Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War

Sunday March 23, 2003 00:12

by Corporate Predator

As the first bombs rain down on Baghdad, CorpWatch has learned that thousands of employees of Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, are working alongside United States troops in Kuwait and Turkey under a package deal worth close to a billion dollars. According to US Army sources, they are building tent cities and providing logistical support for the war in Iraq in addition to other hot spots in the "war on terrorism."

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Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6008

As the first bombs rain down on Baghdad, CorpWatch has learned that thousands of
employees of Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, are
working alongside United States troops in Kuwait and Turkey under a package deal
worth close to a billion dollars. According to US Army sources, they are
building tent cities and providing logistical support for the war in Iraq in
addition to other hot spots in the "war on terrorism."

While recent news coverage has speculated on the post-war reconstruction gravy
train that corporations like Halliburton stand to gain from, this latest
information indicates that Halliburton is already profiting from war time
contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

In this special series, investigative reporter Pratap Chatterjee looks at
Halliburton and its subsidiaries' war profiteering. Related articles include:

*Cheney's Close Ties to Brown and Root
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6028

*Vinnell Corporation: 'We Train People to Pull Triggers'
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6029

*Vinnell, Brown and Root at Turkey's Incirlik Airbase
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6030