Heady days for contractors in race for Iraq deals

[54anickel]

Sounds like a Blue-light special

http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters11-20-100942.asp?reg=MIDEAST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — Prospective bidders are salivating over new Iraqi business worth up to $18.7 billion, from sellers of trucks and power generators to construction giants and oil refinery specialists.

A sold-out Pentagon conference for contractors at an Arlington, Virginia, hotel on Wednesday had the heady feeling of a Gold Rush.

More than 1,300 people from hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies stalked procurement officials in hallways and pitched their competence to work in Iraq. A follow-on conference is being held in London on Friday, targeting non-U.S. firms.

''There is just so much money that we can tap into. It's just wonderful to have this opportunity,'' one prospective bidder gushed to the Defense Department's director of procurement, Deidre Lee.

[LearnedHand]

1. Oh, good christ!

:puke: :mad: :puke:

[lostnfound]

2. kick n/t