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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
22 Oct 2003 05:47:06 PM |
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Iraqi oil agency head blows the whistle on Halliburton corruption. |
Halliburton did not dispute that the Iraqis were buying fuel for a
much lower price, saying instead that the nature of the company's
contracts with the Corps of Engineers made it harder to get a better
price from suppliers.
The corps did not respond to an e-mail message seeking comment on the
contract conditions.
From The New York Times, 10/22/03:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/business/worldbusiness/22hal.html
New Information May Bolster Questions on Halliburton
By NEELA BANERJEE
The head of an Iraqi oil agency said yesterday that his group had been
trucking in gasoline and other fuel to Iraq for considerably less
money than Halliburton, which has so far received more than $700
million from the Army Corps of Engineers to stave off shortages there.
Separately, a report earlier this month by the Congressional Research
Service, a nonpartisan public policy research arm, warned that the
Corps of Engineers might be paying too much to import fuel.
The disclosures support assertions by two senior House Democrats,
Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and John D. Dingell of
Michigan, that Halliburton may be overcharging American taxpayers and
Iraqis.
The lawmakers sent a letter to the head of the Corps of Engineers
yesterday asking it to look into the price disparity between the Iraqi
agency's imports and Halliburton's.
The letter also noted new information released by the corps that most
of the money to buy the fuel had come from a fund established by the
United Nations meant to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq.
The fund is under American control.
"Although it initially appeared that Halliburton was gouging only
American taxpayers," the lawmakers said in the letter to Lt. Gen.
Robert B. Flowers, head of the Corps of Engineers, "it now seems that
the company is overcharging the humanitarian Oil for Food program and
the Iraqi people as well. This significantly compounds the
implications of Halliburton's actions."
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Well hell, of course Halliburton's gonna steal. How else are they
gonna be able to afford to go on payin' Tricky Dicky Cheney?
Harry
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