Monday, November 09, 2009

Can We Haul Up KBR/Halliburton for Treason Yet?

Let's see, aside for overcharging for services, taking money for services not rendered, failing to provide needed water, human trafficking, and bribe-taking, KBR also burned hazardous waste and exposed tens of thousands of people, including troops.

Defense contractor KBR may have exposed as many as 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancer-causing toxins by burning waste in open-air pits in Iraq, says a series of class-action lawsuits filed against the company.

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KBR burned "tires, lithium batteries ... biohazard materials (including human corpses), medical supplies (including those used during smallpox inoculations), paints, solvents, asbestos insulation, items containing pesticides, polyvinyl chloride pipes, animal carcasses, dangerous chemicals, and hundreds of thousands of plastic water bottles."

And they did so within plain sight of US troops operating in Iraq, the lawsuit states. "In some instances, the burn pit smoke was so bad that it interfered with the military mission," the Nashville lawsuit states. "For example, the military located at Camp Bucca, a detention facility, had difficulty guarding the facility as a result of the smoke."

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At a hearing of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on Friday, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said that KBR continues to use burn pits at the US's largest base in Iraq [Balad Airbase].

  Raw Story

At least a class action lawsuit has been filed for that. But why aren't these things acts of treason?


....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


1 comment:

  1. Full story here:

    http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2009/11/8/soldiers_claim_war_zone_contractors_exposed_them_to_toxins

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