Finally, a Contractor Worse Than Halliburton
Just when it seemed no contractor in Iraq could possibly eclipse (or even equal) the venality and hutzpah of Halliburton, Glenn Kessler over at the Washington Post unearthed First Kuwaiti General Trade and Contracting Co.
Just when it seemed no contractor in Iraq could possibly eclipse (or even equal) the venality and hutzpah of Halliburton, Glenn Kessler over at the Washington Post unearthed First Kuwaiti General Trade and Contracting Co.
If these dudes are first, one can but wonder what second might look like. The cause célèbre is the American Embassy in Iraq and the architect for this half-billion dollar luxury resort for American diplomats is Berger Devine Yaeger. I looked up their web site to see what are supposed to be the posted designs.
“Under Construction.” Does that bode well? This (according to Kessler’s brilliant investigative piece) from “a toughly worded cable sent from the embassy to State Department headquarters on May 29.”
The main builder of the sprawling, 21-building em…