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Halliburton, KBR Sued for Sickening Iraq Troops
A lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a...
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Halliburton Will Pay $559M in Nigerian Bribery Fines
Halliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit...
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US Soldier Held in Iraq Contractor's Shooting Death
A US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency...
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Civilian Contractors Are the 'Vietnam Vets' of Our Time
Thousands of Americans have come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who are veterans in all but name, writes T. Christian Miller—and the benefits afforded veterans. The military's unprecedented...
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Defense Dept. Opposed Anti-Rape Rule for Contractors
When 30 Republicans voted against an Al Franken amendment prohibiting defense contractors from forcing their employees to agree not to sue if they’re raped, Jon Stewart and liberals everywhere went...
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Burning Trash Made Us Sick: Troops
Hundreds of service members and employees of Kellogg Brown & Root have filed lawsuits against the contractor, which burns vast amounts of trash on US bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying the thick...
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Nigeria Charges Cheney in Bribery Case
Nigeria has indicted former vice president Dick Cheney and several other executives in a bribery case dating back to Cheney's time in charge of Halliburton. Prosecutors from Nigeria's anti-corruption...
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Worker Tells of Rape by US Contractor Crew in Iraq
A former employee of US contractor KBR recounted a horrifying ordeal in which she was drugged, gang-raped in Iraq by other workers, and then locked in a shipping container by two company guards so she...
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Texas Woman Loses Rape Case Against KBR
A woman who brought a high-profile rape case against military contractor KBR has lost her suit. A jury in Houston yesterday rejected Jamie Leigh Jones' claims that she was drugged and raped by several...
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Halliburton, KBR Sued for Sickening Iraq Troops
A lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Halliburton Will Pay $559M in Nigerian Bribery Fines
Halliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Soldier Held in Iraq Contractor's Shooting Death
A US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Civilian Contractors Are the 'Vietnam Vets' of Our Time
Thousands of Americans have come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who are veterans in all but name, writes T. Christian Miller—and the benefits afforded veterans. The military's unprecedented...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defense Dept. Opposed Anti-Rape Rule for Contractors
When 30 Republicans voted against an Al Franken amendment prohibiting defense contractors from forcing their employees to agree not to sue if they’re raped, Jon Stewart and liberals everywhere went...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Burning Trash Made Us Sick: Troops
Hundreds of service members and employees of Kellogg Brown & Root have filed lawsuits against the contractor, which burns vast amounts of trash on US bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying the thick...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nigeria Charges Cheney in Bribery Case
Nigeria has indicted former vice president Dick Cheney and several other executives in a bribery case dating back to Cheney's time in charge of Halliburton. Prosecutors from Nigeria's anti-corruption...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Worker Tells of Rape by US Contractor Crew in Iraq
A former employee of US contractor KBR recounted a horrifying ordeal in which she was drugged, gang-raped in Iraq by other workers, and then locked in a shipping container by two company guards so she...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Texas Woman Loses Rape Case Against KBR
A woman who brought a high-profile rape case against military contractor KBR has lost her suit. A jury in Houston yesterday rejected Jamie Leigh Jones' claims that she was drugged and raped by several...
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