US Bechtel wraps up Iraq projects

[nadinbrzezinski]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6112164.stm


US Bechtel wraps up Iraq projects
Enlarging the fresh water treatment plant near Baghdad
Bechtel has been in Iraq since 2003
One of the biggest US companies involved in reconstruction projects in Iraq has said it is leaving the country after three years of work there.

Bechtel Corp - which has finished its last contract - says the security situation in Iraq has made it too difficult to continue operating.

Fifty-two Bechtel employees have been killed and 49 wounded since 2003.

The engineering giant was hired by the US government. Its services cost Washington $2.3bn (£1.2bn).

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Anybody surprsied by this

ahem anniouncement?

[keopeli]

2. Bechtel will now CUT AND RUN!

This company begged for this war and these contracts with no competition! They undermined our military by paying premium dollars to private citizens to operate lawlessly in Iraq. Whether they were private mercenaries, accountants, or truck drivers makes no difference.

Bechtel and Halliburton and KBR owe the U.S. BIG TIME. If anyone should be forbidden to "cut and run", it should be the private companies who sold us a up the river and helped create a monster crisis in Iraq.

It's simple: if you leave now, you have to pay us everything back. All $2.3 bn!

[54anickel]

3. Was it worth the $2.3bn? I'm guessing 101 families would say not. n/t

[maddezmom]

4. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2589684