Monday 1 November 2010

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Page No: 140...

A week after arriving, Foley told a contractor from BearingPoint that he intended to privatize all of Iraq's state-owned enterprices within thirty days.

"Tom, there are a couple of problems with that," the contractor said. "The first is an international law that prevents the sale of assets by an occupation government."

"I don't give a s_ _t about international law. I made a commitment to the president (Bush) that I'd privatize Iraq's business."