Halliburton delivered contaminated water to troops, covered it up

[ProSense]

Halliburton Cited in Iraq Contamination

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer
38 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - 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.

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"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.

Sen. Byron Dorgan (news, bio, voting record), D-N.D., who will chair the session, held a number of similar inquiries last year on contracting abuses in Iraq. He said Democrats were acting on their own because they had not been able to persuade Republican committee chairmen to investigate.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060123/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/halliburton_contaminated_water

[msongs]

1. dick cheney's halliburton, that is & dorgan has the right idea for

a shadow government, just like conyers does it.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/dean2008.htm

[varkam]

2. Don't you know stories like this just give comfort to our enemies?

Haha

[Wapsie B]

3. Good god when is this going to stop?

I wouldn't have as much problem with Halliburton if I knew they were an honest company and got their contract on the up and up. But with Cheney in there and all the things that have come out about this firm I think it's time for a good forensic accounting investigation as well as a criminal investigation.

[NYC]

7. It will stop when they stop profiting

from doing such things.

[Wapsie B]

8. And that's why the right in this country

needs constant bloodshed.

[Bozita]

4. "2x the normal contamination of untreated water from the Euphrates"

IIRC, the Euphrates is pretty much an open sewer.

[NYC]

6. I thought I had read that the Euphrates

had been turned into a sewer.

[zulchzulu]

5. New term for "contaminated water": Pre-initiated H20

If I was in the Halliburton war room, I'd devise a new way to change the subject and call comtaminated water something that sounds "official and military"....


Reporter:

"So what about reports Halliburton covered up the fact they were giving contaminated water to the troops and tried to cover it up?"

Halliburton Spokeshole (outsourced spokesperson with advertising background):

"Yes, there were some reports allegedly being bandied about on left-wing web sites about pre-initiated H2O intakes. We have been searching for whatever we can find concerning this matter with our own official scientific packets. As you well know, these same people have the same opinion as Osama Bin Ladin on the very successful war on terror...so consider the source." (try to laugh at last sentence...this disarms the crowd and the subject is thus changed)

Reporter:

"So the story isn't true?"

Halliburton Spokeshole (outsourced spokesperson with advertising background):

"My God! If such a story was true, I'd be the first person to find out more...but being a good American who thinks that the War on Terror is going along successfully, this story is merely a distraction or fabrication bby left-wing bloggers who have NO IDEA how lucky they are to live in a democracy...that said... we will find out who initially reported this sad story...and we will demand that all t's are dotted and all zeros are checked for validation. WE MUST look at this story with maturity!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. This could be our talking point for every damn RW scandal...

"Democrats were acting on their own because they had not been able to persuade Republican committee chairmen to investigate."

[Ron Day Voo]

10. A question:

Is everyone who works for Halliburton a Republican? (I don't know very much about the company.)

[ProSense]

11. No, but the employees who steal and lie to cover it up are crooks. n/t