Human Rights Inquiry Set For Warehoused Asians In Iraq

Human Rights Inquiry Set For Warehoused Asians In Iraq

BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military and defense contractor KBR are investigating possible human-rights abuses at a compound near the Baghdad airport where a Kuwaiti company housed about 1,000 Asian men it recruited for jobs in Iraq that didn't materialize.

About 400 of the men continue to wait for flights back to their home countries more than a week after officials from Najlaa International Catering Services said they were planning to repatriate the men. The others were sent home, a Sri Lankan who's still living on the grounds said Friday.

"We're tired of their drama. We just want to leave," said Manoj Kodithuwakku, 28.

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