Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Halliburton +284%

Halliburton announces 284 percent increase in war profits
WASHINGTON, July 25 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- Halliburton announced
on Friday that its KBR division, responsible for carrying out
Pentagon contracts, experienced a 284 percent increase in operating
profits during the second quarter of this year.
The increase in profits was primarily due to the Pentagon's payment
of "award fees" for what military officials call "good" or "very
good" work done by KBR in the Middle East for America's taxpayers and
the troops.
Despite the scandals that plague KBR's military contracts, the
Pentagon awarded $70 million in "award" fees to the company, along
with four ratings of "excellent" and two ratings of "very good" for
the troop logistics work under the Army's LOGCAP contract.
The Pentagon has provided preferential treatment to Halliburton on a
number of occasions, including the concealment from the public of
critical reports by military auditors. See this link for more:
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/pref_treat.html
Audits conducted by the Pentagon's Defense Contract Audit Agency
determined that KBR had $1 billion in "questioned" expenses (i.e.
expenses which military auditors consider "unreasonable") and $442
million in "unsupported" expenses (i.e. expenses which military
auditors have determined contain no receipt or any explanation on how
the expenses were disbursed). But the top Pentagon brass ignored
these audits and rewarded KBR's work anyway.
Halliburton's earnings announcement comes on the heels of new reports
showing the Iraq and Afghan wars have already cost U.S. taxpayers
$314 billion and that another ten years of war will cost $700
billion.
In another coup for Halliburton, a federal judge this month decided
that whistleblowers may not sue U.S. companies for fraud if payment
for services was made in Iraqi, not U.S., money. Halliburton was paid
over $1 billion in Iraqi oil money during the first 15 months of the
occupation. The judge's ruling means the False Claims Act cannot be
used to offer large rewards to corporate insiders who reveal
wrongdoing or overcharges for services. The law is considered
America's most successful deterrent against contractor fraud, but the
judge's decision will help Halliburton and other contractors avoid
tough scrutiny in Iraq.
More information:
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/earnings072205.html


Wow, la grande guerra.
Saluti Cad Ali'
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non versino umilmente il tributo, e siano soggiogati" (Sura 9:29).
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vi sostituirà con un altro popolo, mentre voi non potrete nuocergli in
nessun modo" (Sura 9:39).
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e combatteteli con ogni genere di tranelli" (Corano 9,5).
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con umiliazione il tributo" (Corano 9,29).