MILITARY SAYS TROOPS DEMANDED 'RENT' FROM IRAQI VENDORS

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Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times, 8/05/05

"California Army National Guard troops charged unauthorized, off-the-books "rent" to Iraqi-owned businesses inside Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq to raise money for a "soldier's fund," military officials and sources within the troops' battalion said Friday."

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...,6819446.story

[razrif]

Disgusting

[Theja]

Unacceptable behavior. Good thing the article also cited the investigation and discipline of the persons involved -- evidence those few 'collectors' acted on their own.