Indian's taken from Kuwait- Forced to work 9 mos in U.S. military camps

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Probe into Iraq trafficking claims-
From CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott
Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Indian press reports said that Indian nationals in Jordan and Kuwait were recruited for jobs in U.S. military camps in Iraq as cooks, butchers, laundry workers and handymen.

Some of the Indians charge they signed up through Indian employment companies to work in Kuwait, but ended up in Iraq working for low pay and were refused permission to leave the country.

Four Indians claim they escaped from an American military camp in Mosul after enduring a nine-month ordeal, and one man told India's IANS news service that he was forced to cook pork, forbidden under Islam, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi began looking into the reports after it was contacted by the Indian government Tuesday.

"Obviously, we take all such reports seriously and will do our best to find out the facts of the matter," said Boucher.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/05/iraq.india.trafficking/index.html

[KoKo]

1. Interesting. Like in the old days when the Merchant Ship owners would

capture kids on the street and make them serve on the Merchant Ships for 2 years or more as galley slaves or gofers.

Older males were also captured and forced to work on these ships. It's like slavery in a way. But done as a "bait and switch" with a "wink and nod" by these more sophisticated operators in the World Crime Family in the New Millenium.

Ugh..