Evening Standard (UK), "Cheney under fire over spoils of war", 11 March 2003.
"THE company once headed by US Vice-President Dick Cheney is set to be a big corporate winner in the event of a war with Iraq that ended in US
victory."
"Reports in the Wall Street Journal suggested the contracts could be worth as much as $900m."
BBC News (UK), "US firms vie to rebuild Iraq", 10 March 2003.
"Aside from Halliburton unit Kellogg Brown and Root, they include Bechtel, Fluor, Louis Berger and Parsons. All five are US-owned and headquartered."
ഈ ഹാലിബര്ട്ടന് എന്ന കമ്പനിക്കു ഇത്തരം ഗവണ്മന്റ് കോണ്ട്രാക്റ്റുകളുടെ ഒരു നീണ്ട ചരിത്രം തന്നെയുണ്ട്. താന് തലവനായിരുന്ന ഈ കമ്പനിയിലുള്ള തന്റെ നിക്ഷേപങ്ങളിലൂടെ കണക്കില്ലാത്ത സാമ്പത്തികലാഭം ചെനിക്കുണ്ടാകും എന്നതാണു കണക്കു കൂട്ടലും.
"The new oilfields, when developed, could produce up to eight million barrels a day within a few years - thus rivalling Saudi Arabia, the present kingpin of oil."
Evening Standard, "Is this war all about oil?", 11 March 2003 (PM).
"In the past few days the United States has brought unprecedented financial pressure on other members of the UN Security Council - particularly Russia, so far without success - to join the war on Iraq."
ഇറാഖ് ഇപ്പോള് ലോകത്തിലെ രണ്ടാമത്തെ വലിയ എണ്ണ ഉറവിടമാണെന്നും അതിന്റെ ഭൂഗര്ഭ എണ്ണസ്രോതസുകള് ഇനിയും തുറന്നിട്ടില്ല എന്നും അറിയുമ്പോള്, യുദ്ധാനന്തര ഇറാഖിലെ എണ്ണയാണ് ഇനി ഭൂമിയിലെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ എണ്ണ ഉറവിടമെന്നു അമേരിക്കന് ഗവണ്മന്റ് തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞതിലും അതു ആക്രമിച്ചു കീഴടക്കാന് ആരോപണങ്ങളും ഉപജാപകങ്ങളും മെനഞ്ഞെടുത്തതിലും തികച്ചും അത്ഭുതപ്പെടാനേയില്ല.
Evening Standard, "Giants see post-war oil bonanza", 10 March 2003.
"President Saddam Hussein is believed to be sitting on reserves of at least 115bn barrels, the second-biggest in the world after Saudi Arabia."
തുടരുന്ന വായന...
- BBC News, "Oil firms 'discuss Iraqi stake'", 12 March 2003.
"Oil firms BP and Shell [both owned primarily by big investors in the US and the UK] have held discussions with the government over a possible stake in Iraq's oil reserves..." - Washington Post (USA), "Companies Selected to Bid on Iraq Reconstruction", 11 March 2003.
"The Bush administration, preparing what would be the most ambitious U.S. rebuilding project since the aftermath of World War II, expects in coming days to award a construction contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to begin remaking Iraq, U.S. officials said yesterday.""A few U.S. construction giants -- including the Bechtel Group Inc., Halliburton Co. and Fluor Corp. -- were invited to bid for the work..." - BBC News, "Analysis: Oil and the Bush cabinet", 29 January 2001.
"What makes the new Bush administration different from previous wealthy cabinets is that so many of the officials have links to the same industry - oil." - BBC News, "Dick Cheney: Leading hawk", 10 September 2002.
"The vice president has also been deeply involved in the oil industry for much of his career." - BBC News, "New Enron sleaze allegations", 8 October 2002.
"The 'creative' accountancy of Arthur Andersen in Dick Cheney's firm Halliburton is now under official investigation."
