Cheney and Halliburton loved Iran

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday July 20, 2004 · 8:20 AM PDT

2004/07/20 · 08:20

CAP reminds us of a Cheney working hard to make Iran safe for Halliburton's business. From an April 20, 1998 article in Bernama, a Malaysan wire service (not available online):

Former United States Defence Secretary Dick Cheney today hit out at his government for imposing unilateral economic sanctions like the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, saying they have been "ineffective, did not provide the desired results and a bad policy".

"I have made it clear that our (the US unilateral) sanctions policy is wrong," he said when asked to comment on the Iran-Libya Act which contains provisions for sanctions to be imposed by the US against foreign companies making investment beyond US$ 20 million a year in the oil and gas sector of the targeted countries.

Malaysia, which is against the extra-territorial law, has said that Petronas and other Malaysian companies will continue to invest abroad despite the US threat of sanctions under the Act.

Petronas is currently involved in a US$ 2 billion gas field project in Iran undertaken jointly with SA Total of France and Gazprom of Russia.

Speaking to reporters after calling on Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's office here, Cheney, who is now the chairman and CEO of Halliburton, said: "The US needs to be much more restraint then we have been in terms of pursuing unilateral economic sanctions."

In that same article, Cheney expresses support for the Iraq sanctions. Interesting that history looks to demonstrate that it was Iran that had a bigger role in 9/11 than anything Saddam's impotent Iraq may have mustered.

Cheney and Halliburton loved Iran

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