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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Have the $50 billion worth of contracts paid by Iraque to 150 U.S. corporations been spent to benefit the people of Iraque or the corporations?

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If after the Gulf War it took merely three months for Iraqis to rebuild the water, electricity and sewage systems, why is it taking Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco, the recipient of a $2.8 billion contract to rebuild these systems during the US occupation, not been able to reach pre-war levels, although its been at it for three years?

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If the supply of oil has reduced sharply (from 2.5 million barrels a day before the invasion of Iraq to the present 2 or 2.2 million barrels a day), and the main oil companies are posting record profits (ExxonMobile had the largest return of any company in history), the why are oil prices increasing?

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