Halliburton shifts headquarters to Dubai.

[cal04]

“U.S. oil services giant Halliburton Co. will shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Halliburton’s new location “will be better placed to focus on relations with the Gulf’s enormous national oil companies.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/11/halliburton-shifts-headquarters-to-dubai/

Halliburton to Move Headquarters To Dubai, Keeping Office in Houston
http://users1.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117362760997733466.html%3Fmod%3Ddjemalert

Halliburton Moving Headquarters to Dubai
Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.

(snip)
Lesar, speaking at an energy conference in nearby Bahrain, said he will relocate to Dubai from Texas to oversee Halliburton's intensified focus on business in the Mideast and energy-hungry Asia, home to some of the world's most important oil and gas markets.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070311/emirates_halliburton.html?.v=1

[blogslut]

1. Hmmmm

n/t

[Laurab]

74. ACTION ALERT re Halliburton - PLEASE see this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x388886

[blm]

107. Thanks - every kick helps.

.

[blm]

2. It's to get ALL their paperwork OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Like they did w/ Enron

divisions being bought up by UBS and Phil Gramm going to work for UBS to help facilitate that end of the coverup.

[musette_sf]

3. ding ding ding we have a winner

so that rat bastid Gramm is still around as a background fixer. another TX cockroach.

[Karenina]

67. IIRC quite a bit of that Enron paper

got incinerated in Bldg. #7.

[MetaTrope]

103. It's only a temporary measure

Until construction on SPECTRE Island is completed. But with Halliburton doing the work, that's going to take another 10 years and $30+ billion.

[Blackhatjack]

4. Just watch them ignore the subpoenoes and refuse to cooperate with Congress...

THis is well designed to 'avoid' cooperating with Congressional investigations into their no-bid contracts, and overall profiteering and corruption.

Congress needs to send out subpoenoes today demanding that all documents in their possession be perserved inside the United States for Congressional review.

It is the corporate version of Bush moving all the presidential documents to the Presidential library and putting shrinkwrap on it.

[The Cleaner]

9. Yep - good analysis: "Convenient" timing

I hope Congress takes your advice: "Congress needs to send out subpoenoes today demanding that all documents in their possession be perserved inside the United States for Congressional review."

Man it kills me to see these bastards get away with this...

[suziedemocrat]

101. Then they should lose all defense contracts. We don't want a "foreign" company embedded w/ troops!

This is suspicious beyond belief!

[tbyg52]

113. Yep, pull every last one of their contracts. nt

[The Cleaner]

5. Holey Cripses! That explains a LOT!!

Remember the failed ports deal? Halliburton's dealings in Saudi Arabia...Carlyle Group..."Bandar Bush..."

I gather Halliburton is relocating to Dubai to escape massive lawsuits...Dubai is probably far less restrictive in terms of legality, and likely more friendly to corrupt corporations such as Halliburton.

Does this mean Halliburton is no longer an American company?

[JDPriestly]

6. So, who really "owns" the controlling interest in Halliburton?

Is it really Saudi Arabia? This needs to be investigated. There are ways to hide stock ownership. Why would any American company want to place its headquarters in Dubai? And should the U.S. government be awarding or honoring contracts that are so important to our national military strength and security to a company that is not headquartered in the U.S.? to a company that does not answer to U.S. corporate governance? This is real serious stuff? Who runs this country anyway? Do we? Or does the King of Saudi Arabia? Or worse yet, the powers that be in Dubai?

This is the most alarming news I have ever heard.

Where is the Christian right on this issue. Is the primary defense contractor for the U.S. really a cover for Muslims?

[The Cleaner]

14. Yep - VERY TROUBLING...and that's no understatement.

All very poignant questions I would like Congress to investigate! We need this debate NOW!!

Where is the Christian right? Probably sticking their noses into the latest Ann Coulter book or eagerly awaiting Rush Limbaugh who tells them only the "evil liberal left wing nuts" are the ones concerned about a perfectly innocent American company just doing what all companies do, make a profit. :eyes:

[blm]

20. House of Saud - House of Bush. BCCI has NEVER ended.

Thanks alot Bill.

[Nikki Stone1]

26. Can you explain the BCCI thing?

In simple English? I know there are lots of links, but I never succeeded in connecting the dots.

[blm]

30. Cross search BCCI - UAE - Bush - Bin Laden - Pakistan. Here's a quick overview

from cooperative research:

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a070591bccicloses

July 5, 1991: Outlaw BCCI Bank Is Shut Down
The BCCI logo. The Bank of England shuts down Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), the largest Islamic bank in the world. Based in Pakistan, this bank financed numerous militant organizations and laundered money generated by illicit drug trafficking and other illegal activities, including arms trafficking. Bin Laden and many other militants had accounts there. One money-laundering expert claims, “BCCI did dirty work for every major terrorist service in the world.” American and British governments were aware of its activities yet allowed the bank to operate for years. The Pakistani ISI had major connections to the bank. However, as later State Department reports indicate, Pakistan remains a major drug trafficking and money-laundering center despite the bank’s closing. “The CIA used BCCI to funnel millions of dollars to the fighters battling the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan” according to the Washington Post. A French intelligence report in 2001 suggests the BCCI network has been largely rebuilt by bin Laden (see October 2001). The ruling family of Abu Dhabi, the dominant emirate in the United Arab Emirates, owned 77 percent of the bank.
Entity Tags: Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Bank of England, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence

[Nikki Stone1]

41. Thanks. Coop research is a great site. If Osama Binladin put BCCI back together

then so much of what we are watching in the ME is political theater.

Wonder if this war is about getting legacies for the Saud boys when Daddy dies and there isn't enough oil left to split among the progeny?

[valerief]

21. The Christian Right must be raking in the buckos, too, from Helliburden. nt

[Quantess]

63. Where is theChristian Right on this issue?

Good question. I don't fully understand their typical thought processes, but I can't imagine they approve of granting greater control to Muslims (if that's what's happening). How could the Fundamental Christians let this one get past them?

[blm]

64. BushInc must believe the Fundies have served their purpose and can be discarded

at this point.

[ClintonTyree]

98. They're concentrating on the REAL issues...

like gay marriage and a woman's right to choose. :sarcasm: They're much more concerned with what's going on in America's bedrooms than the crimes being committed in America's boardrooms. Needless to say, their priorities are a little screwed up.

[papau]

7. So an Arab country's corporation runs our defense department via contract work? Port Security was a

big deal - I wonder if the media will say anything on Sunday talk.

[truth2power]

12. Media say anything?... Ha hahaha

That cracks me up! :rofl: :rofl:

If the time ever comes (I'm dreaming, I know) that all the criminals running our country end up in the dock at the Hague, most of our esteemed members of the media need to be there right along with them. :argh:

[blm]

23. The fascists couldn't have pulled this off without the media protection they guaranteed

when they bought up all available media in the 80s and 90s. They set their table long ago, and they WILL have their feast while the rest of the world works for them and their scraps.

[Patiod]

105. They said something: "It will make $$$ for shareholders"

"profits will go way up if they can avoid taxes - it's a good move for shareholders." That's what I heard on ABC this morning. That 1) Waxman was angry 2) it was a really smart, profitable move for the company, because profits will SKYROCKET if they don't have to pay those stupid US taxes.

[EVDebs]

110. Translation: US taxpayers will end up footing the bill (Middle Class Screwed again)

Read Screwed by Thom Hartmann and Perfectly Legal by David Cay Johnston.

[glitch]

13. Ineffingdeed. nt

[rocktivity]

8. They will also be better able to focus on hiding records and avoiding legal action

Cancel their contracts NOW.

:headbang:
rocknation

[IChing]

10. How can you all be so cynical about this? It is purely a "business" move

Gosh all mighty, come on, aren't you reading too much into this?

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/
















:sarcasm:

[JDPriestly]

11. OK. This is how we end the war mongering.

Let the Saudis and other Middle Easterners fight their wars with their own young men on the front lines.

Congress should pass a law that the U.S. cannot award defense contracts to any corporation unless 90% of the stock in the company to which the contract is awarded is owned by American citizens. No defense contracts should be awarded to any company that is not owned by American citizens. The American owned companies can hire foreign nationals to do some of the work. But, ultimately, only companies that are owned by American citizens should be receiving the defense contracts. And the defense contractors should be required to post bonds to ensure the honest completion of their work. That is how Congress can put an end to the war for profit.

[valerief]

25. Yeah! The Republican senators will really go for that! nt

[LouisianaLiberal]

33. But that would stifle "free trade"!

Even though other countries that support the idea of "free trade" have protections in place to guard the well being of their own economies, we should apparently lead the way in surrendering our way of life to this particularly virulent ideology.

As one corporation swallows another, and we abandon the concept of the people controlling their own destiny, we become less and less able to reverse this parasite that has attached itself to our democracy.

