Halliburton/Cheney Ties to Iran Under Investigation
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 12:31PM
TheSpook
A Halliburton controversy erupted
Tuesday, fueled by a grand jury investigation into whether the oil
services giant violated federal sanctions by operating in Iran while
Vice President Dick Cheney was running the company. The investigation
centers on Halliburton Products and Services Ltd., a subsidiary
registered in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Dubai that
provided oil field services in Iran. The unit's operations in Iran
included Cheney's stint as chief executive from 1995 to 2000, when he
frequently urged the lifting of such sanctions. [more]
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