Up in smoke?

"The U.S. military has paid $548 million over the past three years to two British security firms that protect the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on reconstruction projects, more than $200 million over the original budget, according to previously undisclosed data that show how the cost of private security in Iraq has mushroomed."-Washington Post

I smell smoke from the dollars that are on fire in the U.S. taxpayers wallets! Welcome to Baghdad.

P.S.
"It's your money! You paid for it!"- George W. Bush