I think at this point only the willfully blind cannot see through this. And I am still astounded when I see apparently intelligent people in the US defending this notion of "free trade" as somehow the inevitable result of, and logical path of democracy.

[seemslikeadream]

15. blm speaks

:hi:

I listen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3156246

[KingofNewOrleans]

16. Get a law passed that prevents outsourcing

to any company who has company HQs outside the US. Clearly, it would be a security risk.

[Morgana LaFey]

83. Get a law passed that prevents offshore defense contractors

Probably not doable (I'm imagining all sorts of allies have companies that are defense contractors), but I'd sure like to see it nonetheless.

[The Doctor.]

17. Anyone call Conyers?

I will.

[conscious evolution]

18. Running like scared rats

They must be very afraid of whats coming down on the heads.
Congress needs to subpoena every document and record haliburton possesses.Their corporate assets should also be considered for siezure.

They are criminals attempting to flee the scene of the crime and they need to be stopped.

[tridim]

19. Wonder what Soros thinks about all this?

Since he's a major HAL stock holder now.

[bobthedrummer]

44. On a related note Soros is involved with the Perseus Group

for instance Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund, L.P.
http://www.perseusllc.com/funds.htm

And so the fact that some of these wealthy financiers and venture capitalists have thrown a few bones to Dems and liberals and humanitarian causes means very little-because of the corruption.

[Nikki Stone1]

22. So the biggest No-Bid government contractor will now be a non-American company?

Ain't globalism great?

:sarcasm:

[Botany]

24. Sure all Texas companies have HQs in Dubai

What don't they just post a note saying they have gone fishing and
will not answer any subpoenas.

[annabanana]

27. Halliburton is leaving? This needs to be kicked to Monday

to make sure all the cube-rats get a good look at it!

[northamericancitizen]

28. K & R

[Old and In the Way]

29. Why privatizing key government functions is a bad idea.

The only allegiance a corporation has is to their bottom line. Obviously, Halliburton, Cheney's former company, has a lot to hide and Dick will probably be joining them soon. Do we have any extradition treaties with the UAE?

[Horse with no Name]

31. Take the money and run huh

This is absolutely criminal.
They take all of our money and then shift it out of the country so they don't have to pay taxes on it.
Wonder if the port deal has anything to do with this?:mad:

[blm]

32. It's not the money - it's the DOCUMENTS and PAPER TRAIL of all their dealings

My guess is that they noted that Walter Reed scandal was exposing their front companies and they need to get out of Dodge as fast as they can.

[Horse with no Name]

34. It's all of it blm

but in all honesty? It's always about the money.
I don't think they care about the Congressional hearings because they have bought and paid for enough Congressmen to provide them cover.
The executive branch isn't going to do squat and the judicial branch isn't going to do squat.
What you have plain and simple is a company that has raided the US Treasury and is moving HQ to Dubai.
You have a President who has purchased land in Latin America.
It would be very interesting to find out where Cheney will end up, my guess is Dubai.
They will be out of the country with all of our treasure and will be untouchable.
All those billions of missing dollars...check Dubai.
The ports deal was payback for cover. Hide and watch how this plays out.:(

[blm]

37. The documents always are about money in the long run. The CRIME is always

tracked by the paperwork around the money.

[Nikki Stone1]

51. So remove the paperwork and hide the international network

...

[Morgana LaFey]

84. Do they even come under U.S. Laws if their HQ is offshore?

Probaby not. Oh, those parts still in the U.S. perhaps, but not hte DECISION MAKERS and other evildoers.

[C_U_L8R]

35. Defund Halliburton Right Now

There is no reason on earth why Halliburton should recieve one more penny out of OUR pockets

[windbreeze]

36. Well certainly they will....they are being investigated...and

this makes it possible for them to not pay any taxes on all that money they are raking in...makes perfect sense to me, but they shouldn't be allowed to move hq's until ALL investigations ARE COMPLETE...how many jobs will this cost?
windbreeze

[rman]

38. Just in time before the collapsing economy?

:shrug:

[walldude]

39. Why do they hate America?

They have to move their entire headquarters?

[Nikki Stone1]

47. As Scott Ritter said, they are not Americans

That's pretty plain

[TroglodyteScholar]

40. Alternate headline: Getting Away With Murder

On a super-massive scale.

[Blackhatjack]

42. When Cheney was CEO they got around law prohibiting business w/ Iraq this way...

They created a corporation outside the US which did their bidding, and the profits poured into Halliburton's coffers.

