"A Pentagon adviser, Richard Perle, briefed an investment seminar on ways to profit from conflicts in Iraq and North Korea just weeks after he received a top-secret government document on the crises in the two countries. The revelation yesterday provoked new concerns about conflicts of interest. Mr Perle also serves on the boards of several defence contractors."
Consulting and Policy Overlap: Advisor Perle has given seminars on ways to profit from possible conflicts discussed by defense board he sits on. (Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2003) Seymour M. Hersh: Lunch with the chairman: Why was Richard Perle meeting with Adnan Khashoggi? (The New Yorker, 17 March 2003) Terri Gross interview with business journalist Dan Briody, author of The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group (NPR's Fresh Air, 6 May 2003) Lawmaker Decries Halliburton's Iraq Deal Find out more about Richard Perle Find out more about James Woolsey Find out more about Project for a New American Century WarProfiteers.comAs Bush creates a corporate protectorate in Iraq, many companies who stand to benefit from reconstruction and oil exploration there are familiar to Africans. Shell, Bechtel and Fluor are all associated with massacres and crimes against humanity in Africa.
Oil giant Shell had a hand in the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the massacre of hundreds of Ogoni in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Bechtel has profited from and exacerbated the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And Flour had tight relationships with the apartheid regime of South Africa.
U.S. Insiders Say Iraq Intel Deliberately Skewed (AFP, 30 May 2003) So Much for the Peace Dividend: Pentagon is Winning the Battle for a $400 Billion Budget: Despite huge military inefficiency, Republicans return US defense spending to cold war levels to buy cold war weaponry (The Guardian, 22 May 2003) Congress curious about Iraq deals: Members from both parties want details on awarding of contracts (San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2003) Vinnell, Whose Employees Died in Bombing, Is Example of Sutling (Bloomberg, 15 May 2003) Al-Qaeda hated corporation (The Age, 15 May 2003) Firm was 'cover for CIA' (Times Online, 14 May 2003) Dan Briody Q&A (Times Online, 12 May 2003) Bush ally set to profit from the war on terror (The Observer, 11 May 2003)James Woolsey, former CIA boss and influential adviser to President George Bush, is a director of a US firm aiming to make millions of dollars from the 'war on terror', The Observer can reveal.
Woolsey, one of the most high-profile hawks in the war against Iraq and a key member of the Pentagon's Defence Policy Board, is a director of the Washington-based private equity firm Paladin Capital. The company was set up three months after the terrorist attacks on New York and sees the events and aftermath of September 11 as a business opportunity which 'offer[s] substantial promise for homeland security investment'.
Dan Briody: The Iron Triangle: The blurred boundary that helped Carlyle to reap benefits (Times Online, 9 May 2003) Halliburton Unit's Bill for Iraq Work Mounts: Cost of one contract for aiding U.S. in rebuilding nears $90 million, but little is going to Iraqis. (Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2003) Dan Briody: The Iron Triangle: Heady times for Carlyle in the wake of chaos and grief that gripped a nation (Times Online, 8 May 2003) Cheney oil firm widens Iraq role (The Guardian, 8 May 2003) Cheney firm won $3.8bn contracts from government (The Observer, 21 July 2002) Halliburton Says Gave Bribes in Nigeria (Reuters, 8 May 2003) Oil deals for Halliburton's subsidiary are 'wider than first declared' (Independent.co.uk, 8 May 2003) Shadow Over the Oil Fields: The administration's no-bid contract with a Halliburton subsidiary gives the impression of a grab of Iraqi resources for American business. (Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2003) Halliburton flap roils as Corps tacks on task (Houston Chronicle, 8 May 2003) U.S. pumped up Halliburton deal (Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2003) KBR's Iraq Work Seen as Interim Deal: Army to Award 2nd Contract (Washington Post, 7 May 2003) Consulting and Policy Overlap: Advisor Perle has given seminars on ways to profit from possible conflicts discussed by defense board he sits on. (Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2003) Report: Pentagon adviser in Iraq flap: L.A. Times: Perle gave advice on making profit from conflicts (MSNBC, 7 May 2003) New Furor Over Halliburton (AP, 7 May 2003) Lawmaker Decries Halliburton's Iraq Deal (AP, 7 May 2003) Contract Much Larger Than Previously Known: US says Halliburton Deal Includes Operating Iraq Oil Fields (AFP, 7 May 2003) Terri Gross interview with business journalist Dan Briody, author of The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group (NPR's Fresh Air, 6 May 2003) Amy Goodman interview with Dan Briody (Democracy Now!, 2 May 2003) Halliburton cash registers ring in Iraq: Subsidiary's contracts reach all aspects of reconstruction (NBC News, 2 May 2003) Rep. Waxman Questions Halliburton Ties to Terrorism (Truthout, 2 May 2003) War propels Exxon profits to record $7bn (Guardian, 2 May 2003) Bush Officials Devise a Broad Plan For Free-Market Economy in Iraq (Wall Street Journal, 01 May 2003) Oil firm's work for terrorist sponsors challenged: Giving contracts to Halliburton questioned (San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2003) Iraq war helps BP gush to record £2.3bn profit (Independent.co.uk, 30 April 2003) UPDATE 3-Halliburton's Iraq work for U.S. adds to profit (Reuters, 29 April 2003) The Blogiston Post -- Iraq reconstruction contracts U.S. Gives Bechtel a Major Contract in Rebuilding Iraq (NYT, 18 April 2003) Scandal-Hit US Firm Wins Key Contracts (Observer, 13 April 2003) As looting continues, US hires controversial company to police (Electronic Iraq, 13 April 2003) U.S. Awards Halliburton Unit Multibillion Iraq Contract (AP, 11 April 2003) Details Given on Contract Halliburton Was Awarded (New York Times, 11 April 2003) Britain must now ensure that there is no US puppet government in Iraq: When American politicians talk, as they continually do, about Iraq run by Iraqis, the question arises of 'whose Iraqis?' Spoils of War (New York Times, 10 April 2003)Follow the money. Former Secretary of State George Shultz is on the board of directors of the Bechtel Group, the largest contractor in the U.S. and one of the finalists in the competition to land a fat contract to help in the rebuilding of Iraq.
Pratap Chatterjee: Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq (CorpWatch, 09 April 2003) Sony leads charge to cash in on Iraq Cronies set to make a killing: Oliver Morgan and Ed Vulliamy on the chequered past of US firms in the frame (Observer, 6 April 2003) US Arms Group [Carlyle Group] Heads for Lisbon There's No Business Like War Business Seymour M. Hersh: Lunch with the chairman: Why was Richard Perle meeting with Adnan Khashoggi? (The New Yorker, 17 March 2003) British firm wins contract to help with post-war rebuilding of Iraq Revealed: How BNP is exploiting war for political gain The Perpetual War Portfolio Iraq rebuilding contracts awarded: Halliburton, Stevedoring Services of America get government contracts for early relief work. Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War: Cheney's Former Company Profits from Supporting Troops Riches Of Rebuilding William D. Hartung: About Face: The Role of the Arms Lobby In the Bush Administration's Radical Reversal of Two Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy (World Policy Institute Special Report, May 2002) War Prosperity: The Fallacy that Won't Die (Robert Higgs, 6 February 2003)This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
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