ʻO ka laina o nā moku ma ka Al Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) e holo ana i ka hema a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao, e kali hoʻomanawanui ana i ka wela o ka ʻĀpana Arabian Gulf i ka wā e hoʻouka ana nā supertankers nunui ʻehā. Ma kahi kokoke, hoʻopiha ʻia nā pahu pahu ʻelua hou ma ke kahua ʻaila liʻiliʻi ʻo Khawr Al Amaya (KAAOT). ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻelua he mau haneli o nā pūʻali koa US Navy a me Iraqi Marines e noho nei ma nā kahua.
ʻO kēia mau ʻāpana ʻelua ma waho o ka ʻāina, kahi maze o nā paipu a me nā ala hele metala paʻakikī, e hāʻawi i kahi 1.6 miliona barela o ka aila maʻemaʻe, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa he 85 pakeneka o ka hoʻopuka ʻana o Iraq, i nā mea kūʻai mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Inā ʻo nā māla aila hema ka puʻuwai o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Iraq, ʻo kona mau aʻa nui he ʻekolu 40-plus ʻīniha pipeline e holo ana ma kahi o 52 mau mile mai nā pūnāwai o Iraq a i nā awa.
Hoʻohana ka poʻe koa i kā lākou mau lā ma nā pahu aila e nānā ana i ka lewa e ʻimi ana i nā mea hoʻomake pepehi kanaka a me nā dhow lawaiʻa hele hewa (nā waʻa). I kēia manawa, ma lalo pono o ko lākou mau ihu, ua manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe smugglers e hoʻohuli ana i nā piliona kālā i manaʻo ʻia i ka waiwai o nā pahu pahu no ka mea ʻo ka ʻōnaehana ana ʻaila i manaʻo ʻia e nānā i ka nui o ke kahe ʻana i loko a i waho o ABOT a me KAAOT - ʻaʻole i hana mai ka lā Malaki. 2003 Hoʻouka kaua ʻo ʻAmelika iā Iraq.
Hoʻopiʻi nā luna i ka lohi ʻehā makahiki i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana maʻalahi ma ka "pilikia palekana." ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā hui ʻelua o ʻAmelika i hoʻolimalima ʻia e hoʻoponopono i nā māla aila hema, hoʻoponopono i nā ʻāpana ʻelua, a me nā mika: Halliburton o Houston, Texas, a me Parsons o Pasadena, Kaleponi.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) e hoʻopuka i kahi hōʻike i kēia pūnāwai e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohewa ana i ka pau ʻole o nā ʻoihana i ka hana.
Nui nā lono ma waena o ka poʻe Iraqi kānalua e pili ana i ka hiki ʻole ke ana i ke kahe ʻaila. "ʻO Iraq ka mea pōʻino i ka pōā nui loa o kāna hana ʻaila i ka mōʻaukala hou," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai kahi poʻomanaʻo o Malaki 2006 ma ʻAzzamana, ka nūpepa heluhelu nui loa o Iraq. He noiʻi ʻo Mei 2006 o ka hana ʻaila a me nā helu hoʻoiho e ʻO ka Oilgram News a Platt, he makasina ʻoihana, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia a hiki i $ 3 biliona o ka makahiki.
"Hoʻopuka pinepine ʻia ka aila ʻo Iraqi mai ka ʻāina ma nā ʻano like ʻole," i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi mea kūʻai aila ma Amman i ka makasina Nation (US) i ka mahina i hala. "Ke hoʻolilo nei ʻo Emir al-Hakim [ke poʻo o ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe o ka Islamic Revolution ma Iraq] i kona manawa āpau ma Basra e kūʻai aku i ka aila me he mea lā nona iho. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia e ka poʻe ma laila ʻo Uday al-Hakim, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ʻano like ʻo ia e like me ka hana a Uday Saddam Hussein. Pono nā mea kālepa ʻē aʻe e like me aʻu e hana ma o ia me nā ʻoihana nui a i ʻole e hoʻokae i nā mea liʻiliʻi ma o mākou iho. Ua māhele ʻia ka ʻaila ma waena o nā hui politika i ka mana.
