Halliburton contracted to put out Iraqi oil fires

Surprise, surprise: A subsidiary of Halliburton Co.--the company Dick Cheney was CEO of from '95 to '00--won the contract to oversee any firefighting operations at Iraqi oilfields after any U.S.-led invasion. (As your recall, Halliburton was also given a $9.7 million contract to build detention blocks for Afghani prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.)

In other Halliburton news, a radioactive device which could be used to make a "dirty bomb" was stolen from a Nigerian subsidiary of the company.