Iraq – Page 5 – Deep Sand

Haliburton Taking Good Care of Our Troops

September 21, 2005September 21, 2005 John cheney, Corruption, dick, drinking water, haliburton, Iraq, sewage, sick, troops, vice president, War, white house

Not only did Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary serve U.S. troops in Iraq spoiled food (sometimes a year past the expiration date), but also contaminated water from Iraq’s Euphrates River, containing “numerous pathogenic organisms” at nearly two times the normal contamination levels of untreated water. “[R]aw sewage is routinely dumped less than two miles from the water intake location.”

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$1 Billion Stolen From Iraq’s Defense Ministry

September 21, 2005September 21, 2005 John billion, Bush, defense, dollars, Iraq, president, stupid, theft, War

The Iraq Defense Ministry is the victim of one of the largest thefts in history. One billion dollars meant to buy arms from Pakistan and Poland was siphoned off, resulting in overpayment for inferior equipment such as “armoured cars…so poorly made that even a bullet from an elderly AK-47 machine-gun could penetrate their armour.”