On AlterNet: kbr

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Victory For Iraq War Whistleblower; KBR's Profiteering Exposed

Amy Goodman, Comment Is Free. July 27, 2011.

Military contract whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse's legal win is welcome, but US taxpayers are still out $5 trillion for Bush's wars.

Toxic Burn Pits Are Giving U.S. Soldiers Cancer: Will the Pentagon Do Something About It?

Beth Hawkins, Mother Jones. April 3, 2010.

Burning trash on bases is sickening soldiers, but the Army refuses to extinguish the burn pits.

KBR Tells Court It Was Following Military Orders When Employees Burned Toxic Waste in Open Pits

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. February 12, 2010.

The military's largest contractor is trying to avoid liability for health risks associated with burn pits on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the truth is emerging.

KBR Calls Former Employee Jamie Leigh Jones, Who Was Gang Raped By Co-Workers, A Liar

Stephanie Mencimer, MotherJones.com. January 25, 2010.

The notorious war contractor has fought Jones ever since she went public with her story, no matter how callous it makes the company look.

Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Passes, Infuriating Several (Male) Republicans

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2009.

Franken's measure passed, 68 to 30.

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.

30 GOP Senators Vote to Defend Gang Rape

Charles Lemos, MyDD.com AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 8, 2009.

A new low, by any account.

To Democrats Who Voted to "Defund ACORN": Where's the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. September 25, 2009.

The witch hunt against ACORN has moved forward while the Obama administration continues to contract with Blackwater, a firm whose criminal conduct is now legendary.

The Mysterious Electrocution Death of a Military Contractor in Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. September 10, 2009.

The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in the Green Zone resembles an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."

A 'Perfect Storm for Disaster' Brewing With Washington's 'Unprecedented' Shadow Army

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: World. June 15, 2009.

As troops and private contractors surge in Afghanistan, a new report reveals a system rife with 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.

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.

Obama's Blackwater? Chicago Mercenary Firm Gets Millions for Private "Security" in Israel and Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.

Federal records obtained by AlterNet reveal a multi-million dollar contract for a private U.S. paramilitary force operating out of Jerusalem.

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?

Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com. March 12, 2009.

Obama needs to ask his Pentagon commanders this: Can the U.S. military do anything without KBR?

In Iraq, Combating Oil Corruption, Staving Off Fears of a Kurdish-Arab War

Iraq Oil ReportFebruary 22, 2009.

A round-up of the most important news out of Iraq.

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

Renée 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.

Will KBR Be Held Accountable for U.S. Soldier's Electrocution in Iraq?

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. January 24, 2009.

An army investigator accuses KBR of negligent homicide.

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 Kept Foreign Contractors in Squalid Warehouses for Months

Adam Ashton, McClatchy Newspapers. December 5, 2008.

Some 1,000 Asian workers have spent up to three months in windowless warehouses in Baghdad, without money or a place to work.

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.

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.

One Fifth of Iraq Funding Goes to Private Contractors

Willam Fisher, IPS News. September 6, 2008.

If spending continues at the current rate, the U.S. will have spent 100 billion dollars on military contractors in Iraq by the end of the year.

U.S. Contractor in Iraq, KBR, Accused of Slavery

Satyam, ThinkProgress AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 29, 2008.

A Washington law firm has filed a lawsuit against KBR alleging their involvement in human trafficking, forced labor and slavery.

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."