[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Interesting DOD Contract

Posted: 2/15/2005 2:43:35 PM EDT

International Trading Establishment, Amman, Jordan, was awarded on Feb.
14, 2005, a delivery order amount of $29,320,709 as part of a $174,432,311
firm-fixed-price contract for various radios, heavy and light machine guns, AK-47
rifles, M4 shotguns, 9mm handguns, and night vision goggles. Work will be
performed in Amman, Jordan, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 11, 2008.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were
an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on Dec. 6, 2004, and 16
bids were received. The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Warren,
Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-D-0126).

You think these are to outfit the iraqi troops?