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On AlterNet: halliburton

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "halliburton"

To Profit-Driven Contractors: All Rape Cases Must Go Before the Law, Period

To Profit-Driven Contractors: All Rape Cases Must Go Before the Law, Period

Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 16, 2009.
The horrifying case of Jamie Leigh Jones, who was allegedly gang raped in Iraq shows how corporate interests take priority over human life.

Can Obama Avoid Another Abu Ghraib?

Can Obama Avoid Another Abu Ghraib?

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 16, 2009.
The Obama administration continues to rely upon private contractors to interrogate detainees.

Iraq Veterans File Suit Against KBR

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.
Contractors hired to "support the troops" are threatening their lives.

Report: Billions of Dollars Lost to Contractor Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Report: Billions of Dollars Lost to Contractor Fraud, Waste and Abuse

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 10, 2009.
Half of the personnel working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan are private contractors. This is a colossal rip-off to taxpayers.

How to Stay Out of Sight While Making Millions from the War in Iraq

How to Stay Out of Sight While Making Millions from the War in Iraq

Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com. June 3, 2009.
Is Halliburton forgiven and forgotten? Despite shocking revelations about its greed and cynicism to US soldiers, the company keeps its contracts.

Is KBR's Decade-Long Crime Spree Finally Coming to an End?

Is KBR's Decade-Long Crime Spree Finally Coming to an End?

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. May 20, 2009.
Bribes, kickbacks, concealing gang rapes, and engaging in human trafficking are among the crimes listed in a new class action lawsuit.

Burning Toxic Waste is Making U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis Sick, But the Pentagon Refuses to Admit It

Burning Toxic Waste is Making U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis Sick, But the Pentagon Refuses to Admit It

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.
Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians.

Inheriting Halliburton's Army: What Will Obama Do With KBR?

Inheriting Halliburton's Army: What Will Obama Do With KBR?

Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com. March 12, 2009.
Obama needs to ask his Pentagon commanders this: Can the U.S. military do anything without KBR?

Halliburton's Army: How Cheney's Former Firm Revolutionized Warmaking and Screwed Us in the Process

Halliburton's Army: How Cheney's Former Firm Revolutionized Warmaking and Screwed Us in the Process

Renee Feltz, Indypendent. February 10, 2009.
A new book on Halliburton looks at how a symbol of epic fraud in Iraq achieved so little with so much money.

Foreign Mercenaries Losing Their Immunity in Iraq

Foreign Mercenaries Losing Their Immunity in Iraq

Willam Fisher, IPS News. December 18, 2008.
Under the agreement approved by the Iraqi government last week, U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time.

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

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

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 4, 2008.
The scandals for this war profiteer just keep coming.

John Cusack Tackles War Profiteers Today on Meet the Bloggers

John Cusack Tackles War Profiteers Today on Meet the Bloggers

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. October 10, 2008.
Today at 1pm ET/10am PT.

The Secret Lives of Contractors

The Secret Lives of Contractors

Allen McDuffee, AlterNet. October 3, 2008.
A new documentary depicts the struggles of the abused, exploited, and invisible migrant workers employed by military contractors in Iraq.

KBR/Haliburton Worker Raped, Locked in Shipping Container

KBR/Haliburton Worker Raped, Locked in Shipping Container

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 8, 2008.
"It shows that when it comes to rape cover up, KBR knows what the hell it's doing, and knows that no one will even bother trying to stop them."

Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law?

Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law?

Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent. August 7, 2008.
Numerous private civilian contractors have died in Iraq under KBR's watch, yet the firm is immune from U.S. law.

Benjamin Carter v. Halliburton Company and KBR

Benjamin Carter v. Halliburton Company and KBR

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 25, 2008.
Taking Iraq's war profiteers to court.

Will Nobody Weep for Halliburton?

Will Nobody Weep for Halliburton?

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. July 22, 2008.
Sales are fine, but spinning off KBR is hurting the bottom line.

KBR Charged with Homicide by Mother of Electrocuted Soldier

KBR Charged with Homicide by Mother of Electrocuted Soldier

Greg Mitchell, Al Jazeera AlterNet: Video. July 14, 2008.
The extreme recklessness of the largest US civilian contractor in Iraq.

My Boss at KBR:

My Boss at KBR: "The military is none of our fucking concern."

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 12, 2008.
Ben Carter sheds light on KBR's atrocities.

The Five Secret Billion-Dollar Companies Sucking Obscene Amounts of Taxpayer Money

The Five Secret Billion-Dollar Companies Sucking Obscene Amounts of Taxpayer Money

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. June 26, 2008.
Meet the mystery defense contractors that are raking in billions in taxpayer dollars without notice.

Army Fired Official for Questioning $1 billion in Dodgy KBR Contracts

Army Fired Official for Questioning $1 billion in Dodgy KBR Contracts

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. June 17, 2008.
Whistleblower was replaced by contractor!

John Cusack's War

John Cusack's War

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. May 22, 2008.
War, Inc. is more than just a spoof of the corporatization of war; it's a powerful, visionary response to the cheerleading corporate media.

Bloated in Baghdad

Bloated in Baghdad

Sarah Stillman, Truthdig. May 2, 2008.
With American fast food readily available to U.S. troops, their expanding waistlines make a good metaphor for the general engorgement of the war.

At War With Ourselves: Battling Sexual Violence in the Military

At War With Ourselves: Battling Sexual Violence in the Military

Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check. April 21, 2008.
U.S. servicewomen are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. It's time we dealt with this national disgrace.

U.S. Women Working in Iraq Continue to be Sexually Assaulted While Their Rapists Go Free

U.S. Women Working in Iraq Continue to be Sexually Assaulted While Their Rapists Go Free

Karen Houppert, The Nation. April 17, 2008.
Sexual assault crimes by military contractors are going unprosecuted, not for a lack of legal tools, but a lack of will.