Does the name Winston Blount ring a bell?

[susu369]

Just read this article at Buzzflash and see that Bu$h's old family friends (BFEE) are smack-dab in the looting circle of Iraqi contracting schemes. Remember GWB was in Alabama during his AWOL period to help with Winston Blount's senator campaign. Guess this is the son/grandson/whatever?

Blount 4 Iraqi Construction - you couldn't make this stuff up!
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1082539394262640.xml

Alabama trio flees Iraq amid assualt warning

Three Alabama businessmen have decided to leave Baghdad for a while because they've received word that militias loyal to a controversial Muslim cleric will try to take over the Iraqi capital on Thursday.

"Things are getting hot in Baghdad!" Winton Blount IV wrote in a Sunday e-mail from Amman, Jordan. Blount and his partners, Andy Furr and Danny Campbell, flew to Amman on Saturday after having basically remained in their apartment for 12 consecutive days to stay out of harm's way.
--snip--

Tensions have been running high in Baghdad because of a recent upsurge in fighting between U.S. and coalition forces and Iraqi insurgents in parts of Iraq, and the growing hostility between the coalition and militias loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

While the Alabamians waited for tensions to subside, Blount said, American, British and Iraqi sources told them that "Baghdad will ignite" on Thursday and that "all shops MUST close and militia will try to take over." Then they saw a senior American military commander, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, say in a televised press conference that U.S. forces would be waiting for al-Sadr's militia if they made a move on Baghdad.
-snip-

In the meantime, Blount said he and his partners were headed to London to discuss a construction project Furr hopes to manage later on in Afghanistan.

"We shall return" to Iraq, Blount said, "but we need to mend some family issues at home related to the latest (war-related) news reports."
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[Nlighten1]

1. Birds of a feather.

[susu369]

2. Will be interesting to see if the Thursday warnings are valid

:kick:

Off to work...

[QC]

3. No, but Winton Blount does. n/t

[susu369]

7. Thanks for that correction

it makes a Google search much more productive! :-)

Seems Winton Blount IV's Iraqi construction projects have been going on for quite a while....

[Ripley]

4. They let businessmen run around Iraq with machine guns??

WTF?

"It was very unnerving," said Blount, who added that he, Furr and Campbell were armed for the brief journey. "I actually had the safety OFF on my MP5 machine gun for the 15-minute trip."

Blount has been in Iraq since mid-July. His company, Blount 4 Iraq Construction, has been building or renovating military barracks or other facilities for U.S. troops in the country. At times, the company has employed several hundred Iraqis.

I wonder how many millions this guy is getting in "re-construction" contracts out of your tax dollars?

This story sounds too far fetched, even for this quagmire. I think he's lying.

[KoKo]

5. Incredible article, susu, thanks. This line at the end of the article is

interesting:"We shall return" to Iraq, Blount said, "but we need to mend some family issues at home related to the latest (war-related) news reports."

Wonder what "family issues at home" he's talking about? These folks (friends of the Chimp)who thought they were going to make big $$$$$$'s off of Iraq having to get out in fear of their lives, maybe going home to put in some phone calls to the Chimp and discuss that "family business."

Good Catch on this!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. the crooks are chicken shits too

[loudsue]

8. Why in the hell aren't the Dems SCREAMING about ethical

issues....all of the conflicts of interest.

How many ways can you say "follow the MONEY", concerning this contrived war?

:argh:


:kick::kick:

[SoCalDem]

9. Link from a DU thread from November

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=694967