Pratap Chatterjee is the author of Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War. He is the managing editor of CorpWatch. A TomDispatch audio interview in which Chatterjee discusses KBR World can be heard by clicking here.

Blog Entries by Pratap Chatterjee

Anatomy of an Afghan Culture of Corruption

Posted November 17, 2009 | 11:49 AM (EST)


Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com.

Kabul, Afghanistan -- Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Among the dozens of businesses dispatching these trucks are...

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Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten?

7 Comments | Posted June 2, 2009 | 12:09 PM (EST)


Crossposted with TomDispatch.com


Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq


The Houstonian Hotel is an elegant, secluded resort set on an 18-acre wooded oasis in the heart of downtown Houston. Two weeks ago, David Lesar, CEO of the...

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The Military's Expanding Waistline

Posted February 19, 2009 | 02:42 PM (EST)


Cross-posted from TomDispatch.com

President Obama will almost certainly touch down in Baghdad and Kabul in Air Force One sometime in the coming year to meet his counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he will just as certainly pay a visit to a U.S. military base or two. Should he...

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