Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 26

28-June-2004

IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

Pentagon Recommends Voiding Iraq Mobile Contracts

The US Defense Department has asked the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq to void the contracts awarded to the three consortiums that are setting up mobile operations in Iraq, according to a Washington Times report on 22 June. Citing a department memo from Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for International Technology Security, John Shaw, the newspaper said that...