Bush pals hired to rewrite Iraqi law

Guardian Newspapers Limited

An American law firm with ties to the Bush administration has been hired to help set up a legal system in Iraq.

The firm, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, has been drafted in by USAID to advise on privatising former government-held industries, structuring government economic and regulatory agencies, and developing a tax structure.

The legal deal is part of a larger package worth up to $79.6 million taken on by Bearingpoint, formerly called KPMG consultants, to advise on the restructuring of Iraq. The deal is expected to lead to several million dollars of work for Squire, Sanders, effectively as sub-contractor.

It was also announced on Friday that the administration in Iraq has appointed a JP Morgan-led consortium that includes France's Credit Lyonnais to set up and manage a trade bank for Iraq. ---

For something that's only gonna get tossed for Islamic law?

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"...drafted in by USAID to advise on privatising former government-held industries..."

I think we ALL know what that means!


we are selling these poor people out :grr::mad::grr:

Weren't you paying attention?

:evilgrin:

Eloriel

from the story linked in the original post-

The firm donated $41,350 to George W Bush's election campaign in 2000, and earlier this year a Sanders partner, Ronald James, was made personnel chief of the new Department of Homeland Security.

James used to work for Donald Rumsfeld, now Defence Secretary, when Rumsfeld was a member of Congress, and during the Nixon administration he shared a White House office with Dick Cheney, now Vice President.

Recipients of contracts in Iraq already include Kellogg Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton which was run by Cheney and is a major Republican Party donor.

The company has been given more than $1 billion dollars worth of contracts to reconstruct postwar Iraq and help repair its oilfields. The decision to award these contracts to Halliburton became even more controversial after it emerged that they were given without competition.


IT'S "FREE ENTERPRISE" AND "CAPITALISM" AT WORK, AMERICAN STYLE.

Didn't we used to have laws against this?
Oh, that's right... bu$h issued an executive order eliminating any obstacles to their plans.

Imagine if they did the same thing to our country. Oh, right. They are.

:puke:

...you'd think that a product as shitty as Bush would yeild a lower ROI in an actual competitive capitalist system, but such is not the case. Where else can you contribute a couple thousand dollars, and then have a crappy backwards thinking chickenchimp turn that investment into millions? Why spend money on R&D, safety regulation, environmental standards, worker benefits, when you can just toss a pocket would-be-president a couple thousand and have him wipe away all competition and concerns?

this AWOL regime doesn't believe
in bidding anything out. All public
contracts go to firms who are tight
with the regime.

What a sick government we have, no
better than a third world country.
A country of, for, and by the wealthy.

Why, when I contribute to my preferred presidential candidate, I have to state that I'm not a government contractor, and I'm limited to $2,000 in contributions, but this law firm can contribute $41,000 and change and almost immediately be handed a no-bid contract worth millions in fees?:mad:

to our great misfortune, since
the AWOL regime has come into
power, no explainations are
necessary to the public.

Asking things like this might
be considered unpatriotic!

1. What the F*** is USAID doing? I always thought they were the good guys of our government-you know, aiding people? Who is the asshole there who is in league with these devils?
2. Why do we always have to get our news from other countries? If it weren't for Britain and Canada we'd all be in the dark. (Ok, it's rhetorical, I'm just so pissed off right now. )