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EYE ON IRAQ

Common Cause CauseNet for 10/22/2003

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http://capwiz.com/afr/utr/1/ATCSCFDEEW/JQKKCFDEJD/

Reconstruction of Iraq has been a bonanza for Halliburton, but it’s not the only
company capitalizing on its connections in Washington:

1. Bechtel senior vice president, Jack Sheehan, is a member of the Defense
Policy Board, which advises Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Bechtel has
received the largest contract to date in Iraq, worth about $680 million.

2. President Bush’s 2000 campaign manager, Joe M. Allbaugh, recently started a
new company, New Bridge Strategies, “specifically with the aim of assisting
clients to evaluate and take advantage of business opportunities in the Middle
East following the conclusion of the U.S.-led war in Iraq,” according to the
company’s website.

3. Charles R. Black Jr., is chairman of BKSH & Associates and was a strategist
for both George W. Bush and his father. Black told the Washington Post that his
company would use its contacts to set up business operations inside Iraq.

4. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field boasts retired Gen. Anthony Zinni, former
head of U.S. Central Command. Akin Gump is currently providing legal advice for
companies that are owed money by Iraq.

5. Zell Goldberg & Co. lawyer L. Marc Zell was the former law partner of Douglas
Feith, the Pentagon undersecretary of defense for policy. According to the
company’s website: “Zell, Goldberg & Co. has recently established a task force
dealing with issues and opportunities relating to the recently ended war in
Iraq.”

Most of the money spent so far in Iraq has gone to companies like Halliburton
and Bechtel that have extraordinary connections inside the White House or the
Pentagon.

By clicking below, you will add your name to a petition Common Cause is sending
to the Coalition Provisional Authority, the agency in charge of the
reconstruction effort, asking for a truly transparent and competitive process
for awarding contracts to rebuild Iraq. It is that country that should benefit,
not just President Bush’s personal friends.
http://capwiz.com/afr/utr/1/ATCSCFDEEW/EATHCFDEJE/