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Brdgt ([personal profile] brdgt) wrote2003-03-25 10:43 am
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Somehow, this is not the administration I trust to be organizing the plundering, er, I mean, rebuilding of Iraq:
And the divying up begins...



U.S. Firm Gets $4.8M Iraq Port Contract

By Associated Press

March 24, 2003, 7:32 PM EST

"WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Agency for International Development announced a $4.8 million award Monday night to Stevedoring Services of America for assessment and management activities at Iraq's only deep-water port.

An AID announcement said the port at Umm Qasr is a critical component of Iraq's economic infrastructure and is expected to play a critical role in provision of postwar humanitarian aid."

ALSO:
Halliburton's dealings