| Henry Waxman, on NPR and reported elsewhere says that
basically, the Halliburton contract, originally purported to be for
putting out oil well fires, is actually set to include running the entire
oil industry in Iraq-- all the oil fields.
Worse, the contract is for costs plus, so Halliburton is pre-approved
for whatever it spends. Waxman says Halliburton has a long history of
overcharging the government and is questioning the giving of this enormous
contract to Halliburton without a bidding process.
more links
Contract
includes broader oil role
Boston Globe, MA -
Halliburton
Iraq contract expands
CNN Europe, Europe
Halliburtons'
Iraq role expands
BBC, UK
KBR's
Iraq Work Seen as Interim Deal
Washington Post, DC
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