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KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and Putrefied Remains'

ZP Heller | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Toxic Water, Iraq for Sale, Kbr, Iraq, Joshua Eller, Ben Carter, Halliburton, Politics News
ZP Heller

The former Halliburton subsidiary also failed to manage a medical incinerator properly, disposing medical waste and human remains in an open air burn pit.

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Soldiers Sue KBR Over Iraq Chemical Exposure

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chemical Exposure, War Wire, Kbr, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Haliburton, Politics News

INDIANAPOLIS — Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued the big defense contractor KBR Inc. on Wednesday, saying its employees knowingly all...

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Bush Administration Moves to Defend Halliburton and Cheney

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Kuwait, Peoria Trial, Judge McDade, Halliburton, George W. Bush, Afghanistan, Jeff Mazon, Iraq, Dick Cheney, Contract Abuse, Politics News
Ray Hanania

The Bush administration moved to prevent Jeff Mazon from making a defense that would most certainly shift the blame from charges he took a bribe in th...

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U.S. Contractor KBR Sued For Human Trafficking

Washington Post | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Kbr Human Trafficking, Us Contractors Iraq, Kbr Contract, Kbr Contractor, Kbr Lawsuit, Iraq Contractors, Human Trafficking, Politics News

A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian ...

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America's Foreign Policy Diagnosed with ADHD (ADD)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gas, Russian Federation, Adhd, George W. Bush, NYU Child Studies Center, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Michael Phelps, US Spy Satellite, Kbr, Add, Bechtel, Georgia, Russia, Oil, Blackwater USA, Dsm-Iv-Tr, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

I know three things about ADHD (ADD) for certain. First, Michael Phelps has it; his mom has been good enough to use her media platform in places like ...

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The October Surprise Shouldn't Come as One

Trey Ellis | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Kbr, Blackwater, Halliburton, Oil Profits, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, 2008 Election, War Profiteering, Barack Obama, Politics News
Trey Ellis

What will it be? A nod to Israel to bomb Iran? An American-engineered coup in Pakistan? Whatever it is, it is coming and if Obama intends to weather the dirty trick he will have to be prepared.

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The High Cost of Security

William Fisher | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Security Contractors, Kbr, Iraq, Congressional Budget Office, Blackwater, Politics News
William Fisher

As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by th...

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Pentagon Admits More Electrocutions in Iraq -- KBR Denies Blame

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Warwire, Iraq, Casualties, Cheryl Harris, Electrocutions, Iraq Electrocutions, Iraq Contractors, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

16 American troops have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq, the Defense Department said Friday. They include 11 Army soldiers and five Marines.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Wind Power, Coal Plants, Co2 Emissions, Wolf Reintroduction, Yellowstone, Green Jobs, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Ford Motor Co, Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Administration Torture, Kbr, John Ashcroft Waterboarding, General Motors, KBR Electrocution, Defense Contractors, Contraception, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, SUV Sales, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Ashcroft claims waterboarding isn't torture, Green energy sector jobs surge, Ford offers more fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S., and the White House tries to define contraception as abortion.

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American Hero: Mother of Electrocuted U.S. Soldier Inspires National Probes

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Warwire, Iraq, Pentagon, Iraq Casualties, Electrocutions, Non-Combat Deaths, Cheryl Harris, Media News
Greg Mitchell

Cheryl Harris has been instrumental in getting Congress, and the Pentagon, to probe the issue of noncombat deaths -- and she finally testified before Congress two weeks ago.

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KBR Charged With 'Homicide'-- By Mother of Electrocuted Soldier

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Vets, Afghanistan, Casualties, Veterans, War, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

I've written often here about my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died in Iraq. She finally testified before Democrats in Congress yesterday.

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Iraq Contractor KBR Employed Underqualified Workers

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Haliburton, Kbr, Iraq Contractors, Warwire, Politics News

WASHINGTON — KBR Inc. used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn't spea...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Tar Sands, 2000 Election, Solar Moratorium, Kbr, Bush White House, Antonin Scalia, North Pole, UN Probe Civilian Deaths, Al Gore, Iraqi Oil Ministry, Iraq War Funding, War on Science, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Global Warming, Exxon Valdez, Oregon, Media News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Iraq War Contractors, Iraq, Casualties, US Soldiers, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.

