these are good
An article about KBR, Halliburton’s subsidiary, getting outsourced jobs from the military, and in turn outsourcing them to them to contractors committing huge human rights violations. Basically, KBR is getting its pipeline built and work done in Iraq with forced labor, through corporate bureaucracies.
“KBR’s subcontractors employ an army of workers to dish out food, wash clothes, clean latrines and carry out virtually every other menial task. About 35,000 of the 48,000 people working under the privatization contract last year were “Third Country Nationals,” who are non-Americans imported from outside Iraq, KBR has said.”
Not necessarily a profit swindle, but a human issue with undercurrents of profit.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060423pipeline-story,1,4248561.story?page=1&ctrack=1&cset=true&coll=chi-news-hed
An article from election year 2004, about the extreme overcharging that Halliburton and KBR were billing to the Military for their work in Iraq. For instance, in a certain camp KBR billed for 42,000 meals a day, but only served 14,000. THATS WRONG!! don’t worry they’ve managed to repay the government a whopping $6.3 million.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/18/iraq.usa
A good article summarizing the Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO) contract that was awarded to Halliburton, no bidding by other companies allowed. Has led to rampant misuse of power, corruption, and mishandling of duties. The army is working closely with this company
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/oilinfra.html
Why not make a little change on the side? Halliburton encourages one of its employees to illegally sell warheads to Canadian guy. Do you hear that Andrea? Halliburton later denies it, and the buyer says “i din’t know it was iwegull”
idiots…
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/warhead_sale.html
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Tags: corporate, greed, Halliburton, profits, war
