- Ziyad Cattan
Ziyad Cattan is a dual citizen of
Poland andIraq .According to an article published in
The Independent , on September 19, 2005,Hazim al-Shaalan , Defense Minister ofIyad Allawi 's interim administration, appointed Ziyad Cattan, as the Defence Ministry's procurement chief.The Independent article describes massive fraud in the Defense Ministry's procurement, which it describes as "the greatest theft in history", which occurred under Cattan's watch. Of expenditures of between $1 and $2 billion the article estimates only $200 million worth of usable equipment was purchased.
Cattan and his former boss al-Shaalan, are both living in
Jordan , and refusing comment.External links
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article313538.ece What has happened to Iraq's missing $1bn?] ,
The Independent , September 19, 2005
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