Firm Failed to Protect U.S. Troops' Water (I let you guess which firm :)

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Halliburton-Contaminated-Water.html

March 16, 2006
Firm Failed to Protect U.S. Troops' Water
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 3:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Halliburton Co. failed to protect the water supply it is paid to purify for U.S. soldiers throughout Iraq, in one instance missing contamination that could have caused ''mass sickness or death,'' an internal company report concluded.

The report, obtained by The Associated Press, said the company failed to assemble and use its own water purification equipment, allowing contaminated water directly from the Euphrates River to be used for washing and laundry at Camp Ar Ramadi in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Halliburton said Wednesday it conducted a second review last year that found no evidence of any illnesses in Iraq from water and it believes some of its earlier conclusions were incomplete and inaccurate. The company declined to release the second report.

..more at article...

[acmavm]

1. It's always nice to be reminded that we paid them billions of dollars

for doing or supplying absolutely NOTHING.

In a sane world this would be fraud or theft by deception or breach of contract at the very least.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. I'm glad no one got seriously ill from this

what greedy pigs these folks are at Halliburton. No wonder Cheney fit in so well.

[Sperk]

3. who runs Halliburton.....Satan's evil twin?

jesus, one would think you would have to TRY to be this incompetent

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

14. He used to, but now he's Vice President

This guy is just his anointed replacement:

David Lesar joined Halliburton in 1993 and has served the Company in many capacities. Currently, Mr. Lesar is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton, one of the world’s largest diversified energy services, engineering and construction companies. Halliburton operates in approximately 100 countries with approximately 100,000 employees worldwide.

Mr. Lesar served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Halliburton from June 1997 to August 2000. From September 1996 through June 1997, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Brown & Root, Inc., the Halliburton business unit conducting engineering and construction business in the petroleum, forest products, civil, manufacturing, environmental, maintenance and government markets.

Mr. Lesar also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton. Before that position, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration for Halliburton Energy Services, a Halliburton business unit.

Mr. Lesar is a 1978 graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he earned his bachelor of science and master of business administration degrees. He serves on the board of directors of the Lyondell Corporation. He is a member of the Upstream Committee of the American Petroleum Institute.

http://www.halliburton.com/about/exec_dave_lesar.jsp

[izzie]

4. I am sure I read this months ago and was just as mad then,.

Course we will pay the co.

[Dunvegan]

5. This is EXACTLY the kind of article to send to right-leaning folk...

...who send you their blind missives.

Let's get this one out there today.

Mention (many people don't know the connection) that HALLIBURTON = CHENEY.

Then paste the article.

This is a good e-mail blast.

It's like water...eventually even water can wear away a mountain.

[tanyev]

12. I've been checking Free Republic all morning to see their

reaction to this news. I don't think anyone has posted it because it doesn't come up for any of the words I try in their abysmal search engine. Quelle surprise.

[MH1]

6. MSNBC has this on the front page

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11854311/

(not the lead, but first on the list of "In the News", at the moment)

[0007]

7. ...and to think they'll be operating our ports before too long from now.

[Pirate Smile]

8. AP: Memo: Halliburton failed to purify GIs’ water

Memo: Halliburton failed to purify GIs’ water
Internal report says contamination could've caused 'mass sickness or death'

WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co. failed to protect the water supply it is paid to purify for U.S. soldiers throughout Iraq, in one instance missing contamination that could have caused “mass sickness or death,” an internal company report concluded.

The report, obtained by The Associated Press, said the company failed to assemble and use its own water purification equipment, allowing contaminated water directly from the Euphrates River to be used for washing and laundry at Camp Ar Ramadi in Ramadi, Iraq.

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Company declines to release second report

-snip-
The contaminated, non-chlorinated water at Ar Ramadi was discovered in March 2005 in a commode by Ben Carter, a KBR water expert at the base. In an interview, Carter said he resigned after KBR barred him from notifying the military and senior company officials about the untreated water.

A supervisor at Ar Ramadi “told me to stop e-mailing” company officials outside the base and warned that informing the military “was none of my concern,” Carter said. He said he threatened to sue if company officials didn’t let him be examined to determine whether he suffered medical problems from exposure to the contaminated water.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11854311/

[LynnTheDem]

9. Halliburton...

motherfuckers.

[Sabriel]

10. That would cut into their profit margin

And we certainly can't have that.

[DS1]

11. These people should sign contracts they state failure to provide

adequate services for troops as paid for by the Pentagon results in them and everyone in their immediate families of age getting strapped into cammies and shipped to the front lines :grr:

[wordpix2]

13. & for this we've paid Hburton $Billion$ in no-bid contracts-heckuva job

[Dunvegan]

15. No kidding...this crap has got to STOP.

America is going steadily and swiftly to utter ruin.

One million Americans in permanent encampment at the White House.

What will it take?

[IChing]

16. Firm (haliburton) failed to protect U.S. troops' water (sickness & death)

By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press Writer






WASHINGTON (AP) -- Halliburton Co. failed to protect the water supply it is paid to purify for U.S. soldiers throughout Iraq, in one instance missing contamination that could have caused "mass sickness or death," an internal company report concluded.

The report, obtained by The Associated Press, said the company failed to assemble and use its own water purification equipment, allowing contaminated water directly from the Euphrates River to be used for washing and laundry at Camp Ar Ramadi in Ramadi, Iraq.

The problems discovered last year at that site - poor training, miscommunication and lax record keeping - occurred at Halliburton's other operations throughout Iraq, the report said.

"Countrywide, all camps suffer to some extent from all or some of the deficiencies noted," Wil Granger, Theatre Water Quality Manager in the war zone for Halliburton's KBR subsidiary, wrote in his May 2005 report.>>>>snip

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HALLIBURTON_CONTAMINATED_WATER?SITE=FLSTU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT