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Audit says US should repay Iraq

The US should reimburse Iraq up to $208m for work done by a US contractor, a UN watchdog agency has said.

The International Advisory and Monitoring Board said the work by Halliburton had been either overpriced or insufficiently documented.


Dick Cheney enjoys an aide's lighthearted comment about losing money
The UN International Advisory and Monitoring Board clearly hasn't dealt with Friends of Cheney before. Let's just see exactly how much these end up paying back to a country in tatters with no immediate means to retrieve its own debts.

Date: 2005-11-07 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strictlytrue.livejournal.com
Is it disconcerting to you that I read this story over the weekend and immediately thought of you?

Nice to see the "flowery twats" banner back again, BTW.

Date: 2005-11-08 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] webofevil.livejournal.com
> Is it disconcerting to you that I read this story over the weekend and immediately thought of you?

Not at all. It means someone's paying attention.

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