[More sickening BushCo cronyism] The Bush/Cheney War in Iraq has been won by Halliburton (NYTimes)
The Bechtel Group, one of the world's biggest engineering and construction companies, has dropped out of the running for a contract to rebuild the Iraqi oil industry, as other competitors have begun to conclude that the bidding process favors the one company already working in Iraq, Halliburton.