How much is the US military being charged for gas in Iraq?

[Crazy Cooter]

I thought I read before that Haliburton had the contract and was charging $2 something a gallon??? Didn't we talk about that before?

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20050818&ID=5048204"But consumers in the United States and Europe might have been surprised by another part of the IMF's 62-page report Monday: drivers in Iraq pay as little as 5 cents a gallon for gasoline."

[DrewKaree]

I thought I read before that Haliburton had the contract and was charging $2 something a gallon??? Didn't we talk about that before?

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20050818&ID=5048204"But consumers in the United States and Europe might have been surprised by another part of the IMF's 62-page report Monday: drivers in Iraq pay as little as 5 cents a gallon for gasoline."

Please explain the part where you somehow read the same story at that link and seem to be trying to equate drivers in Iraq paying a nickel a gallon and the U.S. military.

I ask, because the insurgents are mentioned numerous times as causing the Iraq government problems with their attacks.....you know, middle easterners against middle easterners....and the story is about Halliburton

[Crazy Cooter]

I thought Haliburton was selling gas to the military in Iraq under contract for ~$2 a gallon.  Right?  I thought we had confirmed that somewhere before when discussing them.

I was just wondering if that contract is still going?  Or are we now "self serve" and paying $0.05 a gallon?  It's a heck of a markup if Haliburton is doing "full serve" for $1.95 a gallon.

So my question is... How much are we paying for gas there?  The link says gas is available for $0.05...

Don't make me pull out my spork.

[DrewKaree]

Don't make me pull out my spork.

I just got me a "Grip it and flip it".

1........2........3........DRAW!