ʻO ka hōʻino waiwai
ʻO nā hana hoʻopiʻi a me ka mākeke ʻeleʻele e like me nā ʻano hana a Saddam Hussein no ka pale ʻana i ka embargo UN. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Saddam no ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kahi $ 5.7 biliona waiwai o nā huahana ʻaila ma ka mākeke ʻeleʻele i nā makahiki ʻeono o ka papahana ʻaila-for-Food aʻo nā mea nānā o United Nations i huli makapō. I kēia lā, kū ʻia kona mau hope no nā hana ʻino like.
Noho ʻo Iraq ma 115 biliona barela o nā mālama aila i hōʻoia ʻia, ʻo ke kolu o ka nui loa ma ka honua (ma hope o Saudi Arabia a me Kanada). Mai kahi hui i hoʻohana mua i kāna loaʻa aila e hoʻokumu i kahi mokuʻāina olakino e hoʻolako i ka hoʻonaʻauao, mālama olakino a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu, ua hāʻule ka ʻāina i ka pae o nā ʻāina ʻilihune loa o ka honua.
Ua kapa ʻia kēia e ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻo ka "hōʻino waiwai." ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia me nā kumuwaiwai hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi pinepine ʻia ka pōmaikaʻi i ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, no ka mea, ʻo kekahi poʻe waiwai e hoʻomalu i nā kumuwaiwai, a i ʻole ke kaua e pale i nā mea āpau mai ka pōmaikaʻi.
ʻO ke kumu waiwai nui o Iraq - nā loaʻa kālā mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka ʻaila, nā huahana ʻaila a me nā kinoea maoli - ke mālama ʻia nei e ka Development Fund for Iraq. ʻO ka palapala DFI o Mei 21, 2003, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483, hāʻawi i kēia kālā i mea e pono ai ka poʻe Iraqi. Hoʻololi ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka papahana Oil-for-Food i holo mua ʻia e United Nations mai 1997 a hiki i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Malaki 2003.
Ma kahi kokoke i ʻehā mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka DFI, ua loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o $80 biliona. Na ka US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) i hoʻokele i ka DFI mai ka wā i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ai ʻo Saddam a hiki i Iune 28, 2004, i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai ka CPA. I loko o kēlā mau mahina 14, ua hoʻohana ka CPA i $19.6 biliona o nā kālā DFI o Iraq. ʻO nā aupuni hope ʻekolu i mālama ʻia i ka loaʻa kālā o ka DFI, ʻoiai ua mau ka mana o ka pūʻali koa US a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo politika. I loko o nā mahina he 32 ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka CPA, ua lilo nā aupuni ʻekolu i $47 biliona hou aʻe.
Halliburton & Parsons
Ua hana koʻikoʻi ka poʻe ʻaelike o ʻAmelika i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻenehana aila o Iraq a ua manaʻo e uku ka ʻoihana no ke kūkulu hou ʻana. I Ianuali 2004, ma lalo o ka papahana Restore Iraqi Oil II (RIO II), ua ʻaelike ka hoʻomalu ʻo Bush me Halliburton e hoʻoponopono i nā māla aila o Iraq a me Parsons e lawelawe i nā māla ʻākau. Ua manaʻo ʻia e kiaʻi ʻia nā hui ʻelua e kekahi mea ʻaelike ʻē aʻe, ʻo New Jersey-based Foster Wheeler. (ʻO ka ʻaelike RIO mua, ʻo ia ka ʻaelike hoʻopaʻapaʻa huna ʻole i hāʻawi ʻia iā Halliburton ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq. ʻOiai ua hoʻokūkū ʻia ʻo RIO II, ua kākau ʻo Sheryl Tappan, kahi limahana Bechtel mua i kahi puke e hoʻohewa ana i ka makana he kūpono ʻole.)
He mau moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Halliburton a me Parsons ma Iraq, e hoʻi ana ma mua o 40 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Brown & Root, kahi ʻāpana o Halliburton i kēia manawa, i ka hana ma Iraq i ka makahiki 1961, ʻoiai ʻo Parsons i komo i loko o ka ʻāpana aila o Iraq i nā makahiki 1950. Hoʻomaka ʻo Foster Wheeler i kāna hana ma Iraq a hiki i ka makahiki 1930.
