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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 08:58 AM
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Did anyone see the CNN report on men being held captive by KBR?
Their food and water is going to be shut down Monday. They've been beaten, their travel documents torn, sleeping 4 to an orphanage bunk bed, and sequestered from media reporting. I only heard part of it. I think the men were Nigerian but were they promised jobs in Iraq? I heard something about Kuwait I thought too. Disgusting motherfuckers KBR... I knew they were about slave labor up to their evil eyeballs fucking dick cheney.
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Just-plain-Kathy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 09:14 AM
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1. I remember when Halliburton was offering $100k for US workers, I guess they went a cheaper way.
KBR, Partner in Iraq Contract Sued in Human Trafficking Case

By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 28, 2008; A13

A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian subcontractor engaged in the human trafficking of Nepali workers. .....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703237.html
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-05-08 09:26 AM
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2. Your and my tax dollars pay for slave labor. Thank you Congress.
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