VOL. XLVII

No 07

16-February-2004

KUWAIT

Kuwaits Energy Minister Orders Halliburton Oil Contract Inquiry, MPs Want Own Investigation

Kuwaits Energy Minister, Shaikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah, announced on 9 February that he had ordered a judicial investigation into allegations that officials had profited from a deal with the US firm Halliburton to supply fuel to the US military in Iraq. Last month, The Defense Department Inspector General (DDIG) referred an inquiry into Halliburtons purchases of fuel...