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Charlie Rose and His Iraq War Panel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Kbr, Stephen Biddle, Charlie Rose, Iraq War, War Profiteering, Vali Nasr, Michael Gordon, Experts, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

What appalled me was that Rose allowed key problems regarding Americans' perceptions of the Iraq adventure to be omitted from the discussion altogether.

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Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, War Contractor, Kbr, Iraq War Spending, Fired Officer, Army, Military Spending, Questionable Contracting, Halliburton, Accountability, Army Officer Fired, Contractor, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

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Blackmail

Mark Kleiman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Privatization, Kbr, Supporting the Troops, Cheney, Halliburton, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

The Halliburton board knew what it was doing when it gave Dick Cheney $80 million he wasn't contractually entitled to as he moved from its executive suite to the White House.

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Army Official Ousted For Refusing To Approve $1 Billion In Questionable Iraq Funds

New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Warwire, Iraq Contracting, Iraq Funding, Iraq Warwire, Iraq KBR, Politics News

The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 b...

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American Democracy, LLC

Matthew-Lee Erlbach | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Obama, Iran, Iraq, Blackwater, Mccain, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Guantanamo, Pakistan Democracy, North Korea, Torture, Politics News
Matthew-Lee Erlbach

The US is kind of like a big corporation, taking over other companies -- countries -- and rebuilding them in its image. We install leaders, or CEOs, of these countries in the name of "Freedom."

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The Pentagon's Fifteen Billion Dollar Pirate Plunder

Paige Donner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon Audit, Contractors, Congressional Oversight Committee, Free Government Information, Pigs at the Trough, Unaccounted for Expenditures, Rep. Henry Waxman, Halliburton, Senator Obama, U.S. Taxpayer Dollars, Institute for Policy Studies, Iraq, U.S. Army Soldiers, Clean Contracting Amendment, Federal Regulations, Fraud, Kbr, War on Iraq, Army, Fifteen Billion Dollars, CBS News, Mary Ugone, New York Times, Washington Post, Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq Kuwait and Egypt, Misappropriation, American Idol, Seized Iraqi Oil Money, Indiana Jones Sequel, Kellogg Brown Root, Cash, Politics News
Paige Donner

(No, this is NOT an Indiana Jones Sequel) Yes, you read that correctly. American taxpayers have paid out $15 Billion U.S. dollars in unaccounted for...

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KBR Employee Raped In Iraq

The Nation | Karen Houppert | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Kbr, Lisa Smith Kbr Rape, Kbr Female Employee Raped, Iraq War, Kbr Rape Iraq, Lisa Smith Kbr, Iraq, Kbr Rape, Lisa Smith, Politics News

It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith*, a paramedic for a defense contractor in southern Iraq, woke up to find her entir...

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Halliburton Subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Avoided US Taxes Through Off-Shore Shell Companies

Boston Globe | Farah Stockman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Halliburton Avoiding Taxes, Warwire, Halliburton Kbr, Kbr, Halliburton, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Halliburton Iraq Avoid Taxes, Halliburton Taxes, Iraq, Kellog Brown and Root, Halliburton Cayman Islands, Halliburton Subsidiary, Politics News

Kellogg Brown & Root, the nation's top Iraq war contractor and until last year a subsidiary of Halliburton Corp., has avoided paying hundreds of milli...

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Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Charges

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Kbr, Kbr Rape Case, Iraq War Contractors, Iraq and Pentagon, Jamie Leigh Jones, George W. Bush, KBR Rape Allegations, Halliburton/Kbr, Iraq, War in Iraq, Warwire, Politics News

The Defense Department's top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped ...

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Bush Administration Silent On Halliburton Rape Accusations

ABC News | Justin Rood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Halliburton/Kbr, Kbr, Jamie Leigh Jones, Halliburton, Bush Silent, George Bush, Iraq, Security Contractors and Iraq, Rape, White House, War in Iraq, Iraq War, American Security Contractors, Breaking Politics News, Politics News

A powerful senator says he is still waiting for the Bush administration to respond to inquiries he made last month following reports that American wom...

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