[Nikki Stone1]

43. Our government was hijacked in 2000

by ain international corporation.

and we did nothing

[blm]

45. Before - Poppy set New World Order PUBLICALLY in motion in 1991 and even a Dem administration

in 1993 chose to look the other way while it grew its tentacles into every critical aspect of our government and the world's resources.

This is what the fascists had been working towards for MANY DECADES - global fascism with the US as its lynchpin.

[Nikki Stone1]

46. Is there some really good writing that puts this all together?

Thanks

[blm]

48. Octafish' journals here stay on top of the characters.

But, as far as compilations go, Kevin Phillips book American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush

and

Craig Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud - The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

[Nikki Stone1]

49. Thanks. Do you have links to Octafish's threads?

I am having some problems with the search function this morning

[blm]

50. Here's link to his journals

You may be familiar with Octafish's Know your BFEE threads.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish

[Nikki Stone1]

62. THANKS!

:kick:

[WinkyDink]

79. Because they took our measure, and realized that "Born Again" were the key words to victory.

[WinkyDink]

77. And THAT, mon ami, is the true "bottom line". Grand Theft , Nation.

[KoKo]

52. ACTION ALERT....to Contact Waxman/Congress...HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x388886

[riderinthestorm]

53. Jeez, they're not even trying to hide their links to their masters anymore.

Wow. Just wow. This is a troubling move that they are being so blatant about it, and also that they are doing this at this time. American sheeple wake up!! This Admin and their corporate cronies are not patriots, they are not working for the United States' benefit, they absolutely do not care about Americans.

What is it going to take to get the American people to understand that our nation is in serious jeopardy? :banghead:

[blm]

54. Probably why they hyped the primary races so early to DISTRACT the Dem rank and file

and to drive the news coverage AWAY from stories like this.

[frogcycle]

55. and thus the cycle is complete

the HQ will no doubt provide comfortable living space for the soon-to-be expatriot Prick Cheney when he returns from his leave-of-absence to resume the chairmanship.

As Halliburdubai rises to international prominence, takes its rightful place on the UN security council, displacing the now-third-world backwater country formerly known as the United States, now better known as bushylvania...

[blm]

59. Bankrupting the USA while bankROLLING the New World Order.

.

[blm]

69. Privatization is leading this nation to .........????

Bush1 and Dick Cheney started privatizing the US military back in 1991. That privatization of logistics has led to tragedies like the USS Cole bombing, the gouging for basic needs for our soldiers, the loss of billions of our tax dollars in Iraq, and the breakdown of services at Walter Reed.


Now we hear that Halliburton is moving their HQ from Houston to Dubai. Once there, the global fascism will take hold firmer and stronger than at any other point we have witnessed in the past.

And the US will be left bankrupt and broken in too many areas to get it fixed in any expedient way.

No financial problems for the incredibly FLUSH global corporations who have been lining their pockets at our expense for the last twenty years, though.

Want to bet that Halliburton and Bechtel will have Blackwater and other private armies at their disposal while our military struggles to recoup?

We have GOT to stop Halliburton's move of all their documents and paperwork.

[Raster]

86. ...and the strip mining of America continues.

Thanks again to the Texas-American Petroleum Mafia and their lapdogs bush* and cheney*.

[seafan]

56. Lock down Halliburton records, issue subpoenas, dismantle these war profiteers.

Just when the sweeping, blinding light of accountability threatens these monsters...


Halliburton Will Move HQ to Dubai

Sunday March 11, 1:13 pm ET
By Jim Krane, Associated Press Writer

Halliburton Will Shift Headquarters From Houston to Mideast Financial Powerhouse of Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.

"Halliburton is opening its corporate headquarters in Dubai while maintaining a corporate office in Houston," spokeswoman Cathy Mann said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "The chairman, president and CEO will office from and be based in Dubai to run the company from the UAE."

.....

Lesar, speaking at an energy conference in nearby Bahrain, said he will relocate to Dubai from Texas to oversee Halliburton's intensified focus on business in the Mideast and energy-hungry Asia, home to some of the world's most important oil and gas markets.

"As the CEO, I'm responsible for the global business of Halliburton in both hemispheres and I will continue to spend quite a bit of time in an airplane as I remain attentive to our customers, shareholders and employees around the world," Lesar said. "Yes, I will spend the majority of my time in Dubai."

Lesar's announcement appears to signal one of the highest-profile moves by a U.S. corporate leader to Dubai, an Arab boomtown where free-market capitalism has been paired with some of the world's most liberal tax, investment and residency laws.

