Making a forture in war-ravaged Iraq

Who said the Iraqis were loving being “liberated”? The multinational corporations are making a killing:

As Congress launches… a bipartisan PR campaign to stay in Iraq forever, the White House throws… a corporate looting party

FIRST LOOK: WALL STREET IN IRAQ? – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Deputy Secretary Tom Nides (formerly chief administrative officer at Morgan Stanley) will host a group of corporate executives at State this morning as part of the Iraq Business Roundtable. Corporate executives from approximately 30 major U.S. companies – including financial firms Citigroup, JPMorganChase and Goldman Sachs – will join U.S. and Iraqi officials to discuss economic opportunities in the new Iraq.

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