He nui ka ʻike o kēia mau ʻoihana ma nā kikowaena kahi e ulu ai ka mākeke ʻeleʻele i kēia manawa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua kūkulu ʻo Halliburton i ka pahu ABOT, a laila ʻike ʻia ʻo Mina al-Bakr, i nā makahiki 1970. Ma hope o ka pōʻino i ka wā o ke kaua ʻo Iran-Iraq i ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻoponopono ʻo Halliburton i ka pahu, ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i ka wā 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Ua ʻike pū ka pahu ʻaila Khor al-Amaya i kahi pōʻai like o ka luku a me ke kūkulu hou ʻana. Kūkulu ʻia me ke kōkua ʻana o Halliburton i ka makahiki 1973, ua hōʻino nui ʻia e nā kauoha Iranian i ka wā o ke kaua ʻo Iran-Iraq, a laila i ka wā o Operation Desert Storm ma 1991, a ʻo ka mea hou loa i Mei 2006 e kahi ahi nui i hoʻopau i ka 70 pakeneka o kāna mau lako. I ka wā o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Ingersoll Dresser Pump Company, kahi hui ʻo Halliburton, kahi ʻaelike huna e kūʻai aku i nā ʻāpana ʻāpana Iraq, nā mea hoʻoheheʻe, a me nā mea hana ahi no ka hana hou.
( He moʻolelo lōʻihi hoʻi ʻo Halliburton ma kahi kokoke i ke awa Turkish o Ceyhan, kahi i kūʻai aku ai ʻo Iraq i ka ʻaila i hana ʻia ma Kirkuk ma ka ʻākau o Iraq. Hoʻokele ʻo Halliburton i kahi kahua kaua US kokoke i Incirlik, ʻo ia ke kahua hoʻokūkū no Operation Northern Watch i hoʻolako i ka pale ea no ka Kurds i ka makahiki 1990.)
Ana i ka aila
Me nā piliona kālā e hoʻolilo a me ka ʻike nui me nā ʻoihana ʻaila a me nā awa o Iraqi, ʻaʻole hiki iā Haliburton a me Parsons ke hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia maʻamau o nā mika haʻihaʻi ma nā ʻaoʻao hema o Iraq.
ʻO nā ʻano mika a lākou i manaʻo ai e hoʻoponopono a hoʻololi paha ma ABOT e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma nā haneli o nā pūnaewele like a puni ka honua. Ma muli o ka hana maʻamau, hoʻouna ʻia, a laila hōʻuluʻulu ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka pūnaewele, hiki ke hana i hoʻokahi makahiki. Akā ua mau ka pilikia no ʻehā makahiki.
Ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka makahiki 2003, ua ʻike ʻia ua pio nā mita a mai ia manawa ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā manaʻo hilinaʻi o ka nui o ka ʻaila i hoʻouna ʻia mai nā māla aila hema. (ʻO nā māla aila ʻākau ma Kirkuk, ka mea e hoʻolako ai i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o Beiji ma Iraq a hoʻokuʻu aku i ka ʻuala i ke awa ʻo Tureke o Adana, he anana pono akā liʻiliʻi ka aila e ana mai ka wā i pani ʻia ai ka hale hana.)
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lieutenant Aaron Bergman, ka luna o ka US Navy i mālama i ka Mobile Security Squadron 7 ma ABOT, ua "manaʻo" nā luna hoʻokuʻu aku i ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana, me ke ʻano hoʻohālike hope: ʻO kēlā me kēia kenimika e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ka tanker i ka wai. ua like ia me 6,000 barela ukana aila.
"No laila hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma mua o kēia mahina iā Stars & Stripes, he nūpepa e lawelawe ana i ka pūʻali koa US, hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā helu, "hiki i kekahi mau iniha ke like me 180,000 barela wahie."
"E ʻōlelo paha wau ma waena o 200,000 a me 500,000 barela i ka lā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma Iraq," ʻo Mikel Morris, ka mea i hana no ka Iraq Reconstruction Management Organization (IRMO) ma ka US embassy ma Baghdad, i haʻi aku iā KTVT, kahi kīwī ma Texas.
ʻAʻole nā luna o ʻAmelika a me nā mea ʻaelike i hāʻawi i nā kumu maikaʻi no ke aha, ʻehā mau makahiki i ka noho ʻana o ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole i calibrated, hoʻoponopono a hoʻololi ʻia nā mita. ʻO ke kumu hoʻokahi, ʻo ka hana o ka calibration e koi i nā mea kūikawā e loiloi i nā mika o kēia manawa a me nā pilikia palekana e pilikia ai ka lawe ʻana mai i kēia mau hana. Akā naʻe, ua hāʻule kēlā a me nā wehewehe ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka palekana no ka mea aia nā pahu ʻaila ma lalo o 24 mau hola kiaʻi kiaʻi kiʻekiʻe, moe ma mua o 50 mau mile ma waho o ke kahakai, a hiki ke loaʻa i ka helikopter a i ʻole ka moku.
