‘Contractors’ Archives
Factoids: Concerning Management of Iraq
FASCINATING ASSERTIONS: Made by a former US State Department advisor to the Iraqi Interior Ministry and reconstruction team, Marshall Adame: 1) With the exception of the British, Italians, Japanese and very few others, the US picked up the tab on other coalition forces. KBR/Halliburton has provided much of the logistics support, food and camps [...]
Preparing for the Iraq Prison Surge
Bracing for a Surge in Iraqi Prisoners: Resulting from the US and Iraqi government crack down on violence in and around Baghdad, the US military-led coalition has hired an Australian contractor to manage the Camp Cropper prison facility outside the capital. The $65-million, two-year contract for feeding three meals a day to 5,000 prisoners and 600 [...]
Afterburn: Halliburton Feels Dubai Heat
The news media explores the motive: Is Halliburton CEO Dave Lesar opening a new headquarters office in Dubai as a quick exit strategy from the political heat? Halliburton Watch: Charlie Cray's critical eye seeps into the coverage. "Halliburton is moving to UAE at a time when it is being investigated in the U.S. for bribery, bid rigging, defrauding [...]
Halliburton Packs its Bags for Dubai
Halliburton, which rocketed to being the sixth largest US Defense contractor during the war in Iraq, is opening a corporate headquarters in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. The engineering and oil services giant claims that a change of scene will better position it for new business in the oil-rich region. Reuters broke the story on Sunday. AND [...]
Up for Bid: Security Contract in Iraq
BROUGHT TO YOU BY the US Joint Contracting Command: This sprawling 126-page pdf contract solicitation allows a rare look under the hood of what the Pentagon is looking for and requiring of private security operators in Iraq. FREE DINNER to the reader who guesses the awardee on this one! Hmmmm....Blackwater? Global? DynCorp? Sandi? (Hey, is this a [...]
Web Surf: Unarmed Civilan Vets,
Protecting the Unarmed ,
and the Billion Dollar Club
"Home of the KBR Vets": A new forum for KBR people who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. This Web site just may indicate an element to the brewing debate over President Bush's call for establishing a Civilian Reserve Corps. (What's interesting to me is that many "unarmed" contractors go outside the wire on a daily basis -- notably the truckers who [...]
Rumblings at SIGIR
Rowan Scarborough, The Examiner Mar 7, 2007 3:00 AM (1 day ago) Current rank: # 148 of 20,409 articles WASHINGTON - The United States' special inspector for Iraq reconstruction is under investigation by a federal panel after former employees accused him of wrongdoing. An eight-page complaint against Stuart Bowen Jr., appointed by the Bush [...]
A ‘Clara Barton’ of the Web for Civilian Contractors Injured in Iraq
Jana Crowder, raised in Houston and now living in Tennessee, just may deserve a medal. Certainly, many owe her their thanks. Using the Internet to optimum effect over recent years, Ms. Crowder quietly built a community network that addresses the concerns of civilian workers and shares information among those fighting for medical treatment and [...]
Army May Not Pay $400 Million to KBR
The US Army may challenge up to $400 million billed by Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the company's "$20 billion" military logistics contract because of unauthorized charges for private security in Iraq. (more…)
Contractors on the Battlefield Here to Stay
Using civilian contractors to support and accompany US military actions is "here to stay," according to a new study unveiled yesterday by the Lexington Institute: "There is no going back: they are now part of force deployment and, as such, must be included at all levels of pre-contingency planning and training...Contractors are now an integral and [...]
