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Shale gas: Halliburton’s weapon of mass devastation

by F. William Engdahl

17 May 2012

Across the United States the exploitation of gas and oil from shale rocks using Halliburton’s hydraulic fracturing technology continues amid rising disasters. Unregulated drilling practices, rendered legal by the "Halliburton Loophole" engineered in 2005 by Vice President Dick Cheney, have had (…)

U.S. Vice-Presidents: War As Politics

Dick Cheney: Whip of the Republicans

18 October 2004

After making his way into politics following Donald Rumsfeld’s footsteps, Dick Cheney has imposed himself quickly as the indispensable man of the Republican Party in the White House and the Congress. Confirming without further complexes his determinedly conservative choices, Cheney has opened up (…)

Some people’s Unhappiness is Other People’s Happiness

War as a World Strategy

19 March 2003

The control of Iraq’s energy resources represents an essential strategic bet for the United States. The economic bet lies on the arms market and, above all, in that of reconstruction. Five big associations share the biggest public market since the end of World War II. George Schultz, Donald (…)