ʻElua mau wehewehe ʻana: ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka papahana e ka ʻoihana ʻoihana a i ʻole nā pono i loaʻa i ka pōmaikaʻi ma muli o ka nele o ka ana aila (e like me ka poʻe smugglers a i ʻole nā luna kolohe) i pale i ka neʻe ʻana o ka papahana.
Nā Koina Piʻi
ʻO ka papahana RIO II, e pili ana i ka hana hoʻoponopono mika, ua hoʻopiʻi nui ʻia, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi nā kikoʻī kikoʻī.
No ka laʻana, ua hoʻopuka ka hoʻomalu ʻo Bush iā Halliburton i ke kauoha RIO II i Ianuali 2004 a hāʻawi i nā kauoha hana kikoʻī i Iune. Akā ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻomaka i ka hana a hiki i Nowemapa 2004, ua hoʻopiʻi ka hui i nā miliona miliona o ke aupuni no nā ʻenekinia i noho ʻole. ʻO ka bila a Halliburton he $296 miliona ma kahi o 55 pakeneka o luna. (Ma kahi koho e pili ana ma hope o kēia mahina, hiki ke wānana ʻo SIGIR i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe aʻe.)
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻia kahi ʻoihana hui Parsons (me Worley o Australia), i Ianuali 2004, hāʻawi ʻia i nā kauoha hana kikoʻī i Iune, a hoʻomaka i ka hana ma Iulai 2004. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i ka wā ʻole, ʻaʻole naʻe. e like me Halliburton. Hoʻopili ka SIGIR i kona poʻo ma 43 pakeneka.
Eia hou, ma ke ʻano o nā hōʻike paʻakikī i ʻike ʻia e ka Congressman Henry Waxman, ua hoʻohewa nā luna ʻo Foster Wheeler i ke kumukūʻai o Halliburton. Ua hoʻopuka ka US Army Corps of Engineers i ka hoʻolaha "hoʻōla" ma Ianuali 29, 2005, e kauoha ana iā Halliburton e hana i kahi hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a i ʻole. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o Halliburton i kāna mau kumukūʻai, ua hoʻohuli ka pūʻali koa i ka hana aila hema iā Parsons i ka waena o 2005.
I ka wā i lawe ai ʻo Parsons i nā ʻaelike, ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i kahi sub-contractor Saudi Arabia, ʻo Alaa for Industry, e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono a hoʻololi paha i nā mika.
Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā mīkini turbine i Kuwait no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka manawa kūpono, ʻoiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻokomo hou ʻia kekahi ma mua o kēia makahiki. Manaʻo nā kumu kumu ʻole ua hoʻopaneʻe ka ʻoihana ʻo Kuwait i ka hana hoʻoponopono: "ʻO ke kumu maoli o ke keʻakeʻa ʻana i ka hana ma ABOT no ka mea he kuleana ko Kuwait i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā ʻaila hinu Iraqi," wahi a kahi kumu inoa ʻole i hana ma ka papahana. ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻoia i kāna koi.
I ka waena o Sepatemaba 2006, ua hoʻolaha koke ka ʻoihana ʻaila Iraqi e huki ia i ka plug ma ka papahana anala ʻaila, e ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka nānā ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Asim Jihad, ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻoihana ʻaila iā Al Hayat: “Ua hāʻule ka hui ʻAmelika i ka mālama ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e hoʻopau i ke kau ʻana i kēia mau mika; me ka hōʻole ʻana i ka hōʻike ʻana i ke kumukūʻai pololei, koe wale nō ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hoʻokō nei ia i loko o ka haʻawina ʻAmelika iā Iraq a ʻaʻole maopopo iā mākou ka huina o kēlā haʻawina. Hoʻokuʻu kēia i ka ʻoihana mai kāna kuleana iā ia. Ma waho aʻe, nui nā hui honua i hāʻawi i nā makana maikaʻi e hoʻokō i ka papahana i ka manawa moʻolelo ma muli o kona koʻikoʻi. "
A laila, kono ka ʻoihana ʻaila i ka British Petroleum a me Shell e hoʻolālā i kahi papahana ana ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e uhi ʻia ʻaʻole i nā pahu aila wale nō, akā i nā pūnāwai hoʻohua a me nā hale hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
Ua huakaʻi kekahi hui SIGIR i ABOT i Nowemapa 2006 e nānā i ka holomua. ʻO kāna hōʻike i paʻi ʻole ʻia e hōʻike ana ua emi ka hana ma mua o ka hapalua.
