Iraq, Inc. - War Profiteers

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Iraq, Inc. - War Profiteers


Driving Into Danger
Pratap Chatterjee
March 29th, 2005

A grieving family is suing Halliburton for the wrongful death of Tony Johnson, a truck driver killed while on route on the deadliest day the Iraq war has seen so far. Did the company knowingly place their workers in harms way? The Johnsons -- and the flood of families waiting to file similar lawsuits -- say they did.


Halliburton Bribery Scandal Deepens
David Phinney
March 29th, 2005

Halliburton officials are being investigated for taking millions of dollars in bribes while staying at a lavish seaside resort in Kuwait, in return for sub-contracts to supply the US military in Iraq. Jeff Alex Mazon is one of several Halliburton managers who has been indicted for corruption.


Intelligence, Inc.
Pratap Chatterjee
March 7th, 2005

US military interrogators -- who will work at sites ranging from Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay -- must first receive training at one obscure military fort in Southern Arizona. Today, that training has been taken over by private contractors working for profit.

ALSO: An Interrogator Speaks Out


Boeing Scandal Part of Deeper Problems at Pentagon
David Phinney
January 5th, 2005

Military contractors like Boeing, Halliburton and Lockheed, have become increasingly embedded with the Pentagon bureaucrats who give them lucrative work as the jailing of Darleen Druyun, a former U.S. Air Force weapons buyer, demonstrates.



Iraq Contractor Claims Immunity From Fraud Laws
David Phinney
December 23rd, 2004

A Virginia judge has been asked to decided whether or not Custer Battles, an upstart security company assigned to guard Baghdad airport, had defrauded its customers by as much as $50 million. But company lawyers are arguing that the United States government did not control the Iraqi oil money, seized during the occupation, used to pay the company.



“Contract Meals Disaster" for Iraqi Prisoners
David Phinney
December 9th, 2004

New evidence suggests that the Abu Ghraib prisoners were subjected not only to torture and psychological abuse, they were underfed, malnourished and made to eat food so bad it inspired riots. A little-known private contractor, run by an American civilian, is said to be to blame.


Kuwait Documents Allege Halliburton Bribe Scandal
David Phinney
November 11th, 2004

Newly revealed documents, dating from December 2003 and the early months of 2004, allege that Halliburton staff in Kuwait asked for kickbacks from selected contractors while undermining others who were looking for work from the multi-billion dollar contracts that the company oversees for the military occupation force in Iraq.



Agent Orange Victims Sue Monsanto
Tom Fawthrop
November 4th, 2004

Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) filed a class action law suit in a New York court, against Monsanto and 36 other manufacturers of Agent Orange.



Halliburton Hit with Multiple Lawsuits
David Phinney
October 27th, 2004

Companies working in support of U.S. troops in Iraq are hauling Houston-headquartered defense contractor, Halliburton, into U.S. federal court with claims that the company stiffed them for hundreds of millions of dollars after they provided essential services in the war effort.


http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=176

[welshTerrier2]

1. bush and his corporate friends do not want the war to end

fwiw, here's my "companion" thread to this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1694056&mesg_id=1694056

the lesson here is that this is totally a corporate war ... the big boys are pushing this because it has a huge effect on their profits ... and the big boys dictate America's foreign policy ...

How the hell can any Democrat worth voting for even consider voting to continue funding bush's corporate war in Iraq ?????!!!!!

bush and his little friends do not want this war to end ... the longer it runs, the more money they make ... and so here come the Democrats talking about peace, love and understanding ... they help bush wave the American flag for all the world to see ... they argue that we cannot withdraw now because there would be civil war ... "here george, we ponied up another $81 billion and there's more where that came from ... just keep doing your best ... we're prepared to see this thing through however long it takes ... georgie boy, we Democrats are with you all the way ..."

get this through your heads: bush and his corporate friends are not going to END THIS WAR !!!!! you keep voting to give him more money and all you're doing is prolonging the war ... the daily violence, most of which is either caused by the Americans or directed at the Americans, will not end while the US remains an occupier ... withdrawal will not guarantee peace; continued occupation, however, will surely guarantee more war ... NO MORE MONEY FOR WAR ...