2 ex-Army soldiers laundered Afghanistan bribes

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http://hamptonroads.com/2014/05/2-exarmy-soldiers-laundered-afghanistan-bribes

2 ex-Army soldiers laundered Afghanistan bribes
By Brett Barrouquere and Adrian Sainz
The Associated Press
© May 30, 2014

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

Two former Army soldiers have pleaded guilty to accepting about $250,000 in bribes from contractors in Afghanistan and shipping the cash back to the United States to be laundered through a landscaping business.

Former 1st Sgt. Jimmy W. Dennis, 44, of Clarksville, and 45-year-old James C. Pittman, of Rossville, Georgia, told judges during separate hearings that they took the money in exchange for steering work to favored Afghan contractors. They face up to 20 years in prison when they are sentenced in September.

The guilty pleas are the latest cases to arise from bribery allegations involving U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. At least six other soldiers have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison, including four in Colorado and two from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Dennis and Pittman were also stationed at Fort Campbell. Dennis was assigned to the Humanitarian Aid Yard at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan from March 2008 through March 2009. He said he mailed packages of $80,000 to $100,000 in toy trucks and a chest to a family member in Mississippi. It was then sent to Pittman, a one-time Army friend who laundered it through his landscaping company in Tennessee.

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1. The one thing war is good for. nt

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2. Yep

You got that right.