U.S. Owes $208 Million To Iraq, U.N. Audit Finds

A U.N.-established international auditing board called on the United States to repay Iraq $208 million in disputed fees for Kellogg, Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary that received nearly $1.4 billion in contracts without having to compete for the delivery of fuel and the repair of Iraq’s oil infrastructure.

The board’s finding adds to the criticism of the United States’ handling of the postwar reconstruction of Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion of the oil-rich country in March 2003. The role of Halliburton — the company run by Richard B. Cheney before he became George W. Bush’s running mate in the 2000 presidential campaign — in Iraq’s reconstruction has fueled charges of political favoritism.

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