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Saturday, June 18, 2005

When Halliburton met Guantanamo

It just doesn't get any better than this -- Democrat hog heaven.

Reuters reports:

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.
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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.

Read it here.

Hoo, boy! The Dems are going to have a field day with this. Gentlemen, start your engines....

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