Halliburton An Irritant In Plan For Iraq

Atlanta Journal & Constitution ^ | 04/05/03 | Cynthia Tucker

[kcordell]

I guess The White House shouldn't have sent Cynthia their post-war plan for her approval.

[kcordell]

Sorry, I forgot the "Cynthia Barf Alert".

[Mr. Mojo]

The American-led invasion has fanned the flames of Muslim resentment, with Islamist clerics calling for volunteers for the "jihad" in Iraq.

Oooo, a "jihad." We've never heard that before.

[Mr. Mojo]

it [the Bush administration] is in the process of awarding bids for a total of about $1.5 billion, not only in secret but also excluding all but American companies.

What's the problem here?

[Fzob]

The brain power of this women is well not quite awesome.

She wants to deny major US firms that have ties to the Bush administration contracts to rebuild Iraq so the Islamics will like us better.

ROTFLMAO.

[Redleg Duke]

SS-DD

[dennisw]

Actually the Cheney connection is a negative for Haliburton. If it were up to me Haliburton would be in on any bidding it chooses.

TotalFinaELF is the company that needs to be excluded from Iraq. They were Saddam's partner in crime along with their Froggy masters.

[MEG33]

I read other than oil well fires and repair.. they aren't bidding.Halliburton

[jimtorr]

Bush's bid to impose democracy in Iraq.........

This line would tell me all I needed to know about Cynthia, if I didn't know it already.

Cynthia does not like democracy. She thinks that she and Bill and 'Friends Of Bill' should be allowed to rule the country, like Saddam and his thugs ruled Iraq.

[Fishing-guy]

It's the secret contracts that make people suspicious.

[Savage Rider]

It was widely reported several days ago that Halliburton is out of the bidding process for the major contractor portion. No reason given why. They may submit bids for subcontracting services.

[RippleFire]

Spinthia Tucker alert!

[maica]

We should have had a pool on who would print the first 'post-war' whine. Cynthia sure is a contendah.

[El Laton Caliente]

If people would look at Engineering Review Magazine’s ratings you would find that there are not very many companies world wide that can handle multi-billion dollar contracts. Betel, Flour-Daniel and Halliburton - Kellogg - Brown & Root are the three largest engineering-procurement-construction companies in the world.

Of these three Brown & Root has done more work on Middle East oil fields than the other two. They are the most qualified.

There are not but maybe half a dozen other companies worldwide that can even finance projects in the 2 to 4 billion dollars range. The three companies have done up to 20 plus billion dollars worth of contract in one year.

It is not just putting out the oil field fires; you also have to rebuild what was destroyed. Additionally, they have talked about upgrading the amount of oil Iraq is exporting from the 2 million barrels to as much as 8 million barrels. This would require a substantial upgrade project to the pipelines, pumping stations, dock facilities, metering facilities, and the four refineries. This would be an up to a FIVE BILLION DOLLAR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

And, BTW, all of these companies hire a lot of British ex-pats for mid-east work.

[kcordell]

Spinthia Tucker alert!

Great line. I wish I had thought of it.

[DoctorMichael]

Excuse me but you want to put knowledgeable professionals, who KNOW something about a subject, in charge.

Who the EFFIN hell DO they think we would put in charge of this?

Chelsea 'effin Clinton?

Terry 'effin McCauliffe?

Al 'effin Gore?

[DoctorMichael]

How about people with REAL business experience..........

Ben & 'effin Jerry?

[sausageseller]

Where is the "Leftist Loon BARF Alert!

[Nucluside]

I know a little but about the oil field, and the fact is that Haliburton is the best LARGE company to handle a job of this magnitiude, and to use one large company makes much better logistical sense than trying to manage numerous small ones.

The liberals lost their war; now they're just carping around the edges-sort of like a bunch of insignificant little yap dogs on the heels of a draft horse.

[meema]

I also read that Haliburton had withdrawn from the bidding due to unfavorable publicity.
Tell cinthia to go fly a kite.