NP? no War profits in this economy, no Sir!

[Doug Millison]

Published on Saturday, July 27, 2002 by Reuters
Halliburton to Build New Cells at Guantanamo Base
by Charles Aldinger

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. has been awarded a $9.7 million
contract to build an additional 204-cell detention camp at the U.S. naval
base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to hold additional suspected al Qaeda and
Taliban prisoners, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The move will expand the high-security prison on the base, where hundreds
of such "detainees" from Afghanistan are already being held in 612 small
cells.

The prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station has played a major part in the
U.S. war on terrorism declared after September's attacks on America in
which more than 3,000 people died. No prisoners have been charged, but some
could eventually face military trials.

Brown and Root Services, an engineering division of Halliburton, will build
the additional 6-by-8-foot cells on the windward side of the remote U.S.
base at the southeastern tip of Cuba, the Pentagon said.

The work is expected to be completed by October. But the Pentagon suggested
on Friday that the facility could grow even more and that the contract
could eventually total as much as $300 million if additional options were
exercised over the next four years.

Vice President Dick Cheney is the former chief executive officer of
Halliburton, whose main business is providing oilfield services. The
company has come under heavy pressure this year because of concerns about
its liabilities and a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission into
its accounting for cost overruns on construction projects. [...]

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