"The eastern hemisphere is a market that is more heavily weighted toward oil exploration and production opportunities and growing our business here will bring more balance to Halliburton's overall portfolio," Lesar said.

In 2006, Halliburton -- once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney -- earned profits of $2.3 billion on revenues of $22.6 billion.

THIS WILL NOT STAND. NOTIFY CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY, EVERYONE WHO IS ABLE.

Halliburton must not be allowed to get away with this. This is a blatant attempt to escape with America's treasury and all of the company's corporate records that would quickly implicate Halliburton in unprecedented, global thievery.


www.senate.gov

www.house.gov

[Initech]

57. Personally I think they're moving because Congress is about to investigate them.

I hope Walter Reed shows that Halliburton is out of control.

[blm]

58. Exactly - plus the use of FRONT companies like IAP by Halliburton to evade scrutiny.

.

[papau]

60. I thought IAP Worldwide Services (old Johnson Controls) was still S.C based? n/t

n/t

[blm]

61. It's there in SC, but the players are Halliburton boys and Cerberus.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x377023

[papau]

66. run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official. - Thanks for the heads up! n/t

n/t

[Initech]

70. The corruption of this company must be made known. We must stop them from leaving the US.

[AZBlue]

88. My exact thought. Can anything be done to stop them?

[MLFerrell]

65. Well, they've looted the nation's treasury...

Time to take the money and run!

[pa28]

80. I wish their assets could be frozen until an audit could be completed.

I wish.

[kohodog]

68. No Wonder Bush and Cheney are still so smirky.

[Subdivisions]

71. Yep. And some were charging them with

incompetency for blowing Iraq. Instead, they have actually succeeded in pulling off their deviously clever fiendish plot.

I'm beginning to think our only hope will be human rights violations prosecuted by the Hague.

[Nikki Stone1]

72. Getting away with murder

...

[Booster]

73. This is the best indication we've had yet that Cheney is about to

go down in flames.

[Subdivisions]

76. I wonder if the recent Cheney World Tour has anything to do

with all of this.

[Horse with no Name]

78. Agreed.

[WinkyDink]

75. Okay, all things nefarious aside: I would be ROYALLY P.O.'ed if I was told

I had to move to DUBAI to retain my job!
Luxury, schmuxury!

[w4rma]

87. Heh, the CXOs and boardmembers will telecommute. (nt)

[sellitman]

81. I wonder if chucklenuts moves the White House there next?

He wouldn't need to surrender squat to investigators.

Not that he does now.

[salin]

82. Unless all of the top officials move, and the Board holds their meetings

in Dubai - than this is BS. I am tired of fake 'hq.s' outside of the US to dodge taxes - while the primary business including all executives and board meetings are held in the US. The Congress should introduce legislation defining what it means for HQ to be in the country vs out of the country. The definition should include where the executives do business and where the Board and Board committees conduct business.

[The Wizard]

85. The day it happens

will be the day Dick Cheney steps down to "spend more time with his family." Dick is preparing to bolt the country to avoid prosecution.

[cal04]

89. theyrereal: The real reason Halliburton's moving to Dubai

In one of my first diaries on Dailykos, I wrote about how Halliburton was skirting the laws of the United States by having its "affiliate" in Dubai act as a "launderer" of business products and money so that it could sell illegal items to illegal countries:

Most people probably don't realize that Halliburton, our Vice President's company, has been trading for years with most of the folks on the United States' "axis of evil" list, including Iran, Saddam's Iraq, and Libya.

One of the simple ways around this is to simply export the illegal stuff to the United Arab Emirates, where trading activity accounts for the biggest single chunk (16.5%) of a $20 billion economy, to be re-exported to the offending countries.

It seems in light of today's announcement that Halliburton is brazely moving their headquarters to Dubai, that now might be a good time to revisit this damning information .....
This article from Forbes.com shows how Halliburton skirts the law:

Halliburton, for example, manages to do business with Iran obliquely. Its Dubai-based affiliate, Halliburton Products & Services Ltd., allegedly has no Americans on staff; the Houston oil services company claims it has no direct ownership of the operation. Nevertheless, FORBES has obtained documents showing how Kala Ltd., the British arm of the National Iranian Oil Co., solicited at least 17 separate bids from the affiliate during 1997 and 1998 (when Vice President Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive). A few bids include handwritten notes that say "FOB Dubai Airport" or "FOB Dubai port"--meaning that the U.A.E. was just a way station between Halliburton and Tehran.

more
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/11/21830/4591

[blm]

114. Well done - gives nods to Octafish here at DU, too.

.

