Tomgram: Pratrap Chatterjee, inheriting halliburton's army


	Tomgram: Pratrap Chatterjee, inheriting halliburton's army

doodleicious

2-20-2009 1:10 PM

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doodleicious says:

and probably coming to a town near u-----Xe..........

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