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To: Alighieri who wrote (203152)	9/20/2004 12:15:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572512

British Envoy to Italy Stirs Waters with Bush Barb Mon Sep 20, 6:57 AM ET ROME (Reuters) - Britain's ambassador to Italy has called President Bush (news - web sites) "the best recruiting sergeant" for al Qaeda, Italian media reported Monday. Why, Al, I think the Brit. ambassador to Italy may bloody well have to be recalled! <g> ted

To: Alighieri who wrote (203152)	9/20/2004 12:19:03 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572512

<font color=brown>Do you consider this a conflict of interest? Nah! DR says Cheney is as honest as the day is long and besides he plays Santa Claus for his grandkids. But then, Halliburton got those humongous awards in Iraq. What do you think? <font color=black> ************************************************ Cheney is still paid by Pentagon contractor Bush deputy gets up to $1m from firm with Iraq oil deal Robert Bryce in Austin, Texas and Julian Borger in Washington Wednesday March 12, 2003 The Guardian Halliburton, the Texas company which has been awarded the Pentagon's contract to put out potential oil-field fires in Iraq and which is bidding for postwar construction contracts, is still making annual payments to its former chief executive, the vice-president Dick Cheney. The payments, which appear on Mr Cheney's 2001 financial disclosure statement, are in the form of "deferred compensation" of up to $1m (£600,000) a year. When he left Halliburton in 2000 to become George Bush's running mate, he opted not to receive his leaving payment in a lump sum but instead have it paid to him over five years, possibly for tax reasons. An aide to the vice president said yesterday: "This is money that Mr Cheney was owed by the corporation as part of his salary for the time he was employed by Halliburton and which was a fixed amount paid to him over time." guardian.co.uk