap-source-target-emails-petraeus-paramour-state-department-military-liaison-article-1.1200299

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
2. Here's a direct link to the OP referred to up above
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:06 AM
Nov 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021812982


And some more info links...

Natalie Khawam's Ex was...
Grayson Wolfe was once the Manager for PRivate Sector Development for the Coalition PRovisinal Authority in Iraq: http://www.akkadianpv.com/readsenior.php?id=5

John Kerry fundraiser/lobbyist gave $300,000 loan to Jill Kelley's sister
http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-ri-lobbyist-gave-300000-loan-to-sister-of-jill-kelley/

Additional details, two pages, here: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/battle_john_allen_also_helped_jill_YjkEYUNY2INC4smBMEYqUI




Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
6. LOL. Sometimes it takes a long time to go back and search for a link to something I've read ...
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:19 AM
Nov 2012

but if it's something recent that I've posted about I can find 'em on my DU 'My Posts' page

I usually don't get wrapped up in the 'scandal of the day' , but this one is intriguing.



riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
7. I hope someone is putting it all together
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 08:53 AM
Nov 2012

Where DID the missing billions in Iraq go? Kelley and her sister are newly rich, living in mansions wearing Dior and Chanel, the ex-husband just happens to have been in charge of money in Iraq.

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