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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The first contracts for rebuilding post-war Iraq have been awarded, and Vice President Dick Cheney's old employer, Halliburton Co., is one of the early winners.

The Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) unit of Halliburton (HAL: Research, Estimates), of which Cheney was CEO from 1995-2000, was awarded a contract late Monday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put out oil fires and make emergency repairs in Iraq. alt

Halliburton wouldn't disclose the monetary value of the contract, under which Halliburton will put into action some of the firefighting and repair plans it detailed for the Army in a study in conducted in November.

"KBR's ... contract is limited to task orders under the contract for only those services which are necessary to support the mission in near term," Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall said.

Army Corps of Engineers representatives could not be reached for comment.

The most critical part of the contract could be the "emergency repairs" portion, which could put Halliburton in prime position to handle the complete refurbishment of Iraq's long-neglected oil infrastructure.

Getting Iraq's oil fields to pre-1991 production levels will take at least 18 months and cost about $5 billion initially, with another $3 billion in annual operating expenses, according to a recent study by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, named for the first President Bush's Secretary of State during the first Gulf War.

Though none of the potential administrators of such a contract -- including the Defense Department, the State Department's U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations -- have claimed responsibility for handing out the job, Monday's award could mean the Defense Department will be in charge.

Halliburton said it has subcontracted the firefighting portion of the Army contract to Houston-based companies Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc. (WEL: Research, Estimates) and Wild Well Control, Inc., a private company.

Hall of Halliburton said the fires should be put out in about 240 days. Very few oil wells have been set ablaze by Iraqis so far, in contrast to the first Gulf War in 1991, when Iraqi troops retreating from Kuwait set fire to more than 700 Kuwaiti oil wells. Halliburton's KBR unit was involved in putting out the 1991 fires.

Separately, USAID late Monday awarded a $4.8 million contract to Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), a private company based in Seattle, to manage the Umm Qasr ports in southern Iraq.

Umm Qasr's ports, where U.S. and British troops have struggled for full control, are seen as critical to efforts to bring humanitarian relief to Iraqis. SSA will handle several tasks, including assessing the need for dredging and repairs to the ports and unloading and warehousing cargo.

USAID plans to issue seven other contracts, including one for $600 million for general construction work in post-war Iraq. Halliburton is among several companies reported to have put in bids for that contract.

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Iraq Parades dead US soldiers

by ISP in

i've just seen the al-jazeera footage.

its truly shocking.

there were about 6-7 us soldiers.

Trauma_Hound

You know, everytime Bush speaks, I try to fathom, how he got elected, he's a bleeding idiot, he sounds like a little kid with an adult voice.

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Iraq Parades dead US soldiers

by ISP in

i've just seen the al-jazeera footage.

its truly shocking.

there were about 6-7 us soldiers.

Trauma_Hound

despite what u say, altering the flag in anyway is not ok. There are many places on the net where u an find "flag etiquite" .

Yes it's ok, it's called "Freedom of Speech", or do you not get that concept? So if it's on the net, it's now law? LOL

It's getting pretty lousy around here these days. Makes me sick to my stomach and I wonder why I bother with this website.

Yep your right, I get attacked, because I got pistol whipped, saving a woman from getting raped, guess you pro-war people, would rather save rapist.

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1,2,3,4 We Don't Want This Bloody War

by Robdar in

i went to my first peace rally and march tonight.

it was incredible.

at one time there were probably 350 of us all joined in solidarity.

Trauma_Hound

TH - Yours comments were abusive and have been edited it out, this is not the place for attacks like that
Prisca _ What was the point of me editing the comments out just for you to repost them after they had been removed?, I have also edited your post

Really, then why didn't you edit Redneck?

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1,2,3,4 We Don't Want This Bloody War

by Robdar in

i went to my first peace rally and march tonight.

it was incredible.

at one time there were probably 350 of us all joined in solidarity.

Trauma_Hound

Redneck Said:

So Trauma being pistol whipped proves?..That you opened ya mouth when ya shoulda shut it? If I was going to be pistol whipped I think getting away would be the "common sense" thing to do.Standing and taken a beaten when I can get away would be kinda what's the word?...oh yes
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Listen {deleted}, I called the cops, then went after a guy that was raping a lady in the alley behind my apartment building

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Iraq Parades dead US soldiers

by ISP in

i've just seen the al-jazeera footage.

its truly shocking.

there were about 6-7 us soldiers.

Trauma_Hound

I find it Amazing that you can accept the Iraqi's fake surrender as an acceptable part of war- yet you'll bitch and complain when we start killing some innocent people because of this. Please think back to Vietnam. When Charlie started poping up we started killing innocent civilians left and right.

I find it equally amazing, you know nothing about the way the war was fought durring the American Revolution. Yes I would be up in arms about killing innnocent people, iraqi solders dressing up in civilian clothes, are not obviously innocent. So are you saying it's OK to kill innocent civilians? Your logic, is without logic, it's war, it's going to happen that way, that's reality, you can burry your head in the sand all you want, but that is what is happening, like it or not. If the situation were reversed, do you really think we wouldn't do the same thing? Considering we've done it in the past?

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A Man Of His Word.

by Englishman in

reuters news agency states that tony blair has, at last, obtained a marginal majority in the percentage of brits who are behind the war on iraq.

56% of uk citizens now support the war and the numbers are increasing steadily despite the number of british casualties.. at present, the brits in iraq total forty thousand, almost a third of the entire uk army.. it's a strange thing, but i saw this moment coming 18 months ago.

it wasn't on 9 / 11 when the nytc was bombed, but on the following day.

Trauma_Hound

Cut what out? I just said I liked curry , I didn't make a political statement, unless being a curry lover, is now political, but I think it's interesting, I am able to have that much control over someone, to get a reaction about something I say about some food.

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How accurate are the bombs?

by Simon in

a lot has been been made of the accuracy of the weapons and they have been extremely impressive.

we're told that they are acurate down to a few feet and we've seen footage of buildings being destroyed.

whether they are the right buildings (the ones they were aiming at )or not, we don't yet know.

Trauma_Hound

Like performing heart surgery, with a hammer.

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A Man Of His Word.

by Englishman in

reuters news agency states that tony blair has, at last, obtained a marginal majority in the percentage of brits who are behind the war on iraq.

56% of uk citizens now support the war and the numbers are increasing steadily despite the number of british casualties.. at present, the brits in iraq total forty thousand, almost a third of the entire uk army.. it's a strange thing, but i saw this moment coming 18 months ago.

it wasn't on 9 / 11 when the nytc was bombed, but on the following day.

Trauma_Hound

TH:
All you do when cornered is turn into an idiot. What a piece of work you are.

I'm an idiot because I like Curry? Simon, E-man, I guess we're all idiots now.

Trauma_Hound

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