Memo: Halliburton failed to purify GIs’ water

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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.

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


*As a soldier who just returned from a second tour of Iraq, this leaves me outraged. No wonder we were sick half the time.

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1. Duplicate topic

earlier discussion here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2170185