Ok, I'm guessing, but I have little doubt.
A refresher taken from Uncommonthought.com,(
http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/080903-privatize_this_-_cor.php):
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The looting of Iraq by U.S. corporate raiders had begun. Pentagon bombers and tens of thousands of invading troops had smashed open the doors.
Some of the same giant U.S. corporations that had received multi-billion dollar contracts to participate in the destruction of Iraq were the first to receive no-bid contracts for reconstruction. Halliburton, MCI World/ Com, Bechtel--all insiders in the Bush administration--were at the front of the line for giant handouts.
The Bush administration and Corporate America had a detailed plan for the reconstruction of Iraq long before Bush gave the order for the massive destruction and military occupation. The May 1 Wall Street Journal reported that the confidential plan prepared by U.S. Agency for International Development and the Treasury Department was drafted in February--before the U.S. invasion and occupation.
The plan calls for mass privatization of Iraqi industry, liquidation of insolvent Iraqi industries and assessment of others for sale. It also proposes a year-long propaganda effort to persuade the Iraqi people that this is in their best interests.
Overseeing the restructuring of Iraq's financial system is Peter McPherson, a top Treasury Department official who is now the head of the Iraq National Bank. The U.S. AID/ Treasury Department report echoes the recommendations of the Heritage Foundation. This powerful, neo-conservative think-tank calls for preparing state assets for privatization, including industries, utilities, transportation, ports, airports--and most importantly, the energy sector. (The Corporate Looting of Iraq Flounders, CRG 7/24/03)
Hopefully everyone remembers the massive destruction and looting of government offices in Baghdad shortly after the city was "taken." It seems likely that this was part of the privatization plan. As noted in Kiryakos' article Destroying Iraq's Public Records (7/30/03 CRG), the destruction of these records eliminated all record of ownership and assets in Iraq. This of course leaves the door open to "new" (or perhaps redistributed) ownership. Imagine if the property and business records of the US were destroyed. Imagine the free for all that would result. Now imagine a foreign invading force in control of making the decisions. I think you can see the endless possibilities for power and control.
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Remember Paul Bremmer when he was head of the Iraq Coalition Authority and the reports of his losing $9 billion dollars, due to sloppy bookkeeping?
I believe a little known fact is that Bremmer staffed his organization almost exclusively with Heritage Foundation relatives. It's easy for me to imagine these civilians stuffing hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not millions) in suit cases before they made their ways home to the States. They kept millions in cash in the basement and I doubt they resisted the temptation.
Oh, well. God will forgive them.