HALLIBURTON exposed our troops to CONTAMINATED WATER

[Bluebear]

"They brushed it under the carpet," Carter said. "I told everyone, 'Don't take showers, use bottled water." A July 14, 2005, memo showed that Halliburton's public relations department knew of the problem. "I don't want to turn it into a big issue right now," staff member Jennifer Dellinger wrote in the memo, "but if we end up getting some media calls I want to make sure we have all the facts so we are ready to respond."



Troops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn't get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents.

Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, disputes the allegations about water problems at Camp Junction City, in Ramadi, even though they were made by its own employees and documented in company e-mails.

"We exposed a base camp population (military and civilian) to a water source that was not treated," said a July 15, 2005, memo written by William Granger, the official for Halliburton's KBR subsidiary who was in charge of water quality in Iraq and Kuwait.

"The level of contamination was roughly 2x the normal contamination of untreated water from the Euphrates River," Granger wrote in one of several documents. The Associated Press obtained the documents from Senate Democrats who are holding a public inquiry into the allegations Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060122/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/halliburton_contaminated_water_1&printer=1

[jsamuel]

1. Environment + healthcare + veterans + deregulation + privatization + corru

Evil sons-a-bitches… pardon my French. This is what happens when we privatize everything and deregulate our industries.

DEMS NEED TO MAKE THIS A BIG BIG BIG ISSUE!!!

Environment + healthcare + veterans issues + deregulation + privatization + corruption + Iraq war

[jsamuel]

4. Think Erin Brockovich

[annabanana]

2. looks like the troops go to war with the water they've got

not the water we all wish they had...

They will so rot in hell...

[Bluebear]

3. And can you IMAGINE what the Halliburton water cost us? nt

[mom cat]

5. My thoughts exactly!

[Zambero]

6. Let them drink Perrier

According to Halliburton informant Ben Carter: "They told me it was none of my concern and to keep my mouth shut."

Support the troops. Yeah, right.

Now the GOP leadership on the Hill is refusing to look into the matter. They certainly wouldn't want to stir up the pot and cause Cheney any embarassment.

How does one spell C-O-M-P-L-I-C-I-T ??

[sakabatou]

7. Bush don't care about anyone

[druidity33]

8. tip of the iceberg...

If ever anybody looks into the contracts in depth i'm sure this would just be the tip of the iceberg. These people are beneath contempt. Utterly despicable, nasty motherf*ckers... urrrghhh... blood boiling... :grr:

sometimes this makes me feel a little better...
(for stinky public restroom dispensation...)


...little bathroom stickers...

[Coexist]

9. this was just on MSNBC -

Halliburton said that testing found nothing... so... nothing to see here... move along.

[SodoffBush]

10. Halliburton won a no-bid contract from Bush.

What else would one expect them to say? "We accept full responsibility?"

[Independent_Liberal]

11. Prosecute! Prosecute! Prosecute!

Impeach Halliburton Man (aka Darth Cheney)!

[schmuls]

12. May these traitorous MoFos be raked over the coals for their crimes

[Bluebear]

13. kick

[uppityperson]

14. twice as contaminated as untreated Euphrates rivier water?

how did they manage to do that? Heck of a job, Halliburton.