A Pentagon audit has found wide-spread
deficiencies in the way Halliburton tracks billions of dollars of
government contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, leading to "significant"
overcharges. The findings have been bolstered by graphic accounts from
former employees who have told a US congressman that the company's
subcontractors charged $100 (?83, £55) to launder a 15-pound bag of
clothing and abandoned $85,000 trucks when they suffered flat tyres. [more]
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