U.S. Envoy Put Heat on Halliburton for Kuwaiti Fuel

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U.S. Envoy Put Heat on Halliburton for Kuwaiti Fuel
Wed Nov 10, 2004 07:30 PM ET



By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait pressured Halliburton to give a contract in 2003 to a Kuwaiti company now suspected of overcharging to bring fuel into Iraq, according to State Department documents released on Wednesday.

The documents, excerpts of which were released by Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman, also said the State Department received information in the summer of 2003 that Halliburton officials allegedly demanded kickbacks and solicited bribes from Altanmia Commercial Marketing Company of Kuwait.

Altanmia is at the center of an investigation into whether Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root, or KBR, overcharged in 2003 for getting fuel into Iraq, which suffered a shortage of refined products despite having plenty of oil.

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To think Our children died for Kuwait's freedom and they overcharge us for oil!!! :argh:

[Carl Brennan]

1. Kuwait isn't free. They have slavery in Kuwait.