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Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
Yeah, this happens all the time. We've got quite a few problems with the IA's we work with. All of a sudden one day they don't show up any more and all their equipment is gone with them. We find out through sources that it either gets sold to whomever or ends up in the hands of the militia's directly by the person who just left joining them. The corruption is really bad too. A huge black market of fuel and propane. It's sad, we catch black market tankers all the time but we've kinda of stopped doing anything because we just turn them over to the IP's and they just keep coming. Plus, these guys are small fish compared to other's we are going after but at the same time we know some of the money goes to finance attacks against us.
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I can see the establishment of black markets for basic goods as one the biggest threats for success in Iraq. That's essentially deligitimizing one of the most important functions of the government, one being security, the other being the provision of basic needs. That's exactly how Hizballah took over southern Lebanon, by becoming an alternative to the real government, and filling the vacuum of its functions.