Who Gets the Contracts? 6:00, 2003 (Ref: NA03333)

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Tens of billions of dollars worth of contracts were handed out to rebuild Iraq, all lucrative deals for the companies involved. But who got that business is proving controversial.

The US administration declared that in the interests of national security only American firms would be invited to bid. Of the companies selected, several had strong connections to the White House.

Our cameras went to Texas to film & speak with some of the firms who feel they were unfairly squeezed out of the bidding process.