Reply #14: Probe into KBR role in Nigeria bribe case [View All]

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Halliburton faces probe over Nigerian 'bribery'
FOREIGN STAFF

NIGERIA ordered an investigation yesterday into allegations that a subsidiary of the US-based firm Halliburton paid $180 million in bribes to win a natural gas project contract in the African nation.

The US justice department and a French magistrate are looking into the alleged bribes, which occurred when the US vice-president, Dick Cheney, was head of Halliburton.

more:http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=149932004

Dick Cheney’s Nigerian nightmare
Investigators in three countries are probing an alleged $180 million bribe involving Halliburton. How long can the veep keep this tale of international sleaze from dominating the news?
BY DAN KENNEDY
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THESE ARE PERILOUS times for Halliburton, the Houston-based energy-services-and-engineering giant once headed by Vice-President Dick Cheney. The beneficiary of lucrative contracts to provide support services to the US military and to rebuild much of the Iraqi economy, Halliburton — whose 2003 revenues exceeded $16 billion — has been accused of corruption, cronyism, and profiteering. "At a time when Halliburton is defrauding the federal government and facing serious allegations of bribery, we look forward to taking this debate to George Bush," said Massachusetts senator John Kerry, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, in a statement issued by his campaign earlier this month

more:http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/03633501.asp