Brown Paper Bag not enough for Haliburton Employee

[a_unique_person]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1085028466416.html

One of Australia's largest post-war contracts in Iraq has collapsed with the partners embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal battle, a major audit by the Pentagon and allegations of corruption in the awarding of contracts.

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Now an insider involved in the deal alleges that the joint venture was approached by a Halliburton employee seeking kickbacks worth up to $3 million during the contract negotiations.

"We're not talking about a paper bag," said the insider. "This guy was after a percentage of your sales every month."

The allegations surfaced during a messy legal brawl between Halliburton and its former contractors, Morris and KCPC, who are seeking a settlement over the termination of the contract.

Nice to know that some people still know how to remember what the real reason for the war is. While there are deaths on both sides occurring every day, there is another war continuing in the courts.

 

[Wyvern]

Some people aren't concerned with anything 'cept themselves. We all know that.

 

[fishbob]

I was defensive about Halliburton's reported overcharges for gasoline in Iraq, because government contracting is such a screwy system. However if these charges are true, then fraud is running rampant in Halliburton, and I withdraw my objections to calling Halliburton a bunch of lying cheating bast@rds.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

... a bunch of lying cheating bast@rds.

Sounds like your typical everyday business person...


These may be dumber than some..

 

[evil sutko]

Credit:FreewayBlogger

 

[evil sutko]

More patriotic behavior by our friends at Halliburton:

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Empty flatbed trucks crisscrossed Iraq more than 100 times as their drivers and the soldiers who guarded them dodged bullets, bricks and homemade bombs.

Twelve current and former truckers who regularly made the 300-mile re-supply run from Camp Cedar in southern Iraq to Camp Anaconda near Baghdad told Knight Ridder that they risked their lives driving empty trucks while their employer, a subsidiary of Halliburton Inc., billed the government for hauling what they derisively called "sailboat fuel."