UN Watchdog Says Work Hindered by Absent U.S. Audits
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 03:46AM
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A U.N.-mandated agency said on Wednesday its task of watching
over Iraq's oil money was being hampered by the Bush administration's
failure to hand over audits of Iraq contracts awarded without
competitive bids, including to Halliburton . The International Advisory
and Monitoring Board (IAMB) said that despite its repeated requests it
was still waiting for the U.S. audits of the contracts, which were paid
with Iraqi oil money. The IAMB initially requested the U.S. audits in
March as part of its task of watching over Iraq's oil revenues. [more ]
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