Haliburton: Untreated water at U.S. base in Iraq

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WTF??????

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10977706/
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Halliburton denies contamination of supply to American soliders, civilians

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.

“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.

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1. MORE...

The first memo on the problem — written by Carter to Halliburton officials on March 24, 2005 — was an “incident report” from tests Carter performed the previous day.

“It is my opinion that the water source is without question contaminated with numerous micro-organisms, including Coliform bacteria,” Carter wrote. “There is little doubt that raw sewage is routinely dumped upstream of intake much less than the required 2 mile distance.

“Therefore, it is my conclusion that chlorination of our water tanks while certainly beneficial is not sufficient protection from parasitic exposure.”

Carter said he resigned in early April after Halliburton officials did not take any action to inform the camp population.

[koopie57]

2. a family friend was in Iraq and

he was sick almost everyday with stomach flu, headache, just feeling crappy all the time. Of course, it kept him off a caravan that got blown up.

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3. that would be a great example of a 'mixed blessing' eh?

Is he home safe now?

[Solly Mack]

4. My husband got a 3rd world bug while in Iraq - from the food

that KBR furnished. From the KBR run mess hall.

Food which required water for cooking.

This isn't the first time KBR has had a contamination problem.

[Marleyb]

5. and yet Hallibuton recieved millions in bonuses for work well done

and that was after accidentally overcharging the gov't as well...

meanwhile our veterans health care is cut, and the poor go cold and hungry...