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June 4, 2003

A Reply to Protesters’ Allegations Against Bechtel

CLAIM: “A Bush Administration plan for ‘a broad-based Mass Privatization Program’ of state-owned industries in Iraq may also include water, raising the specter of Bechtel seizing Iraq's water to increase profits at the expense of the Iraqi people.” FACT: Contrary to this...

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May 30, 2003

Bechtel Signs First Iraq Firm to Construction Subcontract

"This is what we came over to do," said Cliff Mumm, program director for Bechtel's project team. "As we've said from the day we signed our contract with USAID, we're committed to developing a work program that maximizes use of...

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May 30, 2003

Ties to Bin Laden Family Misreported

The New Yorker magazine and on the CNN/Money Magazine Web site purport to have uncovered ties between the bin Laden family and Bechtel via the Fremont Group. The New Yorker goes so far as to suggest that revenue from Bechtel´s work on civilian...

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May 16, 2003

Bechtel National, Inc. to Provide Information on Subcontracting and Purchasing for Iraq

This information will focus on the contracting procedures to be implemented, not specific work being released. Topics will include insurance requirements, performance securities, collecting expressions of interest, determining bid lists for specific programs and job orders, and tendering and tender...

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February 20, 2003

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff Responds to Boston Globe Series on the Big Dig

Boston Globe accused the Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff joint venture of costing the public more than a billion dollars in unjustified outlays on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston. The series was fundamentally flawed by a profound misunderstanding of the professional role of...

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