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The Halliburton is a multinational company who operates in 120 countries whose headquarters are in Texas.

It operates in two segments:

- oil and gas
- construction of: refineries, fields of oil, gas-lines, pipe-lines, and chemical industries

In this segment it acts as KBR (Subsidiary).

Capital of 21 billion dollar and uses 106.000 persons.

Some involvements of the Halliburton in the 90 decade:

- It helped to control the fire of 320 wells of oil in the Kuwait when the invasion of this country by USA.

- It violated the prohibitions of commerce imposed by the ONU to Iraq and the Libyan. It had that to pay 3,8 million dollar of fine.

- It gave to support the troops of the USA in the war of Balkans

- 1995 - Dick Cheney is indicated as president of the Halliburton

Some involvements of the Halliburton in years 2000:

- In 2001 violates the "Trading with Enemy Act" and makes commerce with the Iran

- In 2002 it sees involved in countable problems

- In 2002 it is contracted by 7 million dollar to participate of the construction of the Guantanamo prison.

- In 2002 it is contracted without competition to work in Iraq. Dick Cheney is imputed, now Vice-president of the USA, the fact of the Halliburton to have been contracted by the USA.

Thanks to this contract the Halliburton, starts to pump and to distribute the Iraqian oil.

- In 2003 it is involved in corruption in the Nigeria

- In 2003 it is accused still to be present in the Iran acting in the petroliferous area.

- In 2005 it participates of the reconstruction of the cities reached for the Katrina hurricane.

Currently it uses 30,000 people in the Iraq acting in the most diverse ways. One of them is to keep 700 trucks giving support to American troops.

The Halliburton is mentioned by Osama Bin Laden for being enters the company of the USA that are gaining billions of dollars in Iraq.

The KBR has contracts in the Iraq of US $ 18 billion, being US $ 7 billion of contracts without competition to reactivate the commerce of the Iraqian oil.

Dick Cheney (Vice-president of the USA)

A clear financial linking of Dick Cheney exists during its permanence as Vice-president. It has received revenues from the Halliburton during its permanence in the position.

The operation of the Halliburton in Iraq is involved in a series of questionings, on superinvoicing, wastefulness, fraud, invoicing of meals not served to the soldiers, and others more.

In relation the meals not served, were accused to charge 20,000 meals and to have served only 10,000.

It is being accused to order employed that they had collaborated with inquiries of fraud for the areas most dangerous in conflict, to frightens them.

Another serious accusation is that it is boycotting competing firms, mainly the ones working with the oil, included the contracted ones by the Iraqian government.


What this child of the side has to see with the Halliburton activities ????????????

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