U.S. State Department dismisses allegations workers building Baghdad embassy were mistreated

[babylonsister]

U.S. State Department dismisses allegations workers building Baghdad embassy were mistreated

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Top State Department officials dismissed on Thursday allegations that foreign workers were mistreated in building a new U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad.

Inspector General Howard Krongard said his conclusions were based on random interviews with several workers and inspection of dining room facilities, a medical clinic and trailers in which they
were housed.

«No interviewee was aware of any worker who had been mistreated,» he said in a memorandum that accompanied his testimony.

But he acknowledged recruiters in foreign countries may have misled foreign workers about pay expectations and living conditions and said he had informed the Justice Department about the situation.

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http://www.pr-inside.com/u-s-state-department-dismisses-allegations-r186027.htm

[leftofthedial]

1. I dismiss allegations that I snore

I also dismiss allegations that I ran that red light a couple of days ago at 3 in the morning when no one was coming

Furthermore, I dismiss allegations that I am a big smartass

[babylonsister]

2. Thank you for your response.

:rofl:

I don't believe the state dept, either!

[fed-up]

3. "random interviews with several workers"-like bush's "preselected" audiences

read Blackwater for the full story on these slave laborers



Foreign workers were packed in trailers and lacked such basic needs as shoes and gloves, Owens said. Their contract required them to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, with some time off on Friday for prayers, he said.

«Many of the workers were verbally and physically abused, intimidated and had their salary docked for reasons such as being five minutes late and sitting down on the job and other crazy stuff,» Owens said.

Mayberry, a medical technician, said there were 51 Filipinos on his flight to Baghdad but that all their tickets, and his own, said they were going to Dubai.

Mayberry said a First Kuwaiti manager told him not to tell the Filipinos they were being taken to Baghdad. «They had no idea they were being sent to do construction work on the U.S. Embassy,» Mayberry said.
«I believe these men were kidnapped,» he said.

[Solly Mack]

4. and America doesn't torture.........and

checks in the mail
this'll only hurt for a little while
it's only a cold sore
and I promise I'll pull out