[Mb-civic] Cheney Attacked Fight Against Terror While Abroad

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CHENEY ATTACKED FIGHT AGAINST TERROR WHILE ABROAD
 
On the same day that President Bush announced plans to investigate Iran for ties to terrorism,[1] Halliburton acknowledged that "a U.S. grand jury issued a subpoena to the company seeking information about its Cayman Islands unit's work in Iran,[2] where it is illegal for U.S. companies to operate." Earlier this year, CBS News reported that Vice President Dick Cheney was CEO of the company "during which time Halliburton Products and Services set up shop in Iran."[3] In fact, Cheney was so adamant about doing business with terrorist nations like Iran, he even went abroad to publicly attack American foreign policy after meeting with top officials from a foreign government. 

Despite economic sanctions on Iran because of its ties to terrorists, Cheney openly bragged about Halliburton's business dealings there during the 2000 campaign.[4] Cheney argued that it was ethical for Halliburton to use "independent foreign subsidiaries" that exist in tax shelter countries like the Cayman Islands to skirt U.S. law. He also went abroad to attack American policy: According to the Malaysian News Agency, Cheney publicly attacked U.S. sanctions on terrorist countries after a meeting with top Malaysian government officials in Kuala Lampur.[5] 

During the 2000 campaign, Cheney also claimed that, as Halliburton CEO, "I had a firm policy that we wouldn't do anything in Iraq,[6] even arrangements that were supposedly legal." Yet, earlier this year, The New Yorker reported "during Cheney's tenure[7] at Halliburton the company did business" in Iraq as well. The Washington Post reported that despite strict economic sanctions, Halliburton did up to $73 million in business[8] with Iraq while Cheney was heading the company. 


Sources: 
1. "Bush: U.S. probes possible Iran links to 9/11," CNN.com, 7/19/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46854. 
2. "Halliburton Subpoenaed Over Unit's Iran Work ," Reuters, 7/19/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46855. 
3. "Doing Business With The Enemy," 60 Minutes, 1/25/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46856. 
4. "Halliburton Iraq ties more than Cheney said," NewsMax.com, 6/25/01, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46857 . 
5. Malaysian News Agency, 4/20/98 
6. "Contract Sport,"The New Yorker, 2/16/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46858. 
7. Ibid, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46858. 
8. "Halliburton's Iraq Deals Greater Than Cheney Has Said,"TruthOut.org, 6/23/01, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=46859. 





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