On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 3:02 am, you wrote:
>   not only that, but actually make some of the
> reconstruction work public. you'd never know that over
> 300 schools were getting ready to open if you only
> listened to the major 3 networks and cnn here, and the
> bbc there.

Don't tar the BBC - ;-)

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3153858.stm>

Cheers


>    these schools were not damaged in the war, but,
> from years of neglect.
>
> --- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 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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