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 Post subject: US contractor to pull out of Iraq
PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:56 am 
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Citing increased violence and associated security costs, Contrack abandons its $325million contract to help build infrastructure.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ontrack_dc

I wonder if more are going to follow suit if things don't start improving?

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Increased violence? What what what? :arrow:

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It only the first US contractor. Foreign contractors have been leaving for quite a while. $385Million is a lot of money to walk away from.

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I prefer post-traumatic stress or death over not having a lot of $$$, therefore I will keep my Iraqi reconstruction contract.
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<---- Still wonders why contracts weren't given exclusively to Iraqi construction firms.
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Athletic Supporter wrote:
<---- Still wonders why contracts weren't given exclusively to Iraqi construction firms.

Did they, and will they, donate to the election campaign war chests of either party?

Moreover, what Iraqi construction firms?

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Hinny wrote:
Moreover, what Iraqi construction firms?
Someone built that country before we leveled it. I guess if an American can make a dollar it must be good for all!
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Athletic Supporter wrote:
I guess if an American can make a dollar it must be good for all!


This is why they went to war in the first place isn't it?

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I'm sure they do have construction companies, but I just doubt the local businesses would have the capacity to rebuild the place, after the "smart-bombs" blew up so much.

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Hinny wrote:
I'm sure they do have construction companies, but I just doubt the local businesses would have the capacity to rebuild the place, after the "smart-bombs" blew up so much.
Bin Laden Construction group maybe :P

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Luke wrote:
Hinny wrote:
I'm sure they do have construction companies, but I just doubt the local businesses would have the capacity to rebuild the place, after the "smart-bombs" blew up so much.
Bin Laden Construction group maybe :P


Carlyle Group's already there. :roll:

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