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January 8, 2008 Odinga says Obama is his cousin Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and US presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama Mr Obama is descended from the same Luo tribe as Mr Odinga [at least according to Odinga] Odinga on Obama: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is a cousin of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Mr Odinga told the BBC's The World Today that Senator Obama's father was his maternal uncle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7176683.stmOr, https://web.archive.org/web/20080316225109/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7176683.stm _______________________________________________________________________________ From the website Atlas Shrugs, June 17, 2008: Odinga and Obama are Luo. Odinga and his American counterpart and strategist Obama both campaigned...

A careful audit of combat support and reconstruction contracts reveals that at least $360 million in US tax dollars has gone to fund the Taliban and terrorist operations in Afghanistan. Corrupt contractors and subcontractors are responsible for the diversion of funds which have surely resulted in harm to soldiers and civilians throughout the region. LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) - The losses demonstrate one of the challenges the US faces in Afghanistan, specifically, rampant corruption. Private Afghan corporations are providing many support services to the US and NATO forces and are collecting payments from the military for their services. However, the...