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In Halliburton stole even the ordinary supply vessels

Simon RYBNIKOV, March 18, 2005

Further continuation of the scandal was the corporation Halliburton. Thursday was charged with the former supply vessels of one division of the company - the firm Kellogg, Brown and Root - Jeff Alex Mazon. He is accused of misappropriation of several million dollars from the military budget of the United States.

In that case Mason goes along with a Kuwaiti businessman Ali Hijazi - owner of the company LaNouvelle General Trading and Contract. Fun supplied fuel and the U.S. Army, as evidenced by these investigators, not bad for this abound. Overstating the price of petroleum products in the spring and summer of 2003 they managed to keep in their pockets more than $ 3.5 million of government funds.

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LaNouvelle won the right to supply U.S. military with fuel, having won the tender. However, the strangeness of the situation was in fact (and later noticed that the prosecutors), which together with her in the competition involved another company, which offered more favorable terms. However, the military of a sudden decided to be generous and have chosen the conditions worse.

Winning did not agree with not only competitors but also ... attention! .. itself Halliburton. As reported yesterday by representatives of the corporation, and a half years ago, its auditors were very surprised, why is their "daughter" won the contest, and showed up to check into the office to Mason. There they tried to find out details of the transaction. Halliburton representative declined to say whether managed to find a Kellogg, Brown and Root something interesting.

Recall that during the recent war in Iraq, company Halliburton, which once led by Vice President Dick Cheney of the United States, was one of the main suppliers of the U.S. Army. Later, the corporation was embroiled in numerous corruption scandals. According to the report of auditors, the case of Kellogg, Brown and Root - this is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, the blow Halliburton, was much stronger. With a total cost of supplies $ 875 million, the corporation could "heat up" the budget at least $ 108 million.

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The U.S. military is stealing

09.06.2005

Report of the main control management (CCU) of the USA was an outcome of testing the effectiveness of the Pentagon to sell unneeded, obsolete or damaged equipment during the period from 2002 to 2004. Members of the Subcommittee on National Security Congress received data validation much earlier than the Civil Code of publication, and therefore the day the report was held hearings on the audit.

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Speaking before members of Congress executive director of MAS Special Investigations Gregory Kutts stated that "DOD is not effectively control that ensures the sale of unnecessary equipment to the highest possible, at market prices." According to the CCU from 2002 to 2004, the Pentagon sold at a bargain price of almost 10%available to him new equipment, the real value of which amounted to $ 3.5 billion in equipment worth $ 2.2 billion was given for free or for a nominal price. And part of the equipment sold was then purchased for $ 400 million
As an investigative experiment inspectors of the Civil Code under the guise of representatives of companies and individuals have acquired new equipment from the Pentagon about $ 3 thousand, while its real value is not less than $ 80 thousand, "Tents, boots and medical instruments, which we bought - Gregory told the congressmen Kutts - were completely new. How did you find the investigators, their price was 12 cents for every dollar of real value. "
During the congressional hearings revealed many more facts of negligence that is authorized by military quartermasters. In particular, it was found that the Pentagon lost 75 of costumes biological and chemical protection, as well as 20 bulletproof vests, which have not been found.
On the day of the hearing Democratic Congressman Robert Waxman, a long time critic of the White House for financial irregularities, has made another statement. According to him, data verification of the Civil Code "was no exception to the rule in the current administration." Congressman also recalled beskonkursnyh contracts, which distributes the administration at their discretion.
A source in the U.S. administration has refused to comment on the findings of the report of the Civil Code, citing the ongoing investigation. "The Pentagon - he said - is a huge structure in which, as in any organization of this magnitude, there may be some problems."
 
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