Major front page NYT story on Halliburton thievery

[burythehatchet]

Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/world/middleeast/25pipeline.html?hp&ex=1146024000&en=06dbad0d8a941bb0&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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The project, called the Fatah pipeline crossing, had been a critical element of a $2.4 billion no-bid reconstruction contract that a Halliburton subsidiary had won from the Army in 2003. The spot where about 15 pipelines crossed the Tigris had been the main link between Iraq's rich northern oil fields and the export terminals and refineries that could generate much-needed gasoline, heating fuel and revenue for Iraqis
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The Fatah project went ahead despite warnings from experts that it could not succeed because the underground terrain was shattered and unstable.

It continued chewing up astonishing amounts of cash when the predicted problems bogged the work down, with a contract that allowed crews to charge as much as $100,000 a day as they waited on standby.

The company in charge engaged in what some American officials saw as a self-serving attempt to limit communications with the government until all the money was gone.

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[Frustratedlady]

1. Incredible!

Are there any on-going/planned investigations for Halliburton/KBR, et al.? That's all we hear about this gang of thieves. They are more corrupt than the Mafia. When the final figures come out...if they ever do...it will be mind-boggling.

[burythehatchet]

2. Meanwhile the feds are going to after people who may have

received improper payments from Katrina damages. Total estimated loss: About $1.5 million. An amount that Haliburton steals every minute.

[Coexist]

3. yet another WTF? those letters are being worn off my keyboard.

Jeepers.

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4. Waxman talking about this on the SPAN right now

I love that guy. He is referencing this Times story

[Coexist]

6. thanks!

[malaise]

5. Waxman is reading this in

the House -CSpan now.