Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 47

22-November-2004

IRAQ

Waxman Demands Further Halliburton/Iraq Investigations

Congressional Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif), a member of the Congressional Committee on Government Reform, on 10 November sent a letter to the committees chairman, Tom Davis (R-VA), requesting further inquiries into Halliburtons $7bn no-bid contract, awarded after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, to restore the countrys oil infrastructure. Mr Waxman is an outspoken...