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Well, this isn't pretty. The article has lots of details so try to read it if you have some time. Iraq Contract Goes to Firm with links to Chalabi, Pentagon

Virginia-based Nour USA was originally granted a $327 million contract to supply the new Iraqi military and Civil Defense Forces in January, according to New York Newsday.

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According to Reuters, however, the decision to grant the contract to Nour was upheld last week following a government review. A press release by the US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) elaborated that the current contract is now worth $260 million, somewhat less than the original January deal. TACOM says the materials supplied by Nour would be used by Iraqi and "associated" armed forces, "in support of" the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which is scheduled to dissolved after transferring limited sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government on June 30.

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Nour has been directly involved in some of the most controversial of these deals. Newsday reported in February that Chalabi received a $2 million "fee" for helping to arrange an $80 million contract to provide security for Iraqi oil pipelines, awarded last August to the mercenary firm Erinys International. Chalabi subsequently denied the allegation, but admits he considers Farouki a "friend." The Newsday report says that "within days" of being granted the contract, Erinys became a joint venture operation with Nour.

What a sick joke.