"Stay Behind" strategies in Iraq

[Harmon Seaver]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 08:04:05PM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> At 04:03 PM 4/10/03 -0700, Tim May wrote:
> 
> >Refineries are built by the Bechtels and Parsons and their European and
> >Japanese counterparts. Most are nearly fully-automated. Again, a
> >comparatively tiny number of locals will be hired.

   Pretty true, I think. I know when I was working down in Mobile, AL, I was
quite surprised to read about how few people were actually employed in those
huge petro-chemical refineries down there. Simply gigantic places with maybe 400
people working in one. 



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