IAEA inspections underway in Iran

A little oil perhaps?

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500395_162-3244774.html

(CBS/AP) Texas' Hunt Oil Co. and Kurdistan's regional government said they have signed a production-sharing contract for petroleum exploration in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, the first such deal since the Kurds passed their own oil and gas law in August.

Hunt, who is also on the board of Halliburton, has been a key fundraiser for President George W. Bush, who named him to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
 
Anthony Bordain of the "No Reservations" TV show aired having a dinner with a banker in Dubai and the banker said it was easy to hide money in Dubai. Going after the Swiss may just be a "smoke and mirrors" action.

Remember http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/6498832.html

Washington, DC (News Release) - Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. delivered the following one-minute speech on the Floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday:

"Mr. Speaker, Halliburton has decided to move its headquarters to Dubai. This is a company that has received over $25 billion worth of contracts in Iraq, and this is the kind of thanks the U.S. taxpayers get. In fact, this is a real slap in the face of the U.S. taxpayers.

The ABC National News reported Sunday night that Halliburton has been charged by government inspectors of overcharging our government and overcharging our taxpayers to the tune of $2.7 billion.


And yer money is now in Dubai......

and people want this party back in again?? Oh that's right there is no connection between Cheney and Halliburton.
 
It wasn't a war for oil it was a war for "Corporate Nirvana".

Corporate Nirvana is;

Making money by producing weapons to blow up Iraq -which gets billed to the taxpayer
Making money by selling lots of oil to move weapons to Iraq -which gets billed to the taxpayer
Making money by converting the services of providing water, laundry, food, electronics repair etc. etc. from the armed forces to your own company and charging cost plus to the taxpayers in no bid contracts. Your company has the sole right to charge whatever it wants.
Making money from over-billing the taxpayers
Making money by having a billion dollars worth of small arms go missing-billed to taxpayers cost+
Making money by having money go missing from Iraqi banks
Making money by having reconstruction money go missing -billed to taxpayers cost+
Making money by hiring private security contractors -billed to taxpayers cost+
Making money building a billion dollar embassy -billed to taxpayers cost+
(You can Google all of the above)

And all of this is carried out by volunteers! (DC on 4000 dead "They volunteered")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFqH8BU7oI

and then when it comes time to pay taxes in the US you move the head office to Dubai.

No WMD's and no connection to OBL -oops! Iraqi's welcomed the liberators! Mission Accomplished!

How could a company possibly make more money? That's "Corporate Nirvana".

The real icing on the cake though is that after all this, which is so easy to research, you can still fool the majority of people in the country through the control of the media and they will vote your like minded friends into office for the next round of fleecing the taxpayers.

And don't you dare tax the rich! http://cheezburger.com/Asset/View/?ciid=5741653
Taxpayers are incapable of doing a two minute search to see if the wealth is tricking down
so they will vote for not taxing the rich.

Next for the GOP is to crush the unions. A nation of suckers that you will see get milked again and again.
 
Not allowed to talk about the USAUK Republic of Iraq anymore eh? SILENCE!!

The Dark Lord said:
I guess everybody you meet is a retard. Because the fact of the matter is that a huge amount of money was spent (almost certainly more than all the oil Iraq has produced since the invasion is worth) and no oil was taken. Not how you go about invading a country for oil.
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Not a drop of oil? Jesus holy motorbike fetishism. I hope you're as young as you sound.
 
Bad Lieutenant said:
Not allowed to talk about the USAUK Republic of Iraq anymore eh? SILENCE!!

Not a drop of oil? Jesus holy motorbike fetishism. I hope you're as young as you sound.
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If you have any evidence that any oil was stolen from Iraq by the US, feel free to present it. Otherwise, thinking people have no reason to consider your whacked out conspiracy theories.
 
Warmer1 said:
Anthony Bordain of the "No Reservations" TV show aired having a dinner with a banker in Dubai and the banker said it was easy to hide money in Dubai. Going after the Swiss may just be a "smoke and mirrors" action.
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Ah, right, Bourdain, that stalwart bastion of responsible and objective political journalism; and not at all a self-described subjective hedonist who is admittedly more interested in eating, getting drunk, and using mind-altering substances, while openly and repeatedly trumpeting a deeply held left-wing ideology. Do you actually watch the show? If that's the best collaboration you can come up with, your ridiculous assertions are beyond laughable.
 
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You do realize this thread is about the IAEA and Iran, don't you?
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The inspections may determine if we go to war with Iran. A previous poster mentioned that the war in Iraq was for oil so I posted an example of the oil contract that Hunt signed with the Kurds and then the huge profits that were made in the war in Iraq.

This is about a potential war with Iran so I think discussing the profiteering that occurred during the war with Iraq illustrates a vested interest in the outcome of the inspections in Iran.

The inspections have failed and Iran is thumbing it's nose at the sanctions. You do understand that military conflict is being discussed?
 
luchog said:
Ah, right, Bourdain, that stalwart bastion of responsible and objective political journalism; and not at all a self-described subjective hedonist who is admittedly more interested in eating, getting drunk, and using mind-altering substances, while openly and repeatedly trumpeting a deeply held left-wing ideology. Do you actually watch the show? If that's the best collaboration you can come up with, your ridiculous assertions are beyond laughable.
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I'm sorry that you missed the point.

