Today, a few hundred people came to protest Halliburton's annual shareholder meeting in Houston, TX. Here's a short clip from the
Houston Chronicle:
About 250 people protesting Halliburton's involvement in Iraq marched, danced and screamed today around the downtown hotel where the Houston company's annual meeting was being held.
Police said 15 protesters were arrested, including seven who dressed in business attire, snuck into the Four Seasons hotel and chained themselves to a stairwell and other fixtures to block entry to the meeting.
And down in the seventh paragraph, we learn this interesting piece of information:
Dave Lesar, Halliburton's chief executive officer, told reporters this morning that the company is considering whether to withdraw from Iraq but for now remains committed to supporting America's efforts in Iraq. He declined to comment on Washington's investigations into Halliburton's billing practices.
I like the message here: "Thanks for the big bucks in Iraq ... but we're ready to cut and run." Who said war profiteers aren't patriotic?
This is an update to an earlier diary entry about "Houston, We Still Have a Problem," the excellent "alternative annual report" that CorpWatch and other groups distributed at the shareholders meeting.
You can read the full report here:
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12259
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