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Iraq contracts will go only to our allies.
EFL & Impact
Companies from countries opposed to the conflict in Iraq will be barred from bidding for new rebuilding contracts worth $18.6bn, the Pentagon has said.
Makes sense to me.
Yeah, but listen for the sound of squealing piggies, soon to rise in overpowering crescendo... "Cause? Effect? When did that start?"
US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said the policy was necessary to protect America’s "essential security interests".
Ok, that too makes sense.
The 26 prime contracts cover areas such as oil, power, communications, water, housing and public works centres.
The basics.
The ban would exclude firms from countries such as feckless France and Germany.
Well, that should just about do it.
Procurement specialist Professor Steven Schooner
(sounds German)
of George Washington University, said it was "disingenuous" to use national security as an excuse.
Boo, efing, hoo.
"This kind of decision just begs for retaliation and a tit-for-tat response," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
I WANT MY MOMMY! I WANT MY MOMMY! THE AMERICANS AREN’T PLAYING FAIR!. Boo, hoo.
That means we're going to be locked out next time France and Germany invade somebody.

Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-12-10
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=22483