Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

bechtel:

yes, there was a story on them last night on npr. they're responsible for the iraq/jordan pipeline built during the 80's, and for much of the u.s. work done in iraq, before relations turned sour and they stopped awarding that work to u.s. companies. for example, it was also mentioned that they built chemical factories in iraq, which apparently were also used to build chemical weapons back in the 80's. (of course, the speaker may have been someone with an agenda ...)