Thursday, January 15, 2004
Iraq Reconstruction

New Details on Use of Obscure Kuwaiti Company to Import Gasoline into Iraq

One day after the Defense Contract Audit Agency announced it has referred Halliburton’s gasoline contract to the Inspector General for investigation into potential wrongdoing, Rep. Waxman reveals new details about the unusual facts surrounding the decision to use Altanmia, an obscure Kuwaiti company, to import hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gasoline into Iraq at grossly inflated prices.