ʻAʻole koke, i Dekemaba 2006, ua huakaʻi kahi hui kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika i ABOT e nānā i nā mika. Ma kahi hoʻolaha liʻiliʻi i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka Pōʻaono ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Sickman, ka loea aila noho ma ka US Embassy ma Baghdad, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mika a ke hana maikaʻi nei.
"ʻO ke ana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini turbine e kū nei a me nā mika neʻe ʻana ma ke kikowaena o waho ma ABOT he akaka a ʻoi aku ka pono o nā mea ana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ʻo Sickman i ka hoʻokuʻu nūpepa. "Eia kekahi, loaʻa i nā moku aila ʻaila nā ana a me nā mea hoʻohālike maikaʻi."
ʻOiaʻiʻo kēia ke ana ʻana o ka hui Dutch ʻo Saybolt i ka lawe ʻana i ka aila ma lalo o ka papahana United Nations Oil for Food. ʻO ka pilikia i kēia lā, e like me ka poʻe loea i kūkākūkā ʻia no kēia hōʻike, ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā mika, no laila ʻaʻole pono ka ʻikepili.
ʻOiai inā e hana maikaʻi ana nā mita, hiki nō ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia. "He mea maʻalahi ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka ʻōpala inā ʻike ʻoe i kāu mea e hana nei," wahi a Don Deaver, he loea mīkini ʻaila i hana no Exxon no 33 mau makahiki. “Inā ʻoe e ana haʻahaʻa a kiʻekiʻe paha, e nalowale kekahi a loaʻa kekahi. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ʻoe i nā loea e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o nā mika e hōʻoia ʻaʻohe mea e nalowale a ʻaihue ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna aupuni o ʻAmelika he liʻiliʻi ka mea i ʻaihue ʻia. Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo SGS (kahi kūkākūkā Pelekane) i nā palapala hōʻoia e hoʻouka ana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻekolu ma ka pūnaewele no nā mea kūʻai. ʻO kēia, i hui pū ʻia me ka hoʻokomo hou ʻana o ka mīkini kani ultrasonic e hāʻawi ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hiki ke ana ʻana, "wahi a Sickman i Dekemaba.
I nā lā ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Ianuali 2007, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Parsons e hana i nā mika ma lalo o kahi $57.8 miliona US i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e ke aupuni e kiaʻi ʻia e Major Dale Winger o ka Joint Contracting Command ma Basra. Aneane i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana, ua pani ʻia ʻo Winger e Lieutenant Commander Brian Schorn. I ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻatikala, ʻōlelo ʻo Schorn ʻaʻole ʻo ia i wikiwiki i ka hana i hana ʻia, a hāʻawi i nā nīnau i kāna "keʻena mua" ma Baghdad ma ka US Army Corps of Engineers.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Parsons Iraq Joint Venture ʻōlelo ʻo Don Lassus i ka ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole ʻae ka ʻaelike me ka pūʻali i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i "kekahi ʻike i ʻike ʻole ʻia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka ʻae ʻole o ka pūʻali koa.
I kēia lā ʻaʻole i hiki i nā luna aupuni ke hoʻopaʻa paʻa inā e hoʻopio ʻia ana ka aila a ʻaʻole paha. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ana ʻaila. ʻO ka hōʻike hou loa i hoʻopuka ʻia e SIGIR i Ianuali 2007 e hōʻike ana e hoʻopau ʻia ka hana hoʻoponopono a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana ma ABOT i Mei 2007, akā "ʻaʻole maopopo inā e hoʻopau ʻia kēia papahana ma muli o nā koi de-obligation" ʻo ia hoʻi ka hiki ke ʻoki ʻia ke kālā.
ʻO Pratap Chatterjee ka luna hoʻoponopono o ʻO CorpWatch a me ka mea kākau o 'Iraq Inc.' (Seven Stories Press, September 2004).
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