KBR must be accountable for Iraq deaths: senators

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers on Tuesday raised concerns about the U.S. military's increased use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, and said KBR and other companies should be held accountable for the electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers and other mistakes.

Democratic Sens. Robert Casey of Pennsylvania and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota said the Army recently told the mother of a U.S. soldier that her son's electrocution death in Iraq was not accidental, but a "negligent homicide" by contractor KBR and two of its supervisors.

"Soldiers have died. Someone needs to be accountable for that," Dorgan told a news conference, describing the Pentagon's use of contractors in Iraq a "huge mess."

KBR spokeswoman Heather Browne said the company's investigation had produced no evidence linking the company to the death of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, who died from electrocution while taking a shower at his Baghdad base.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090127/pl_nm/us_iraq_kbr_1

[kas125]

1. The people who sent them to Iraq in the first place should

be held accountable as well.

[Wizard777]

2. I agree there must be accountability.