Iraq profiteering: Parsons builds 20 of 142 clinics - Pockets $200 million

[BlooInBloo]

Hey MSM: Maybe the reason we don't hear "the good news" is because THERE ISN'T ANY.

They say late in the article that HALF of the money went to "overhead". To my ears, that's nothing but pocket-greasing.

Bastards.

"A reconstruction contract for the building of 142 primary health centers across Iraq is running out of money, after two years and roughly $200 million, with no more than 20 clinics now expected to be completed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says.

The contract, awarded to U.S. construction giant Parsons Inc. in the flush, early days of reconstruction in Iraq, was expected to lay the foundation of a modern health care system for the country, putting quality medical care within reach of all Iraqis.

Parsons, according to the Corps, will walk away from more than 120 clinics that on average are two-thirds finished. Auditors say the project serves as a warning for other U.S. reconstruction efforts due to be completed this year.

Brig. Gen. William McCoy, the Army Corps commander overseeing reconstruction in Iraq, said he still hoped to complete all 142 clinics as promised and was seeking emergency funds from the U.S. military and foreign donors. "I'm fairly confident," McCoy said."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/02/AR2006040201209_pf.html

EDIT: forgot link - sorry!

[mdmc]

1. awful

:mad:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

2. link?

[BlooInBloo]

3. My bad - thx for the catch!

[mom cat]

4. They screw up everywhere they go. .. we have the leaky Big Dig in

Boston and are told that we will be lucky to get back $180,000,000 out of the billions in overruns.

[BlooInBloo]

5. I don't think it's a screw-up......

... I think it's theft. World of difference between the two, of course....

[mom cat]

7. I stand corrected!

:toast:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. Yeah I guess N.O./Gulf Coast couldn't use any clinics like that.