banning the works of a Nobel Laureate in PEACE no less.
Well howdy... how comes it was ok for Mr. Dick to do bidness with Iran through subsidiaries?? How come not a single repercussion has come to pass?? Maybe because he who sits in the big chair gets to do exactly as he damn well pleases?? I am sure that if you want an inside view of what went down between BP, U.S. oil companies, the CIA, and Iran, you need look no further than this book... it is all in there.
It should be required reading for every citizen of this country so they could finally realize what has been done in their names for the past 50 - 60 years.... and it ain't all pretty.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471265179/qid=1099409116/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/103-6796958-8831018>>"Stephen Kinzers brilliant reconstruction of the Iranian coup is made even more fascinating by the fact that it is true. It is as gripping as a thriller, and also tells much about why the United States is involved today in places like Afghanistan and Iraq."
–Gore Vidal, author of Lincoln, Burr, and 1876.
"Remarkable, readable, and relevant . . . All the Shahs Men not only reads like an exciting, page-turning spy novel, it deals with the hard issues of today."
–Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
"A well-researched object lesson in the dismal folly of so-called nation-building. British and American readers of today should blush with shame."
–John le Carré, author of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
and The Tailor of Panama<<
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.03E.Hallib.Iraq.htmUNITED NATIONS -- During last year's presidential campaign, Richard B. Cheney acknowledged that the oil-field supply corporation he headed, Halliburton Co., did business with Libya and Iran through foreign subsidiaries. But he insisted that he had imposed a "firm policy" against trading with Iraq.