BUSINESS: Halliburton Loses Iraq Contract

The Defense Energy Support Center, which buys fuel for the military throughout the world, will supervise the shipments and choose new contractors to replace Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company.

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story.news.yahoo.com.../ap/20031231/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/halliburton&cid=542&ncid=716

You all are much more well-versed on this than I, does this news change anything?




[Edited on 1-1-2004 by SkepticOverlord]

The US Govt. FINALLY figured out how to transport their own fuel or at least will hire a contractor to do it.

Halliburton has wanted OUT of this part of the operation for months. It's not what they do and they have incurred loses of equipment and worse yet, have had employees lose their lives doing it.

PEACE...
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Halliburton still will make billions on it's other Iraq contracts. This just makes it easier on them.

(and, weren't these no-bid contract thingies created under the Clinton administration??)

YUP. Don't you all remember the 90 dollars per piece of plywood Halliburton was charging the us government during the Kosovo crap. Clinton was so knee deep up the Neocons ass it was sickening, Clinton was a tool plain and simple no better then Bush never forget that if you hate Bush, Clinton was no better!!