Iraq auditor to withhold invoices

The US Army should withhold payment of 15% of Halliburton’s future invoices in Iraq due to billing problems, said the chief auditor for US funded work in Iraq on Wednesday.

Special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction Stuart Bowen said in a memo to army auditors and commanders he believes US contract laws requiring a withholding when conditions are not met should be imposed on Halliburton unit Kellogg Brown and Root.