And the firefighting contract goes toooooooo..........

[loupaulsen at attbi.com]

Can I have the envelope please!
(Perhaps this will shock you, or awe you.. perhaps not)

Halliburton subsidiary wins Iraqi oil firefighting contract
5 minutes ago  

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US army said it gave the main Iraqi oilwell 
firefighting contract to a unit of Halliburton Co., a firm once run by Vice 
President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), without any bidding

Kellogg, Brown and Root, a unit of Houston, Texas-based Halliburton, was 
handed the contract by the Army Corps of Engineers, which has been placed in 
charge of fighting the blazes. 

The contract had not been put out to tender, said the Corps spokesman, 
Lieutenant Colonel Gene Pawlik. 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030325/pl_afp/iraq_postwar_us_oil&cid=1521&ncid=1478