WASHINGTON — The United States will allow companies Japan, South Korea and Britain to bid for $18.6 billion worth of U.S. reconstruction projects in Iraq as prime contractors, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
The Pentagon, however, will bar firms from France, Germany and other countries that opposed the U.S. war in Iraq from the 26 projects.
The U.S. has so far been limiting bidders for its rebuilding projects in Iraq to U.S. companies such as subsidiaries of the energy giant Halliburton, which Vice President Dick Cheney headed until he joined the White House.
With the new 26 contracts, the Pentagon decided to solicit bids from foreign companies but limit them to those from countries contributing to U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq by dispatching troops or taking other steps.
In a policy document released Tuesday, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said such restrictions would encourage other countries to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.
The contracts will cover reconstruction projects in electricity, communications, transportation and other areas. (Kyodo News)
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The Pentagon, however, will bar firms from France, Germany and other countries that opposed the U.S. war in Iraq from the 26 projects.
The U.S. has so far been limiting bidders for its rebuilding projects in Iraq to U.S. companies such as subsidiaries of the energy giant Halliburton, which Vice President Dick Cheney headed until he joined the White House.
With the new 26 contracts, the Pentagon decided to solicit bids from foreign companies but limit them to those from countries contributing to U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq by dispatching troops or taking other steps.
In a policy document released Tuesday, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said such restrictions would encourage other countries to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.
The contracts will cover reconstruction projects in electricity, communications, transportation and other areas. (Kyodo News)
Article republished, courtesy of Japan Today: http://www.japantoday.com
Please also see:
Japan to send 600 troops to Iraq over one-year period; http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=281534
U.S. welcomes Japan's decision to send troops to Iraq; http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=281613
Japan trying to become military power: Xinhua: http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=281638
Koizumi noncommittal about details of SDF plan for Iraq; http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=281655
Public split over SDF dispatch decision;
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=281608
Nikkei drops below 10,000;
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=3&id=281651
Iraq contracts bar war opponents
Iraqi firms will be able to bid for contracts
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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3305501.stm
Baker Takes The Loaf; President's Business Partner Slices Up Iraq
by Greg Palast,
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5361.htm
The Privatisation Of War
By Ian Traynor,The Guardian - UK;
http://www.rense.com/general45/prisva.htm