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To: Ron who wrote (5339)	1/2/2004 9:19:12 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 20773

"(Actually, his depravities had been evident to many of us as far back as the days when the Reagan administration was sending Saddam arms.)" Some fact checker this journalist turns out to be. NOT <font size=4> Where Iraq Purchased Weapons 1973-2002<font size=3> Message 19617131 <font size=4> Saddam's Arsenal Arms From France, Russia, Germany, Belgium and China<font size=3> Message 18729921 "By the end, the Russians were selling the Baathist elite luxury cars, the French were providing broadcasting equipment for the Information Ministry, and the Germans and Chinese worked on the phone system. … Old Europe's indignation over the [U.S.] list is a marvel of hypocrisy."".... "Halliburton, the company sold $73 million worth of oilfield equipment and services to Saddam." Um, oilfield equipment was a legitimate purchase. And it was a tiny percentage of the illegal purchases made with the "oil-for-food" program that France, Germany, Russia, China, etc., were happy to profit from. Rebuilding Iraq With Clean Hands <font size=4>And over the course of the seven-year program - involving the sale of $65 billion worth of oil and purchase of more than $39 billion worth of supplies and services - he turned to contractors in the countries that ultimately proved most energetic in protesting his ouster: Russia, France and, to a lesser extent, Germany and China.<font size=3> Message 19604280 "And the company got the contract without competitive bidding. Halliburton has amply repaid the administration's faith. The Pentagon is now investigating the company on potentially $120 million in overcharges." Name a few companies who have anywhere near the capabilities to perform the tasks Halliburton has that could have bid competitively? <font size=4> NY Times: No Evidence of Halliburton Profiteering<font size=3> Message 19637666 <font size=4> Halliburton’s “Gouging”: What Really Happened<font size=3> Message 19615890