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« 11 Aug 04. Chavs | Main | 18 Aug 04. Tinkers Bubble » 12 August If you're curious, as I am, to discover just who is profiting from the occupation of Iraq and how, I've come across a website which is a good place to find out. CorpWatch, the San-Francisco based NGO, has set up a 'war profiteers' page, which exposes some of the shady deals going on in Mesopotamia. Take a look here. My favourite is the tale of the North Carolina company which has been given $167 million of taxpayers' money by the US government to 'teach Iraqis about democracy.' So far this appears to have been a less than successful investment. Rumours that Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush were flown in especially to explain the use of 'hanging chads' to both Sunnis and Shiites have yet to be confirmed. Posted by paul at August 12, 2004 03:53 PM CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |