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Bechtel
Gets $680 million Iraq Infrastructure Contract:
Former Secretary of State George Shultz, a proponent of the
war in Iraq and a member of the Bechtel board, denied using his political
connections to win work for Bechtel.
The
former head of the CIA's Middle East Desk, John Deutch, and former US
Secretary of Defence at the time of the Gulf War, Dick Cheney, were both
executive chairmen of Halliburton Inc., an American oil company with
contractual agreements with Iraq. Both men were reported to have made
approximately $5 million each.
New Report Exposes Contractor Bechtel as Threat to
Iraqi Environment, Human Rights and Basic Services:
U.S. Taxpayers Blindly Funding Post-War Corporate
Profiteering and Cronyism, Public Interest Groups Say
June 5, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Bechtel Group Inc., one of the lead contractors
in the reconstruction of Iraq, has a 100-year history of capitalizing on
environmentally unsustainable technologies and reaping immense profits at
the expense of societies and the environment, said a report released today
by Public Citizen, Global Exchange and CorpWatch. Its release was timed to
coincide with a day of direct actions around the country to protest
Bechtel's presence in Iraq, the report concludes that the Bush
administration must be stopped from doling out contracts to undeserving
firms with which it has close ties, including Bechtel and Halliburton.
Halliburton doubles price tag for Iraq oil work:
Restoration contract widens to $184.7 million U.S.
`We're not going to try to discuss a specific timetable'
WASHINGTON-Halliburton's contract to restart Iraq's oil production has
doubled in cost over the past month, and the no-bid work may last longer
than expected, the U.S. Army says.
The expanded
role awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney's former company cost taxpayers
$184.7 million (U.S.) as of last week, up from $76.7 million a month ago,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed this week.
Several members of the U.S. Congress have invoked Cheney's name to raise
the hint of favouritism in a contract originally described as a bridge
between emergency repair and longer-term assistance to restore full oil
production.
Cheney's office repeatedly has said he had no role in the award, which was
given to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary. Cheney left the company in August,
2000.
The Houston company's oil industry assistance in Iraq is only part of
the more than $600 million in military work received by Halliburton in
connection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Cheney Gets 'Deferred' Salary from Halliburton.
He claimed that he had purchased an insurance
policy to guarantee payments but he receives checks from Halliburton each
year. His lucrative stock options, he says, were placed in a charitable
trust, but who is the beneficiary of the charitable trust? I trust
that Cheney has learned to whom he should be charitable. And many
Americans are gullible enough to believe the flim-flam man.
Dec 16, 2003
Two former top Pentagon officials
each were sentenced Friday to 24 1/3 years in prison for taking more than
$1 million in bribes and accepting prostitutes from government
contractors.
Most likely the women are Project Monarch-programmed mind control victims
used to entrap guys that someone wanted removed from their position or
punished for failing to go along with the New World Order agenda..
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US Banks Vying for Work Renewing Iraqi Finance System
Iraqi Oil Awarded to a Variety of Nations' Companies
Dec 13, 2003
Pentagon discovers Halliburton-KBR guilty of serving
"dirty" food to our troops in Iraq: But Cheney's Halliburton paycheck is
still fat.
The Pentagon reported finding "blood all over the
floor," "dirty pans," "dirty grills," "dirty salad bars" and "rotting
meats ... and vegetables" in four of the military messes the company
operates in Iraq, NBC said, citing Pentagon documents.
The report came as President George W. Bush fended off Pentagon reports
that Halliburton-KBR overcharged 61 million dollars for gasoline it sold
the military in Iraq. Dick Cheney ran Halliburton for five years until
becoming vice president.
Halliburton, Principal Beneficiary of Iraq's
Reconstruction
20 June 2003
Iraqi oil production is supposed to start up again Sunday June
22. Iraqi reconstruction constitutes veritable manna from heaven for
numerous American companies, in particular, Halliburton and Bechtel.
Halliburton specializes in petroleum engineering, but one of its
subsidiaries, KBR, is charged with logistics for American troops on
overseas' missions. Halliburton has obtained more than $600 million
in total in contracts, while the total sum approved by Congress for
reconstruction and humanitarian aid in Iraq is $2.4 billion. This
reconstruction under the American aegis has forced the United Nations
to end its "oil against food" program, from which many companies,
particularly Russian, French and Chinese ones, derived advantage.
From our correspondent in New York
March 8, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Kellogg Brown
& Root (KBR), a Halliburton subsidiary a contract for $ 71.3 million
(61 million Euros) to put Iraqi oil installations back in working
order.
The decision provoked a hue and cry. Not only were the precise
details of the contract not publicized, but, because of "urgency and
the need to respect military secrecy" the Pentagon's procedure was
discretionary, without bidding or competition.
Forged Iraq WMD Evidence:
Rep. Waxman Letter to Acting Secretary of the
Army
Thursday 29 May
2003
Editor's Note | Rep. Waxman's letter to the office of the Army
Secretary raises a number of disturbing issues. It appears that
Halliburton subsidiary, Kellog Brown & Root, was given nearly $500
million in government contracts for the Iraq war without said
contracts being proffered to other companies in a standard bidding
process. Given Halliburton's close ties to Vice President Cheney, the
potential impropriety of this action is manifest. As Rep. Waxman notes
in his letter, Halliburton's contracts with the government allowed
them "to profit from virtually every phase of the conflict with Iraq."
Perhaps more disturbing is the timing of the issuance of said
contracts. Waxman states that Brown & Root was contracted for Iraq war
work in 2001. Was this contract offered before September 11? truthout
is in the process of finding the answer to that question through Rep.
Waxman's office. - wrp
Go
to Rep. Waxman's Letter...
August
9, 2003
Cheney firm's rival is forced to drop oil bid
One of the main bidders for
the lucrative contract to rebuild the Iraqi oil industry has dropped out
of the race, amid concerns that the tender process unfairly favours
Halliburton, the company with close ties to the US vice-president, Dick
Cheney.
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