Saturday, August 05, 2006

War on Iraq: Bechtel Takes a Hit for War Profiteering

Will anyone really pay for this?

Will anyone go to jail for this?

Is there any relief for taxpayers who are being bilked?

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Bechtel Takes a Hit for War Profiteering:

A comprehensive U.S. government audit of a Bechtel project in Iraq has exposed gross mismanagement by the company. As a result, the $50 million contract has been canceled.
As the auditors plan to expand their investigations to all of Bechtel's $2.85 billion in Iraq contracts, they are sure to discover a pattern of failure. Not only should Bechtel be dropped from all of its failing contracts, but the company should be required to refund all misspent U.S. taxpayer and Iraqi funds so that Iraqi contractors can get to work and real reconstruction can finally begin.

But time is running out.

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