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Private Contractors ‘Mismanaged’ $23 Billion in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2008 A BBC investigation on U.S. war profiteering estimates that $23 billion of taxpayer funds has been "lost, stolen, or not properly accounted for in Iraq." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney’s Goal Portrayed as Regime Change Across Mideast

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2008 In this clip from The Real News, featuring an interview with Colin Powell's former chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson, we learn that Iranian officials made an offer back in 2003 to negotiate with the Bush administration about all the important issues causing friction between Tehran and Washington. But we also learn that Dick Cheney was opposed to "talking to evil, period" -- and had certain other reasons for refusing Iran's overture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Halliburton Now Facing Rape Lawsuit Trial

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2008 For some time, it looked like former Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones, who claims she was gang-raped by co-workers over two years ago in Baghdad's Green Zone, would be forced by KBR into private arbitration proceedings (read: no public record, corporation often has upper hand). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloated in Baghdad

BLANK Apr 29, 2008 Truthdig foreign correspondent Sarah Stillman reports from Iraq, where she finds parallels between America's fast food fortresses and the general engorgement of the war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Man Who Would Be Bush

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 16, 2008 Are Americans unusually stupid or is it something our president put in the water? As millions surrender their homes and sacrifice other standards of our nation's economic stability and reputation to the caprice of the Bush-Cheney imperium, a majority of voters tell pollsters that they might vote for a candidate who promises more of the same. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Aboard the Condoleezza Rice

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 13, 2008 Whadda you mean "we," Mr. TV Pundit? When you say "we" are doing better in Iraq or, even more absurd, that "we" were right to invade that country in the first place, are you putting Joe Blow American in the same bag as the top officers of Exxon, which made $40.6 billion in profit last year? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gang-Rape Victim Accuses Halliburton/KBR of Cover-Up

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2007 Over two years ago, Jamie Leigh Jones was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad's Green Zone when she was gang-raped, allegedly by several co-workers. According to Jones, instead of attending to her injuries and bringing her assailants to justice, KBR officials held her for 24 hours in a shipping container without food or water and then told her she would lose her job if she left Iraq. Now, it's unclear whether the case will go to trial, and her attackers may escape punishment due to a legal loophole regarding U.S. contractors working abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Li’l Happy Logos

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Oct 25, 2007 . Dig deeper

Halliburton Profits Spike on Spinoff of Subsidiary

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2007 Thanks in part to executives' decision to unload the trouble-prone offshoot KBR in April, multinational corporation (and Dick Cheney's former employer) Halliburton more than doubled its profits during the three-month period ending June 30, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prince of Darkness

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 27, 2007 Dig deeper

The Banality of Greed

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 27, 2007 War profiteering is hardly a new phenomenon, but it's happening on unprecedented levels in Iraq, thanks to hefty contracts between the U.S. government and companies like Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR. KBR's bookkeeping has recently come under scrutiny as American taxpayers continue to subsidize its wartime projects. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2007 Looks like war isn't hell for everyone, at least not for some employees of KBR, a company that contracts with the U.S. government. KBR, once a Halliburton subsidiary, allegedly put its workers in larger than warranted living spaces and served meals that cost more than necessary under a government contract, The Washington Post reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )