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  • September 2008

    • Ex Halliburton Exec Pleads Guilty to $180M Bribery

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 08 4:04 AM CDT

      Ex Halliburton Exec Pleads Guilty to $180M Bribery

      (Newser) - A fired Halliburton exec has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian government officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Albert Stanley, CEO of KBR when it was a Halliburton subsidiary, faces up to 7 years in jail and a restitution payment of nearly $11 million. Stanley was appointed by Vice President Dick Cheney, and many of the bribes occurred when Cheney still ran Halliburton.  More »

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      Dick Cheney  • Nigeria  • bribery  • oil companies  • bribe  • KBR  • Halliburton

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • Army 'Warned on Wiring' Before Soldier's Electrocution

      CNN  |  Jul 31, 08 12:31 PM CDT

      Army 'Warned on Wiring' Before Soldier's Electrocution

      (Newser) - A sergeant warned Army administrators about faulty wiring months before a soldier was electrocuted in a shower at the same quarters, CNN reports. "Pipes have voltage, get shocked in the shower," he wrote in a work order. A House committee probing the electrocution deaths in Iraq had previously heard there was no evidence the Pentagon or contractor KBR knew of electrical problems at the facility. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • KBR  • electrocution

    • Shoddy Electrical Work Killing US Troops in Iraq

      New York Times  |  Jul 18, 08 4:00 AM CDT

      Shoddy Electrical Work Killing US Troops in Iraq

      (Newser) - Shoddy electrical work by private contractors is making Iraq an even deadlier place for US troops, reports the New York Times . At least 13 troops have died from electrocution and many more have been injured. Others have perished in electrical fires. The problem is worse than the Pentagon has acknowledged, with 283 fires sparked at military installations in a 6-month period, according to Army documents. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Iraq contractors  • military bases  • KBR  • electrical shocks  • electrocution

  • June 2008

    • Army Overseer Ousted After Rejecting Bogus Iraq Bills

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      Army Overseer Ousted After Rejecting Bogus Iraq Bills

      (Newser) - Did a top Army official lose his job for trying to save the Army money? Charles Smith was ousted from his job after refusing to pay then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $1 billion in charges deemed bogus by Army auditors. “They had a gigantic amount of costs they couldn’t justify,” Smith tells the New York Times . “The money that was going to KBR was money being taken away from the troops, and I wasn’t going to do that.” Smith’s successor coughed up the money. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq contractors  • KBR  • Halliburton  • defense spending

  • May 2008

    • Iraqis Charge Sex Abuse at British Embassy

      Times (UK)  |  May 8, 08 9:23 AM CDT

      Iraqis Charge Sex Abuse at British Embassy

      (Newser) - Three staff at the British embassy in Baghdad are sexually harassed, bullied, and abused, say three Iraqi ex-employees. A female cleaner and two male cooks detail a brutal work culture overseen by American contractors, according to testimony taken by the embassy and obtained by the Times of London. The cleaner attested that she lost her job after refusing to sleep with her boss. More »

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      Baghdad  • abuse  • sexual harassment  • KBR  • bullying  • embassy  • subcontractor

  • February 2008

    • Women Report Sex Assaults by Contractors in Iraq

      New York Times  |  Feb 13, 08 11:03 AM CST

      Women Report Sex Assaults by Contractors in Iraq

      (Newser) - American women who report being sexually assaulted while working for contractors in Iraq are finding themselves stuck in a legal limbo, reports the New York Times . They are not covered by military laws, and the reach of American laws over US contractors abroad is still unclear. Contractors like KBR require workers to sign pacts saying disputes will be settled by private arbitration, leaving sexual assault victims unable to get justice. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq contractors  • sexual assault  • KBR

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