Cheney's Haliburton Helped Iraq Cheat on Oil for Food Program.

[AIJ Alom]

It isn't breaking news yet but it will be !

FLASHBACK:http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.03E.Hallib.Iraq.htm

Halliburton's Iraq Deals Greater Than Cheney Has Said
Affiliates Had $73 Million in Contracts
By Colum Lynch
Special to The Washington Post
Saturday, June 23, 2001; Page A01

UNITED NATIONS -- During last year's presidential campaign, Richard B. Cheney acknowledged that the oil-field supply corporation he headed, Halliburton Co., did business with Libya and Iran through foreign subsidiaries. But he insisted that he had imposed a "firm policy" against trading with Iraq.

"Iraq's different," he said.

According to oil industry executives and confidential United Nations records, however, Halliburton held stakes in two firms that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq while Cheney was chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based company.

Two former senior executives of the Halliburton subsidiaries say that, as far as they knew, there was no policy against doing business with Iraq. One of the executives also says that although he never spoke directly to Cheney about the Iraqi contracts, he is certain Cheney knew about them.

A more credible source according to Freeper logic.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/24/80648.shtml

Oil industry executives and confidential U.N. records showed, however, that Halliburton held stakes in two companies that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq while Cheney was chairman and chief executive officer, the Post reported.

Gee whiz is that how Saddam's crumbing infrastructure got the equipment to cheat on the oil for food program ? I mean how can you get oil if your equipment is broken ! Haliburton to the rescue !!!

[exsoccermom]

1. And that is why our troops secured the Oil Ministry

While looting went on in the rest of the city. Had to secure those papers. It all makes sense now, doesn't it?

[AIJ Alom]

2. yeah it does.

Not to mention the troops were not ordered to secure weapons depots. The same weapons that were then used on US troops. Wonder how many improvised explosive devices were made from materials found at the depot ?

Our troops got screwed because we fought the war on the cheap.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. You beat me to it, exsoccermom. Started to reply to this, realized I

was not logged in, went away, came back and you said just what I was going to. Secure the oil fields, important. Secure the incriminating documents, vital.

By the way,

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