Electrocutions kill at least 12 soldiers, Marines in Iraq....guess who fucked up?

[kaiser soze]

Kellogg Brown and Root!!

At least a dozen soldiers and Marines have been electrocuted in Iraq over the five years of the war, and investigators now are trying to learn what role improper grounding of electrical wires played in those deaths.

Houston-based KBR -- which builds bases and maintains housing for U.S. troops in Iraq -- is at the center of the inquiry, with questions being raised about its responsibility to repair known wiring problems.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/355742_troops20.html

Once again we see this sleaze coming up in the news and responsible for another war crime, killing U.S. troops because of half-assed work on a tax dollar to keep profit high.

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with this picture? Reported rapes, manslaughter, falsifying information, war-profiteering, the list is staggering and this company seems to get off every single time. The incompetence is beyond infuriating, it is straight up killing people.

The War in Iraq is all about the $$$....life be damned

[saz]

Bush Administration Trying To Stop Fraud Reporting By War Contractors Abroad

LARA JAKES JORDAN | March 20, 2008 08:59 PM EST | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole to track down how _ and why _ the Bush administration slipped it into plans to protect taxpayer money.

Leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee gave the administration until April 4 to turn over the documents or, aides have said, face a possible subpoena.

The controversial loophole has irked Democrats and Republicans alike. But it has the support of a trade association that lobbies on behalf of giant global government contractors, including Blackwater USA, KBR Inc., Boeing Co., CACI International Inc. and Lockheed Martin.

The United States has spent more than $102 billion over the last five years to help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. In that time, the Justice Department has uncovered at least $14 million in contract bribes in those two nations alone.

link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/20/bush-administration-tryin_n_92667.html)




The 100 Years War

Bill Maher | Posted March 21, 2008 | 01:11 PM (EST)

What if the war in Iraq did go on for 100 years, as McCain suggested it might? What are we looking at? An entire century of ever-increasing military spending, necessitating deep cuts in all other government programs -- like public education and health care and all that other sissy stuff. A staging ground for ten decades of warfare with Islamist militants, for whom the place is becoming a terrorist fantasy camp ("Come to Iraq and fight real Americans in your own back yard! Get your picture taken with real al Qaeda pros! Learn the fundamentals of blowing yourself up!"). And endless, lucrative contracts for American companies that support the war effort, from Grumman to Raytheon to -- of course -- Halliburton. Companies that in the absence of a Cold War might otherwise see their prospects dwindling.

link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/the-100-years-war_b_92775.html)