Companies Seek New Opportunities in Iraq

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031023/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_investors_2

MADRID, Spain - The violence and disarray in Iraq aren't stopping global businesses from sniffing out opportunities in Iraq.

"The timing is almost perfect," John Disharoon, of construction king Caterpillar Inc., said Thursday. "Things are starting to move forward."

As governments gathered to drum up public money for Iraq's reconstruction at a donors' conference Thursday, more than 300 executives from corporate giants General Motors, Motorola, Coca-Cola and others showed up for a parallel gathering of private investors a few hundreds yards away.

Many expressed enthusiasm after hearing from Iraqi officials about the country's potential, even as they confessed their fears about security.

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[Old and In the Way]

1. Is this the new business model for the 21st century?

Beat up defense countries, destroy their infrastructure, bring them Republican-style democracy, and give the GOP's contributor's their payback?

This war profiteering is so open and obsious as to be revolting....I am ashamed of my country.

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2. Corporate opportunities in Iraq...Hurry...

Unlimited CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP labor. Most will work for dog food. NO PEASKY REGULATION, OVERSIGHT, or ACCOUNTABILITY. NO ENVIRONMERNTAL CONCERNS!!!! HURRY, HURRY, HURRY.....
OBSCENE PRIVITIZATION OF ALL IRAQI ASSETS!!!!!!
CEO and INVESTOR FRIENDLY (wink wink)ADMINISTRATION CALLING ALL THE SHOTS....IN SECRET... NO MESSY MEDIA INTERFERENCE...NO HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS.

A GREEDY, GLUTTONOUS REPUBLICAN'S WET DREAM. COME AND FEED AT THE TROUGH UNTIL YOU EXPLODE!!!!!
DON'T MISS THE PILLAGING OF IRAQ!!!

(positions ARE LIMITED!...submit your application and contribution to bush*/cheney or any high placed republican)

[saigon68]

3. "The timing is almost perfect," John Disharoon,

I'd like to know what John Disharoon was doing between 1965 and 1972.

[saigon68]

4. Bastards

John T. Disharoon, a lobbyist for Caterpillar who moved to
Brussels three years ago from Washington, says policy
makers in the United States are generally more accountable
to the public than European regulators. "So it basically
changes the entire lobbying dynamic," he said. "Traditional
pressure points like jobs, economic data, what it will do
to industry are not as effective."


THE biggest difference in Brussels and Washington,
lobbyists here say, is that American politicians rely far
more on corporate donations to finance their election
campaigns.

http://www.uua.org/pipermail/cusj-l/2003/001875.html


AND THEN THIS


American Chamber of Commerce in Europe
Members of the EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce briefed the audience on the issues inherent to the EU-US relationship. The panel included Mija Wessels, United Technologies, President of International Operations in Europe; Julian Lageard, Intel, Government Affairs Manager, Europe, Middle East, and Africa; John T. Disharoon, Caterpillar, Director of Public Affairs for Europe, Africa, the Middle East; and Nick Collier, Instinet, Director of European Government & Regulatory Affairs

http://www.celi.org/celi%20programs.htm

The Institute organizes briefings, panel discussions, and study trips to inform Members of Congress on issues that will shape America's economic future. The Institute is an important vehicle for ensuring thoughtful input from the private sector to the Members. The Institute publishes summaries and prepared remarks of selected public programs.

107th Congress Past Programs