How much money has Halliburton made off of the war in Iraq?

Answer 1

BILLIONS!!!

Answer 2

Halliburton , the world's largest military private contractor, has made at least $8bn (£4.3bn) in war-torn Iraq - doing everything from washing American troops' laundry to setting up vital oil supplies. Now, a critically well-placed army employee says contracts were unfairly awarded to Halliburton , whose chief executive used to be US Vice-President Dick Cheney.

Bunnatine Greenhouse, the highest-ranking civilian in the US Army Corps of Engineers, saw the contracts handed to Halliburton pass over her desk. She objected to all of them on the grounds that the government was being too generous to the Texas-based company. Now she might lose her job.

The army tried to demote her last autumn after her performance ratings swung from excellent to sub-standard. An alternative offered to the 60-year-old, who followed her husband into the army, is a swift retirement.

According to Ms Greenhouse, who is hanging on to her job under American laws that protect whistleblowers, her superiors want her out because she is "a stickler for the rules". She hopes to stay on at the corps until she is ready to retire, even though many of her colleagues "treat me like I have the plague".

Having worked in government and army procurement for 23 years, she says her duty has been clear as the principal assistant responsible for contracting, known as the Parc. "In a time of war on terrorism, we as a government have to make sure there is a fairness, there is an integrity, and that there is an arm's length approach in the business of contracting," she said.

But when it came to Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, whose services range from oil and gas to meeting all of soldiers' living needs, Ms Greenhouse found her commanders did not share her vision.

Time and again, there was little or no competition for the huge contracts the US administration awarded, and repeatedly, it seemed that senior army people were stepping in to overrule her attempts to make KBR accountable.

On top of that, there was a "revolving door", with senior army employees joining Halliburton . These included Tom Quigley, who had previously done Ms Greenhouse's job, and Chuck Dominy, a three-star general who is now Halliburton 's chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill.

Answer 3

They don't ship it out, they just transfer the money to banks outside of he us. it is all tax free. same goes for an engineer that i dated for awhile. their income is automatically transfered to swiss acocounts or the carribean islands. tax free! wow! the equipment they use is bought in china, korea and germany where they have special kick backs and no tax. they get the job done and nobody else can do it in the us. so they have a bird's nest on the ground. i don't like it but i have a lot of their stock.

Answer 4

Dude you need to stop being so paranoid about republicans because you already posted axsimilar question. It is people like you that give Democrats a bad name.

Answer 5

Hey! See that I finally found someone that sees these things the way I do. I'm not sure how much, but they are still doing good evidently for us to be still over there. When our troops come home, that will be a sign that the profits have slowed down.

Answer 6

It's in the billions. But, let's take just one simple example.

They sell a 6 pack of coke to our hard working troops for $45.
Now, I believe they should make some profit, but not extort our guys for going there to die under false pretenses (just so some can become richer).

Answer 7

Billions

Answer 8

So far, around $4.5 billion, thats BILLION with a B, of course some of that was overcharges (only about $185 million) they had to pay back, but those no bid contracts are wonderful things, arent they?

Answer 9

watch this and u will find out

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15096.htm

i do not know --why some posters defending Halliburton like its their daughter or something

Answer 10

Enough to cover their expenses, payroll and maybe some left over as profit.

Answer 11

The same amount that someone else would have made if we gave the contracts to someone else.