Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 14

4-April-2005

KUWAIT

Parliamentary Committee Finds Abuses In Halliburton Iraq Fuel Sales

A five-member National Assembly committee formed in February 2004 to investigate allegations that officials profited from an overpriced deal with Halliburton to supply fuel to the US military in Iraq says it has found abuses of public money. Speaking to reporters on 27 March, committee member Ali al-Rashid said we found that public funds were abused, in addition to a...