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To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:17:49 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769668

While you are mumbling "Halibuton-Haliburton" to an ever shrinking audience, you may want to consider that you are placing yourself lower than a hacker. They, after all, may be SOB's, but they're OUR SOB's... forbes.com

To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:18:46 PM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769668

I would prefer to support President Bushie before I would provide comfort to Saddam as you have done. There has to be a special place in hell for slime like yourself.

To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:19:58 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769668

>>Follow the money to Halliburton, up 4% today on Iraq deal. Touting HAL and knocking the war. Gee aren't we a major hypocrite!

To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:20:16 PM
From: jim-thompson	Respond to of 769668

This is something for you, American Hag to think about while you are pondering your next message to provide comfort to Saddam. When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:22:21 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769668

Perhaps Network Solutions could DROP Al-Jackoffa, follow their migration, and hack them themselves, ensuring that the second worst rag after the New York Times is down for the duration of the war...

To: American Spirit who wrote (380227)	3/27/2003 2:40:30 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 769668

Another shady deal WITHOUT A BID from croney boy DICK Halliburton Subsidiary Wins Iraqi Oil Firefighting Contract Associated Press Wednesday 26 March 2003 WASHINGTON - The US army said it gave the main Iraqi oilwell firefighting contract to a unit of Halliburton Co., a firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney, without any bidding. Kellogg, Brown and Root, a unit of Houston, Texas-based Halliburton, was handed the contract by the Army Corps of Engineers, which has been placed in charge of fighting the blazes. The contract had not been put out to tender, said the Corps spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Gene Pawlik. Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) had already been asked by the Pentagon to draw up plans for extinguishing oil well fires in Iraq, Pawlik noted. "It made the most sense to engage them in the near term as the company to get the mission done because they were familiar with the details of the fires themselves and what would be needed," he said. The value of the contract would depend on the scale of the work. The chief of Britain's armed forces, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, said Friday that Iraqi forces had set fire to seven oil wells in the south of the country. KBR would claim the cost of its services plus two to five percent depending on how it executed the job, Pawlik said. "KBR was selected for this award based on the fact that KBR is the only contractor that could commence implementing the complex contingency plan on extremely short notice," the company said in a statement. KBR said it had teams of well control and engineering contractors preparing the initial phase. The company was given a free hand to choose subcontractors for the work, the Corps spokesman said. KBR chose Houston-based Boots and Coots International, with which it has a services and equipment partnership, and Wild Well Control Inc. as firefighting subcontractors. President George W. Bush's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said he did not have the details. Asked about the contracting process, Fleischer told a news conference: "The question that people want to be answered is we have a plan in place to put out the oil fires. Refer your question to the agencies involved. I am not familiar with the details of this contract." In a statement late Monday, the Defense Department said the Army Corps of Engineers would rely largely on contractors to extinguish the oil well fires and assess the damage to facilities. Kellogg, Brown and Root was the prime contractor for the initial phase, Pentagon said. The contract would be in force for an interim period, until additional contracts were procured, it said. Subcontractor Boots and Coots welcomed its selection. "We have surveyed these wells and are preparing to mobilize the equipment," Boots and Coots president Brian Krause said in a statement. "We will begin stabilization of the wells once the location around the wells is secure," he said. Boots and Coots was brought into Kuwait in 1991 to control about 240 of more than 700 burning wells following the Gulf War, it said. Cheney was chief executive of the KBR parent company Halliburton, a major oil services company, for five years until 2000 CC