‘Iraq’ Archives
‘Ghost Soldiers’ Fill Iraqi Military and Police Forces
No one knows how many police officers trained on the US dime or Iraqi soldiers remain in the field, and logistics -- those things having to do with supplies, maintenance, and transport -- is a mess, according to Charles J. Hanley with the Associated Press. The Pentagon said Iraq's defense and interior ministers also are aware of "ghost" soldiers [...]
A Billion Here, a Billion There….
It all adds up $10 Billion Missing: Cash intended for the reconstruction effort in Iraq has been misplaced, squandered or otherwise lost through sloppy bookkeeping, job delays and bloated expenses. Sometimes work was just paid for, but never performed. How Much Cash Recovered? About $18 million. Government investigators made those admissions made [...]
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 [...]
War Costs: Who’s Counting?
Defense Contracting in Iraq: The non-partisan Congressional Research Service gives the lowdown on contracting in Iraq as we know it today."The Department of Defense is the largest agency in the federal government. It obligated nearly $270 billion on contracts for goods and services in FY2005 -- an 88 percent increase over the amount obligated in [...]
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 [...]
