Be nice if some of the reconstruction work was given to UK firms, see:-

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-681998,00.html>

and remember - this money is not coming from US taxpayers - its being robbed
from the Iranian Peoples own oil revenues.

Doesn't this leave a rather horrid taste in the mouth?

Cheers

Deri


On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 10:37 pm, you wrote:
> i guess they could have given it to the french
> compettion.
>
> --- "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >         If you check closely, Brown and Root has the
> > road construction
> > contract. They are a Texas company who got rich
> > building runways in Viet Nam. LBJ
> > was on their  board.
> >
> > > Yeah, I do know, as my boss reviews most of the
> >
> > contracts in our county.
> >
> > > Still...sometimes the wheels do get greased...
> > >
> > > By the same token, if Cheney no longer has any
> >
> > viable interest in
> >
> > > Halliburton then it certainly would not have been
> >
> > to his advantage to push
> >
> > > for the contract.
> > >
> > > Bottom line:  Do you trust any of them?
>
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