Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown, & Root? War profiteering? Iraq? Shocked!
This press release just out from the Justice Department….
Tamimi Global Company’s former Director of Operations for Kuwait and Iraq, Mohammad Shabbir Khan, pled guilty to paying kickbacks to secure two military dining subcontracts valued at $21.8 million dollars, U.S. Attorney Rodger A. Heaton of the Central District of Illinois announced today.During today’s hearing, Khan admitted he paid $133,000 in kickbacks to a Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR) employee to secure two subcontracts for military dining facilities: a $14.4 million dollar subcontract at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and a subcontract of $7.4 million dollars at a palace in Baghdad, Iraq….
Khan admitted he offered a kickback to the KBR manager for the Camp Arifjan dining facility subcontract following a birthday party Khan hosted for the KBR employee in October 2002. The kickback offer was accepted, and on Oct. 14, 2002 the one-year $14.4 million subcontract was awarded to Tamimi. In April 2003, the KBR manager provided Khan with bid information Tamimi needed to secure the award for another dining facility services subcontract at a palace in Baghdad. Tamimi was awarded the $7.4 million subcontract for the six-month period of April through October 2003.