Lisa Rein notes the award of a contract to “put out oil fires and make emergency repairs to Iraq’s oil infrastructure” to Haliburton. The report she cites also makes this observation: “But its biggest value could be that it puts Halliburton in a prime position to handle the complete refurbishment of Iraq’s long-neglected oil infrastructure, which will be a plum job.” Does this surprise anyone?

(via Boing Boing)