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IRAQ: Court revives suits against Halliburton in truckers' deaths

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-court-revives-suits-against-halliburton-truckers-deaths

A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived lawsuits against military contractors over a deadly ambush that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq.

Bechtel Fails Reconstruction of Iraq's Schools

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/bechtel-fails-reconstruction-iraqs-schools

Bechtel has been awarded a contract by USAID for the reconstruction of Iraq's schools, as part of a deal worth up to $1.03 billion. But the question remains whether Bechtel, like the US army, is part of the solution or part of the problem.

Report Exposes Bechtel as Threat to Iraqi Environment, Human Rights and Basic Services

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/report-exposes-bechtel-threat-iraqi-environment-human-rights-and-basic-services

Bechtel Group Inc., one of the lead contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq, has a 100-year history of capitalizing on environmentally unsustainable technologies and reaping immense profits at the expense of societies and the environment. A Collaborative Report released today by CorpWatch, Global Exchange and Public Citizen provides case studies from Bechtel's history of operations in the water, nuclear, energy and public works sectors.

NIGERIA: Ex-Halliburton unit in bribery probe

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/nigeria-ex-halliburton-unit-bribery-probe

US anti-bribery investigators are targeting a former Halliburton subsidiary over its work on a key Royal Dutch Shell project in Nigeria, widening a corruption probe into the country's troubled oil industry.