##### Cheney, during his tenure as
CEO of the oil services company
Halliburton, profited by doing
business with Iraq even though that
country was and still is under UN trade sanctions,
according to the SAN FRANCISCO
BAY GUARDIAN.
While Cheney was at the helm,
Halliburton negotiated $23.8 million
in contracts -- more than any other
US company -- to help Iraq with its
petroleum operations. Cheney
managed to skirt UN and US
sanctions by using European
subsidiaries and legal loopholes. And
this kind of questionable deal wasn't
new for Halliburton: Brown and Root,
a Halliburton subsidiary, was once
fined $3.8 million for re-exporting US
goods to Libya in violation of US
sanctions.
So why did this seemingly notable
misdeed elude both the mainstream
press and Democratic campaigners?
It might be because Democratic
politicos have also been known to
take part in similar shady deals.
Read the SAN FRANCISCO BAY
GUARDIAN article. Can be found on the Net.
CEO of the oil services company
Halliburton, profited by doing
business with Iraq even though that
country was and still is under UN trade sanctions,
according to the SAN FRANCISCO
BAY GUARDIAN.
While Cheney was at the helm,
Halliburton negotiated $23.8 million
in contracts -- more than any other
US company -- to help Iraq with its
petroleum operations. Cheney
managed to skirt UN and US
sanctions by using European
subsidiaries and legal loopholes. And
this kind of questionable deal wasn't
new for Halliburton: Brown and Root,
a Halliburton subsidiary, was once
fined $3.8 million for re-exporting US
goods to Libya in violation of US
sanctions.
So why did this seemingly notable
misdeed elude both the mainstream
press and Democratic campaigners?
It might be because Democratic
politicos have also been known to
take part in similar shady deals.
Read the SAN FRANCISCO BAY
GUARDIAN article. Can be found on the Net.