[B5JMS] And So It Begins...

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From: kurtullman at yahoo.com (Kurt Ullman)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 02:06:26 GMT
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In article <20030528203457.04369.00000476 at mb-m15.aol.com>, jmsatb5 at aol.com 
(Jms at B5) wrote:
>>I thought Halliburton won a small cleanup contract, nothing more. Am I
>>mistaken?
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>Yep.  A Halliburton subsidiary has been given the task of managing and running
>Iraq's oil system.  Not only were they given this, they got it in a non-bid
>situation, it was just handed over to them, no questions asked (by the
>administration, at any rate).
        Seriously, who else was in the US to do it? This is hardly expertise 
that you get by placing a want ad in the local shopper. 


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 29 May 2003 05:46:17 GMT
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>>Yep.  A Halliburton subsidiary has been given the task of managing and
>running
>>Iraq's oil system.  Not only were they given this, they got it in a non-bid
>>situation, it was just handed over to them, no questions asked (by the
>>administration, at any rate).
>        Seriously, who else was in the US to do it? This is hardly expertise 
>that you get by placing a want ad in the local shopper. 

There are quite a few, actually, at least a dozen or so that were cited when
some senators began wondering why the heck they weren't invited to bid.  

 jms

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