EYE ON IRAQ

[TOAD6147]

Common Cause CauseNet for 10/22/2003
Sign The Petition!
http://capwiz.com/afr/utr/1/ATCSCFDEEW/JQKKCFDEJD/
Reconstruction of Iraq has been a bonanza for Halliburton, but it's not the only company capitalizing on its connections in Washington:

1. Bechtel senior vice president, Jack Sheehan, is a member of the Defense Policy Board, which advises Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Bechtel has received the largest contract to date in Iraq, worth about $680 million.

2. President Bush's 2000 campaign manager, Joe M. Allbaugh, recently started a new company, New Bridge Strategies, "specifically with the aim of assisting clients to evaluate and take advantage of business opportunities in the Middle East following the conclusion of the U.S.-led war in Iraq," according to the company's website.

3. Charles R. Black Jr., is chairman of BKSH & Associates and was a strategist for both George W. Bush and his father. Black told the Washington Post that his company would use its contacts to set up business operations inside Iraq.

4. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field boasts retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, former head of U.S. Central Command. Akin Gump is currently providing legal advice for companies that are owed money by Iraq.

5. Zell Goldberg & Co. lawyer L. Marc Zell was the former law partner of Douglas Feith, the Pentagon undersecretary of defense for policy. According to the company's website: "Zell, Goldberg & Co. has recently established a task force dealing with issues and opportunities relating to the recently ended war in Iraq."

Most of the money spent so far in Iraq has gone to companies like Halliburton and Bechtel that have extraordinary connections inside the White House or the Pentagon.

By clicking below, you will add your name to a petition Common Cause is sending to the Coalition Provisional Authority, the agency in charge of the reconstruction effort, asking for a truly transparent and competitive process for awarding contracts to rebuild Iraq. It is that country that should benefit, not just President Bush's personal friends.
http://capwiz.com/afr/utr/1/ATCSCFDEEW/EATHCFDEJE/

[shahani]

[Chuckiechan]

Let's not forget that Clinton's friends sold missile technology to China in exchange for campaign contributions, which has enabled the Chinese to put a man in space with a military mission. It has advanced their space progaram by 15 years and is going to cost this country billions to build counter--measures to the new "Chinese Frontier" basically aimed at taking Taiwan by force.

As soon as a another Democrat is in the white house, Taiwan is toast! And you can put that in the bank.

At least Bush's boys are only in it for the money!

[TOAD6147]

At least Bush's boys are only in it for the money!

At least you could smile when you say that...just before you bend over that chair again for old GDUBYA.

[shahani]

At least Bush's boys are only in it for the money!

And power.