KBR, the former subsidiary of Halliburton, has been accused of shoddy electrical work, in connection to the deaths of 13 Americans, numerous injuries, 283 electrical fires which destroyed or damaged military facilities in Iraq, plus reports of soldiers receiving electric shocks almost on a daily basis.

This absurd level of incompetence might be considered by some as mere happenstance. However, if we were to add to this KBR’s sordid history as a military contractor, many should be outraged that KBR has not been held properly accountable!

• Recently, a law suit was filed against KBR by four women, accusing male co-workers of sexual harassment, and in two cases rapewhile in Iraq.

• KBR was responsible for hiring the hiring of Blackwater security forces in Iraq (services which the Army was supposed to be providing), resulting in the deaths of eight Iraqi civilians during a Bagdad street battle.

• KBR intentionally exposed troops and civilians to contaminated water from the Euphrates River. The contamination level at one camp was twice the normal level for untreated water.

• KBR obstructed oil production and may very well have permanently damaged Iraq’s largest oil field , depriving the country of hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue. Remember the, one of Bush’s justifications for the war was that Iraq’s oil production would offset the costs of the war.

• KBR, Halliburton, was accused of "highway robbery" by Democratic senators Henry Waxman and John Dingell. KBR charged the U.S. government $.43 per litre for fuel which could be purchased in the region for approximately $.19, and transported to Iraq for no more than $.07 per litre. Then KBR turned around and sold it to Iraq for $.01 to .04 per liter. KBR defended its pricing as fair. Guess who got stuck paying the difference? The American taxpayer!

• In 2006, KBR agreed to a settlement of $8 million, after an initial payment of $2.1 million, to the U.S.Government for double-billing, inflating prices and providing products that didn't fit the Army's needs during the construction of Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. The settlement was deemed small potatoes, when compared to other violations of the False Claims Act , by Patrick Burns, communications director of Taxpayers Against Fraud.

Now one may ask: How could a company get away with such incompetence and shady business dealings, on such a grand scale, and remain in business?

It can be answered in two words: Dick Cheney

these people should be hung

everytime i hear about this kind of stuff i just go insane !!!

OUR troops are doing without just so these "elites" can get every freakin thing they want

bush has used mercenaries so he wouldnt have to institute a draft, which would have ended the war in a matter of months if rich kids had to go

my only hope is that , in the end, cheney goes to hell....cause that is where he belongs