Is that Business I Hear Booming?

Printer-friendly versionSend by emailIraqex, the U.S.-owned "investment group set up to pursue business in http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Post-war_Iraq|Iraq," has changed its name to Group, after its holding company, Lincoln Alliance Corporation. Lincoln Group has a $6 million, 3-year PR contract for the Multi-National Corps-Iraq, for which it "develops video, audio and print products to support MNC-I initiatives." It also publishes Business Journal, a "monthly publication on contract opportunities, life in Iraq and classifieds." The publication recently interviewed Grand Ayatolla Ali Al-Sistani, who said foreign investment is acceptable, as long as the investor is not with the "occupation forces" or taking "advantage of any instability." Lincoln Group is still looking for interns.