Follow the money with Iraq war I CALL THIS TYPE OF MONEY OR PROFITS "BLOOD MONEY." http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070713/OPINION/707 130323/1005/OPINION Follow the money with Iraq war
Post Comment Posted Friday July 13, 2007 It seems there are no winners in Iraq: not American troops, not Shia and Sunni militias; not the Iraqi army; and least of all the Iraqi people. Americans lose big, too, with tens of thousands of family members in the military killed or maimed. But there are big winners. Military contractor Lockheed Martin earned $37 billion in 2005. Its stock value has tripled. Halliburton received $11 billion of $50 billion paid to more than 150 corporations. Chevron, Exxon-Mobil and Marathon deliver most of Iraq's oil production that comes here. Billions have been lavished on Bechtel Corporation to fail at rebuilding Iraq's utilities. Orders in 2003 by CPA administrator Paul Bremer giving unlimited freedom to foreign corporations with no protections for the Iraqi economy were rammed into the Iraqi Constitution. If Iraq's Parliament passes Iraq's new petroleum law, 87 percent of Iraq's oil could be controlled by foreign companies. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
