Re: Cheney's Halliburton to Control Iraqi Oil?

Andreas Pour wrote:
> It seems another Iraq lie has withered under the rays of sunlight:  Halliburton,
> it seems, will "own" ("possession is nine-tenths of the law") the Iraqi oil
> instead of the Iraqi people.

I don't understand this at all.  They won't possess them, they will 
just operate them.

> Apparently the "fire-extinguishing" (which, rather, was more like a fire-sale,
> as in non-competitive) contract 

The contract was not "non-competitive!  It was just that the bidding 
was not open.  Only those few companies that the US felt were 
qualified were invited to bid.  And Halliburton *was* the low bidder.

> signed with Haliburton and first announced 2
> weeks ago was completely, and it seems deliberately, mis characterized.

I understood clearly that Halliburton would be responsible for getting 
the oil fields back into full production.  On US TV I saw a 
representative of the company explaining that they were in such 
disrepair that it would take about 6 months to get them up to their 
standards.

> The contract in fact is not limited to extinguishing fires, but rather includes
> oil production and distribution.

And what are you implying is wrong with that?  I see nothing wrong 
with hiring an oil service company to run the Iraqi oil fields -- it 
is just the normal way of doing business.

--
JRT


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