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February 12, 2004
SWEATSHOPS
Operation Sweatshop Iraq
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=9928
Halliburton is hiring temps to work in Iraq: $100 a month for locals,
$300 for Indians and $8,000 for Texans. Meanwhile taxpayers are getting
charged top dollar, prompting investigations from the United States
military. Pratap Chatterjee reports from Baghdad.
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