Re: fantastic news from iraq!

"miss calm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> French, German firms banned from rebuilding Iraq
> By Jon Steinman and Tony Capaccio
> BLOOMBERG NEWS
>
> French and German firms can't bid to be prime contractors on
reconstruction
> work in Iraq worth as much as $18.6 billion, said a Pentagon official.
>
> "We expect it to be Iraqi, coalition partners and American contractors,"
> said Retired Navy Admiral David Nash, director of the Pentagon office that
> will administer the contracts. "There's lots of opportunity for everyone
in
> the subcontracting."
>
> France and Germany led opposition to the U.S.-led war and were among the
> countries refusing to contribute last month at a conference in Madrid
aimed
> at raising funds for postwar reconstruction. Only nations that supported
the
> war can bid for 25 prime contracts the U.S. plans to award by Feb. 1.

So instead of making sure that the bidding is open to all capable
competitors, no matter where they come from, the bidding is rigged to make
sure that the Iraqis don't get the most efficient reconstruction possible...

So, where are the "fantastic news"?


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