Neither Bechtel nor Halliburton are capable of rebuilding Iraq if it comes to that. They are capable as construction managers of a project of that scope though. Bechtel is a privately held family company (& I believe the largest construction company in the world) & therefore trying to get any info about there dealings (because they are private) would be equall to walking into Fort Knox & coming out with the gold. They've been working the Arab states for quite sometime & their roots, I'd think, would go deep with the Royal Saudi family with all the work they've done there. Weither or not there's a conflict of interest having Halliburtion carve up part of the pie is IMHO 2nd to not even trying to explain away any fowl smelling deals. The American people (& the rest of the world) are on a need to know basis & that's the kind of arragance that's is unexceptable even a dog won't shit where it eats & that's about the respect our government has for We The People. Barry