[SlowDownFast]

117. Dubai=International Money/Sex Laundering Center

That's exactly it.

Not only does Dubai provide a place where billion dollar corporations can nefariously hide and launder their loot, but they provide international sex-slave trade services.

[eridani]

90. Cheney will have lots of new hunting opportunities

He should be warned that falcon hunting with Dubai's head of state and Osama bin Laden is going to be much more physically challenging than the canned hunts he's used to, though. Wonder what they'll have to do to get him on a horse?

[progressoid]

91. Time to email some members of Congress....

AGAIN!

[orleans]

92. i smell PORTS! n/t

[JCMach1]

93. Strictly a more to avoid oversight... also, keeps whistleblowers

away when you get those NO BID contracts from the DOD.


There are numerous relatively easy ways to launder profits here without paying US taxes!

It is also much easier to do 'secret' business with countries like Iran.


On a business level, it saves millions on property taxes every year. Also, they can bring in cheap clerical labor from India and the Phillipines. Only the top managers would remain American.

Just an evil company trying to evade oversight... :(

[sofa king]

94. Quoth Pogo:

[FreedomRain]

95. Halliburton - Bechtel

Is it safe to assume these "companies" have board members in common? Bechtel runs nuclear power plants. Always liked nuke power, but this will probably end in tragedy, since it will be a little easier to sell dirty bomb stuff to many interested parties from Dubai.

[Leopolds Ghost]

96. Dubai? Where Osama Bin Laden was Hospitalized?

I thought we went to war because a nation hospitalized an agent of Al Qaeda.

[autorank]

97. Good, now lets pass a bill that Defense only uses US companies

Accenture (HQ'ed on some island) and others gripe and moan about this but :wtf:
we could just have a law that former Texas companies headquartered in Dubai are
barred from US Government contracts.

Good bye and don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[OneBlueSky]

99. cut 'em off . . . just fucking cut them OFF! . . . no more billions in "defense" dollars . . .

for a corrupt corporation that abandons the U.S. to avoid taxes and Congressional and public scrutiny . . .

cut 'em off!!! . . .

[vssmith]

100. I agree 100%

Congress should pass regulations that American companies that pay taxes in America be given precedence in all cases of government contracts.

[jus_the_facts]

102. TAKE THEIR MONEY AND HANG. THEM. ALL. FOR. TREASON!!!!111

[Wednesdays]

104. Morning kick

:kick:

[ProSense]

106. Investigate Cheney:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070223/sec_halliburton.html?.v=1">SEC Withdrawing Charge Against Executive

Friday February 23, 7:44 pm ET

SEC Withdrawing Charge Against Former Halliburton CFO

Snip...

Still pending was the charge that Morris was negligent for allowing the financial statements to be issued without the full accounting disclosure.

The Houston-based conglomerate settled similar SEC claims filed against it in August 2004 without admitting guilt. But SEC officials said Halliburton failed to fully cooperate in the investigation and fined the company $7.5 million.

The change in accounting procedures occurred in 1998, during Vice President Dick Cheney's 1995-2000 tenure as Halliburton's chief executive. Cheney has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

In a separate matter, Halliburton said last fall it will agree to the SEC's request for more time to investigate possible bribery and corruption in connection with the company's natural gas operations in Nigeria. The so-called tolling agreement between Halliburton and the agency delayed when the legal clock started running, or tolling, on the case under the statute of limitations -- generally five years for such investigations.

The accord also gave Halliburton more time to make its case to the SEC against possible civil charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or to work out a settlement with the agency. The act makes it unlawful to bribe foreign government officials or company executives to obtain or retain business.

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Is James Baker Halliburton's lawyer?

[IronLionZion]

108. Traitors. They hate America but love our money. eom

[tandot]

109. How does that affect the taxes they would have to pay here in America?

Aren't they evading tax laws?

They get enormous amounts of money from the taxes WE pay and than don't pay anything back?

[cyberpj]

111. U.S. has NO EXTRADITION TREATY with United Arab Emirates

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

[milkyway]

112. Cheney is expected to announce tomorrow that the White House will be relocated to Dubai.

[BluePatriot]

116. Why not? Nothing surprises me anymore. (nt)

[bobthedrummer]

115. kick

[ray of light]

118. bookmarking

[Rex]

119. The jig is up!

"Everyone reach for the sky!"