New agency for Iraq contracts (subcontracting for Halliburton and Bechtel)

[Barrett808]

THE United States will create a new agency, under the aegis of the Pentagon, to oversee the distribution of contracts to rebuild Iraq, a US defence official told a conference today.

The new agency, as yet unnamed, will be introduced at the beginning of next month under the direction of retired admiral David Nash, said Deputy Under-Secretary of Defence for International Technology Security John Shaw.

It will be charged with coordinating sub-contracting work in Iraq, notably by US groups Bechtel and Halliburton, the main contractors in Iraq's reconstruction, Shaw told the Doing Business in Iraq conference.

Shaw admitted there were "divergences" between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) - responsible for the rebuilding of Iraq under the supervision of the State Department - and the Department of Defence over the distribution of sub-contracts.

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http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,7555109%255E401,00.html

[Homer12]

1. I love War Profitering: Hey, George Give me a contract.

I know how to use a chainsaw, I could be in charge of clearing brush in Iraq.

[saigon68]

2. War Profiteering--- DISGUSTING

This is so brazen,--- there is no shame whatsoever in the graft, undue influence and out and out racketeering.

[catzies]

3. You're hired! Pick up your check for $500 million at the front desk.

:thumbsup:

[cosmicdot]

4. they can 're-engineer' it any way they want to

a la corporate amerikkka style PR techniques ... it's still war profitting off ...

[Wickerman]

5. Its a family tradition

George, Why do ya steal? Why do ya lie?

and on and on, with slight apology to Hank Williams Jr.

[ameriphile]

6. Ain't the military industrial complex grand?

It's a beautiful system: Poor men and women gives their live to make astoundingly wealthy corporate executives even wealthier.

[DUreader]

7. Why are thet bloating the beaurocracy, Privatize IT!

Give a no-bid contract to some company to oversee the giving of contracts to companies

[soup]

8. They're heeeere.

said in my best CarolAnn from 'Poltergeist' voice.

Isn't that what these guys do?

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