U.S. troops in Iraq fed ice from unsanitized morgue trailers: Justice Dept.
U.S. soldiers deployed to Iraq between 2003 and 2004 were fed ice that was shipped in unsanitized containers used as temporary morgues, if allegations by the Justice Department turn out to be true.
The Justice Department is going after military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root, as well as Kuwaiti companies La Nouvelle General Trading & Contracting Co. (La Nouvelle) and First Kuwaiti Trading Co., for defrauding the U.S. Army, the Military Times reported. The stomach-churning details of food containers is included in the suit.
The Justice Department is accusing KBR of using “refrigerated trailers to transport ice for consumption by the troops that had previously been used as temporary morgues without first sanitizing them.”
“Sometime around July 2003, while [refrigerated trailer] R-89 was being used as a morgue, the refrigeration motor broke down, leading KBR to send it back to Kuwait for repairs,” the suit said. “In late August 2003, after R-89 was repaired, KBR used the reefer to transport potable ice for the troops at Camp Matilda in Kuwait. KBR did not properly sanitize R-89 before loading it with potable ice for use by the troops.”
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/29/us-troops-iraq-were-fed-ice-unsanitized-morgue-tra/
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and we would be horrified, I'm sure, if we heard the rest of the story. Not to worry, they'll get a slap on the wrist and pay a small fine. I remember hearing of maggots in their food, organisms wiggling in their water supply, unwashed laundry, etc., etc., etc. But, you know what they always say: "Support the Troops!" 