A banker in Dubai is stating on camera that money can be hidden there. Halliburton made huge profits from the war and moved their head office there. There are all kinds of reports in the news of the US government trying to stop entities from hiding money in Swiss bank accounts as if they are trying to stop money from getting hidden overseas.

You can go and watch Faux News now.
 
War profiteering may lead to war with Iran? The 2.7 billion "excessive or unsupported" profits were only by 2007.

This is why the inspections in Iran were so important. Someone my be looking forward to another nice slice of well over 2.7 billion in profits and they can hide the money very easily.

Get it?

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Halliburton_Company

Under investigation and relocating to Dubai

"Halliburton is under Justice Department Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over allegations of improper dealings in Iraq, Kuwait and Nigeria," Whitley Strieber wrote March 12, 2007.

Halliburton announced on March 12, 2007, that "it would open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and move its chairman and chief executive, David J. Lesar, there." [3] "Halliburton will remain a US company subject to US laws, but Dubai has no extradition agreement with the United States, meaning that Mr. Lesar could not be compelled to return to the US to testify, stand trial or serve any sentence related to any Halliburton activities under investigation."

The company will also maintain its existing corporate office in Houston, Texas, "as well as its legal incorporation in the United States, meaning that it will still be subject to domestic laws and regulations." [4]

"According to this 2004 GAO report, the company is incorporated in Delaware, but has (or had at that time) 17 subsidiaries in tax-haven countries." [5]

In February 2007, "Congress was told that $2.7 billion paid to Halliburton and its subsidiaries and subcontractors for work done in Iraq was either excessive or unsupported," Strieber wrote. "Another upcoming investigation that affects Halliburton is the current scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The Washington Post reported that the Army agreed to privatize the operation of Walter Reed by awarding a $120 million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, a contractor with connections to KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary."
 
Warmer1 said:
I'm sorry that you missed the point.
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Nope, you did. You keep making these claims; but if the best support of them that you can come up with is an offhand comment by someone with unverified credentials on a travel program hosted by a self-described crazy leftist, and a humour site devoted primarily to pictures of cats; then there really isn't any reason to take your claims seriously. Provide reliable, verifiable documentation that supports your assertions if you want to be treated as anything other than a nutcase conspiracy theorist.
 
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Warmer1 said:
The inspections may determine if we go to war with Iran. A previous poster mentioned that the war in Iraq was for oil so I posted an example of the oil contract that Hunt signed with the Kurds and then the huge profits that were made in the war in Iraq.

This is about a potential war with Iran so I think discussing the profiteering that occurred during the war with Iraq illustrates a vested interest in the outcome of the inspections in Iran.

The inspections have failed and Iran is thumbing it's nose at the sanctions. You do understand that military conflict is being discussed?
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And GM made lots of money during WWII, it doesn't mean they planned the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Have you been reading what the IAEA (not affiliated with the US government or Iraq btw) has been saying about Iran's nuclear program?
 
I think some of you all are missing the point.

IAEA inspectors went to Iran to find something.

What they found were some evasive and difficult to deal with Iranian officials.

This is what they were expecting to find.

They stayed a few days, had some decent meals and slept in decent hotels, and returned to where they came from with per diem claims in hand.

Mission Accomplished. ;)
 
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WildCat said:
And GM made lots of money during WWII, it doesn't mean they planned the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Yeah, that's what I was talking about, American companies planning to bomb America!

Wow
 
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luchog said:
Nope, you did. You keep making these claims; but if the best support of them that you can come up with is an offhand comment by someone with unverified credentials on a travel program hosted by a self-described crazy leftist, and a humour site devoted primarily to pictures of cats; then there really isn't any reason to take your claims seriously. Provide reliable, verifiable documentation that supports your assertions if you want to be treated as anything other than a nutcase conspiracy theorist.
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No need to be so emotional

"Let's start with the fact that Dubai is simply a country with NO taxes! No tax department, no filing of accounts, highly flexible banking system geared to the requirements of high net worth international investors.

In short, Dubai offers tax free residency and company advantages as an offshore solution today.."

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/ins...ber/marketing_December9.xml&section=marketing
 
luchog said:
Nope, you did. You keep making these claims; but if the best support of them that you can come up with is
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Please let me know specifically what other claims I have made that you would like me to support with evidence. I can Google them for you.
 
WildCat said:
Have you been reading what the IAEA (not affiliated with the US government or Iraq btw) has been saying about Iran's nuclear program?
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"In resolution 1929 (2010), the Security Council reaffirmed Iran's obligations to take the steps required by the Board of Governors in its resolutions GOV/2006/14 and GOV/2009/82, and to cooperate fully with the Agency on all outstanding issues, particularly those which give rise to concerns about the possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme, including by providing access without delay to all sites, equipment, persons and documents requested by the Agency. Since August 2008, Iran has not engaged with the Agency in any substantive way on this matter."
 
Warmer1 said:
"In resolution 1929 (2010), the Security Council reaffirmed Iran's obligations to take the steps required by the Board of Governors in its resolutions GOV/2006/14 and GOV/2009/82, and to cooperate fully with the Agency on all outstanding issues, particularly those which give rise to concerns about the possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme, including by providing access without delay to all sites, equipment, persons and documents requested by the Agency. Since August 2008, Iran has not engaged with the Agency in any substantive way on this matter."
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Do you know what this means?

McHrozni
 
Warmer1 said:
Yeah, that's what I was talking about, American companies planning to bomb America!

Wow
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So you're not suggesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were started to make money for Halliburton?
 
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