Australia włączy się do tymczasowej administra...

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A moze George W. Bush mniejszy wlaczy tez
i jakiegos Polaka w nagrode za dobre sprawowanie???

POLSKA DO ADMINISTRACJI IRAKU

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diesel - australia
biopaliwo - polska

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Who gets the Contracts?
Iraq

Published: 09-Apr-2003
By: Sarah Smith

Tens of billions of dollars worth of contracts are about to be handed out to
rebuild Iraq, all lucrative deals for the companies involved. But who gets that
business is proving controversial.

The US administration has declared that in the interests of national security
only American firms will be invited to bid. Of the companies selected so far,
several have strong connections to the White House.

Sarah Smith has been to Texas to meet some of the firms who feel they're being
unfairly squeezed out of the bidding process.

The oil fields of the Texas panhandle are a long way from those of Southern
Iraq. But it's here, surrounded by Texan oil, you can learn so much about how
the Bush admin does business. And about what a post-war Iraq might look like, a
lot like Texas it seems.
A contract to tackle the oil well fires in Iraq was just the first of many
contracts, worth billions, to be handed out by the US govt. This is dangerous
and highly specialised work, highly lucrative as well.

But without any competition the whole contract was secretly handed to one
politically connected firm before war had even been declared.

Back in Texas other specialist companies didn't get the chance to even enter a
bid. The company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney picked up the work
instead.

As chief Executive he helped Halliburton secure many valuable govt contracts.
He resigned to run for office, but still receives up to a million dollars a
year from their pay roll.

Kellogg Brown and Root is wholly owned by Halliburton and the lucky recipient
of the multi million dollar contract to fight oil fires. They didn't want to
talk to us about how they won the contract.

KBR could never manage all the work on their own, they were always going to
have to subcontract out much of it. The US govt say it's through subcontracting
that up to 50% of reconstruction work could end up going to foreign firms.

But the way contracts been handled in this case won't give heart any company
hoping to compete.

Most of the subcontracting work was handed straight to Boot and Coots. A small
firm teetering on the edge bankruptcy, in which Halliburton owns a substantial
stake.

Boots and Coots didn't return our calls to refute competitors accusations that
they are overcharging for the work they're doing in Iraq.

Whatever they are charging for their fire fighting services, the secretive
process of awarding these contracts was always going to be highly questionable

But it's not just the vice president's connections to Halliburton that draws
political fire. The fact that US govt contracts will be handed out only to US
firms to is also prompts accusations of corporate profiteering.

So while British ministers try to insist on a level playing field, more and
more friends of the administration are already lining up for lucrative work.

Leading the race for a $600 million rebuilding contract:

Bechtel Corporation

With former Secretary of State George Shultz on the board, former Defence
Secretary Casper Weinberger a former VP.

Parson Corporation

Parson’s had on its board until last year Elaine L Chao currently Bush's Labour
Secretary, who also raised huge sums of money for Bush's campaign

Fluor Corporation

And Fluor Corporation, where VP president Ken Oscar is a former Army Secretary.

All are donors to the Republican Party.

Halliburton dropped out under political pressure, but they fully expect a
substantial subcontract from whoever wins.

Even in the heart of Texas, at Rice University American diplomats do understand
the sensitive of these contracts, but reiterate that American aid money must be
spent at home

Texas based Cudd Pressure Control are ready to head off to the Iraqi oilfields
at a moments notice. They are not expecting a call.

While the government denies there is anything political about these contracts,
the House of Representatives has passed a bill banning French German and
Russian companies from any reconstruction work.

And smaller firms lacking political influence, even in America itself, feel
they are being treated in much the same manner.

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