Drilling for George W. Bush
We already told you about how western companies were getting no-bid contracts to drill for Iraqi oil. Now it turns out at least one of those companies has very close ties to President Bush and that administration officials knew about it.
The company, Hunt Oil of Dallas, signed the deal with Kurdistan’s semiautonomous government last September. Its chief executive, Ray L. Hunt, a close political ally of President Bush, briefed an advisory board to Mr. Bush on his contacts with Kurdish officials before the deal was signed.Of course, The Iraqis are furious, although probably as unsurprised about this as we are.
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