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Re: The Reasons for War: Let Me Count the $680 USD
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:28:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> "Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract"
> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2957875.stm
The latest winner,
> awarded $680 million to rehab power, water and sewage systems, is Bechtel,
> one of the biggest political givers in the general contracting industry.
Hold on there, conspiracy boy-- I thought Bush et al was in bed with
Halliburton. Perhaps it is a really BIG bed... But wait, Bechtel isn't the
BIGGEST contributor, what gives?
> And the Bush-ites are as thick as thieves with these guys.
What exactly does that mean?
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> That's right -- no WMD,
So far. But do you really care? Will you retract when they are found?
Somehow I think not.
> big corporate contracts.
Would it make you happy if they went to smaller corporations? What is it with
you and BIG CORPORATIONS. What is the cut-off between regular and BIG?
JOHN
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| "Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract" (URL) open competitive bidding, the Bush administration has allowed few corporations to submit proposals for rebuilding Iraq. The latest winner, awarded $680 million to rehab power, water and sewage systems, is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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