Iraq Contract Extended for Halliburton

[stevedeshazer]

October 29, 2003, 12:49 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Citing new damage to Iraq's oil industry from saboteurs, the Bush administration Wednesday delayed its planned replacement of a lucrative no-bid contract that was awarded to Halliburton -- Vice
President Dick Cheney's former company.

Halliburton, paid $1.59 billion so far, could stay on the job until early next year under the new schedule announced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Corps, which supervises the reconstruction, already has received competitive bids for replacement contracts, but needs revised proposals that reflect the additional work that will be needed.

The anticipated workload has increased because of "continued sabotage ... plus the need to provide additional security," the Corps said.

The new schedule calls for selection of the winning bidders in either December or January, although the Corps said it hoped to award the contracts in December.

http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-halliburton-iraq,0,2956595.story?coll=sns-ap-business-headlines

[Beetwasher]

1. Funny How All the Bad Stuff in Iraq is GOOD for Halliburton

Profits are up up up!!!

Corporate Welfare War Profiteering Leeches...

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Does anybody doubt that we're being scammed?

Too bad we can't follow the money. Once they write the check out to Halliburton, it will be laundered so many times that we'll really never know who, besides Cheney, really wanted this war.

[tom_paine]

3. Looks like fraud, and conflict of interest is perfectly legal...

...for members of the Amerikan Imperial Family.

Don't try this at home, folks, you don't have the "breeding".

The Busheviks don't even care about hiding it. They are as corrupt as any medeval king. Luckily, the vestiges of the Old American Republic protect us Serfs.

But I wouldn't want to be a Serf in Imperial Amerika 2100, which will be a VERY ugly Third-World place if these trends remain unstopped.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Doesn't Congress have any oversight of this?

And, once again, I have to ask: Where are the Democrats that I voted for?

[0007]

5. Are you kidding me?

Everyone is as busy as little beavers slicing up the pie, while we're entertained with the WWF and FOX news.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

6. exposure is what this needs

If everyone only knew the dirtiness of this contract and of this invasion!
I'll bet no one wants to be on the "crew" that goes there to work!
I don't care how much they're paying!