Ideology is dandy, but bizness is bizness (encore)

From the UK, John Heelan writes: "In its report on the grand jury investigation into Halliburton's business dealings with  Iran,  El País correspondent in Miami, Rosa Townsend, comments that US law on dealing with terrorist States is ambiguous. Apparently US companies can avoid the restrictions on dealing with the "axis of evil" states by having a subsidiary registered in another country and not run by a US national.  El País claims to have seen 14 requests for equipment emanating from Kala Ltd, a subsidiary of  Iran's national oil business, to Halliburton Products and Services, registered in the Cayman Islands and operating from Dubai; the equipment being for the Iranian oil fields and worth $80 million in the last year alone.  The newspaper claims that Halliburton negotiated also with Libya and Iraq for contracts of $70 million while Cheney was CEO between 1995 and 2000 and points out that Halliburton was fined $3.8 million for violating US embargoes on Libya.  Further, it claims that Cheney pressured the Clinton Administration to soften the embargoes on Libya and Iran. [Source: El País, 7/ 21/04]".

RH:International networks used to evade the law should be brought to justice, but apparently lawyers know what they can get away with.

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