War Profiteering

Iraq?S Oil Finds Itself In The Hands Of International Petroleum …

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:37 +0000

Iraq recently signed its first agreement with a group of Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to exploit the West Qurna field, and the other with a consortium led by ENI of Occidental Oil and Gas of Korea Zubair oil field. Under the agreement ratified, companies have much to gain from a profit of only $ 2 per barrel added to production because the Iraqi government wants to send “will not allow oil companies to take over,” said Robert Ebel, an adviser to the Energy and …

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Is George W. Bush typing his resume? ? | 3drawer File Cabinet

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:35 +0000

For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.) You can’t be mad about it if it’s true, right? … No, he is sitting around waiting for his cut of the billions robbed from the Treasury, Pentagon, and in Iraq. He will also be getting a percentage of the No Child Left Behind company his brother started, the gas price gouging he let Big Oil ruin the American economy …

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House Moves War Spending Package to the Senate. – Blog – OpenCongress

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:35 +0000

Iraq is Bush’s oil war. Channey’s corporation got all the contracts out there. Now even the people in Iraq do not have jobs. American Corporations have secured contracts and are making billions off of the governments. ….. Kosh has made big contributions to FreedomWorks, a non-profit that funds Tea Party. These 2 organizations are putting a great deal of pressure on Republicans to not support UI Ext. with stimulus that require corporations to help pay back through taxes. …

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William J. Astore: Hope and Change Fade, but War Endures: Seven …

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:26 +0000

The monies diverted total over $100 BILLION per year and are going to companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Ratheon, Bechtel and others. These funds have been hijacked by the lage defense contractors. … Other than a small minority of vocal people, I have never really heard many Americans worried about if any conflict we are involved in is just Americans didn’t turn against the Iraq war when they found out there were no WMD’s. …

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Voters For Peace – High court rejects Iraq case against Halliburton

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:25 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a woman who wants to sue Halliburton for the brain injury her husband suffered when a truck in a fuel convoy crashed in Iraq. The justices, without comment Monday, …

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t r u t h o u t | Iraq's Workers Strike to Keep Their Oil

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:25 +0000

Holding a no-bid, sweetheart contract with occupation authorities, Halliburton Corporation came into Iraq in the wake of the troops in 2003. The company tried to seize control of the wells and rigs, withholding reconstruction aid to …

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Norton sees some truth in Tancredoism | The Spot

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:20 +0000

Charlie Black – Powerful adviser to McCain campaign, Black’s firm – BKSH – listed as one of the top 10 Iraq War Profiteers, Noted fundraiser Ranger/Pioneer, Lobbyist who has represented – Blackwater’s Eric Prince, Yukos Oil, … Formerly with the Rendon Group, Brooke then was on contract in Baghdad with BKSH and Associates, which is controlled by Charles R. “Charlie” Black, Jr., a leading Republican political strategist and lobbyist, with close ties to Reagan, …

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Iraq's Marshes Reborn

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:19 +0000

This was an entry I wrote on the marshlands about four years ago, discussing lack of water in Iraq, corporate control of water in Iraq by Bechtel, and the hope that any restoration of this diverse and beautiful area would be left in the …

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They have the ability to do whatever tickles your pickle

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:17 +0000

… their alumni remain among the industry elite; Tim Spicer, Sandline’s former ceo, now runs Aegis Defence Services, which contracts with the Pentagon to coordinate security for all reconstruction projects in Iraq. …

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webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:13 +0000

… your aim is to perpetuate and expand a militarist empire and the bloated, brutal, corrupt, war-profiteering system that supports it, why then, secret war and civilian slaughter are perfectly logical and remarkably effective methods. …

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