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Titolo: Water makes US troops in Iraq sick

Water makes US troops in Iraq sick
AP Exclusive: US Troops May Have Become Sick in Iraq From Contaminated
Water
LARRY MARGASAK
AP News
Mar 09, 2008 05:56 EST
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and
potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once
owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon's
internal watchdog says.
A report obtained by The Associated Press said soldiers experienced skin
abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses after
using discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry at five
U.S. military sites in Iraq.
The Pentagon's inspector general found water quality problems between
March 2004 and February 2006 at three sites run by contractor KBR Inc.,
and between January 2004 and December 2006 at two military-operated
locations.
It was impossible to link the dirty water definitively to all the
illnesses, according to the report. But it said KBR's water quality "was
not maintained in accordance with field water sanitary standards" and the
military-run sites "were not performing all required quality control
tests."
"Therefore, water suppliers exposed U.S. forces to unmonitored and
potentially unsafe water," the report said.
The problems did not extend to troops' drinking water, but rather to water
used for washing, bathing, shaving and cleaning. Water used for hygiene
and laundry must meet minimum safety standards under military regulations
because of the potential for harmful exposure through the eyes, nose,
mouth, cuts and wounds.
KBR said its water treatment "has met or exceeded all applicable military
and contract standards." The company took exception to many of the
inspector general's assertions. "KBR's commitment to the safety of all of
its employees remains unwavering," the company said in a statement to the
AP.
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 Mar 09, 2008 05:56 EST
#_La lista dei misfatti della Kellog Brown & Root ( KBR) a spese dei 
taxpayers USA si allunga:
Carburante rivenduto a prezzo esorbitante;
Fornitura di cibo substandard e ora pure dell'acqua.
La sussidiaria della Halliburton legata a Dick Cheney, dopo essersi 
appropriata di tutte le forniture all'esercito ( e lavori di ricostruzione) 
si e`rifugiata pure nel paradiso fiscale di Dubai, per fuggire alla 
tassazione USA.
http://maysbusiness.tamu.edu/old/2005/09/middleeast.html
Giano

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0502/S00073.htm
Bush Pays Halliburton For Services Never Rendered
Monday, 7 February 2005, 2:16 pm
Opinion: Evelyn Pringle
Bush Pays Halliburton For Services Never Rendered
By Evelyn Pringle
Miamisburg Ohio
As of June 2004, the Government Accounting Office estimated that more than 
$1 billion in taxpayer money had been wasted due to illegal overcharges by 
contractors in Iraq, since the onset of the war. Furthermore, experts say 
that once the total is calculated correctly, the losses could very well add 
up to billions more. 

 Fornitura di cibo substandard
e per essere sotto gli standard di gente che cresce nel McDonald,
bisogna andare a scavare nella monnezza di Napoli...
:D