U.S. Contractors in Iraq Say Work Goes On

[Khephra]

U.S. Contractors in Iraq Say Work Goes On

Thu August 21, 2003 02:45 PM ET

By Sue Pleming

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lead U.S. government contractors working in Iraq said on Thursday they had no plans to leave following this week's blast at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and their projects were on target.

While voicing concern privately about security after the blast at the U.N.'s Baghdad office that killed at least 24 people, U.S. firms in Iraq said they would stay the course.

"Security issues have not delayed our work or the deployment of our people. By and large work continues pretty much on target," said Bechtel spokesman Howard Menaker, pointing to other obstacles such as the searing heat in Iraq.

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http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3317395

[gratuitous]

1. And who's to say their work isn't going on?

So keep sending those big fat government checks to Bechtel, Halliburton and any other Bush cronies who got one of those open-ended, no-bid contracts, and don't ask any questions.

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. How brave of them!

The raping and looting of Iraq will go on! God bless them, the bastards.

[TacticalPeek]

3. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

The Bastards

Some Of Army's Civilian Contractors Are No-Shows In Iraq

By David Wood, Newhouse News Service

WASHINGTON -- U.S. troops in Iraq suffered through months of unnecessarily poor living conditions because some civilian contractors hired by the Army for logistics support failed to show up, Army officers said.

Months after American combat troops settled into occupation duty, they were camped out in primitive, dust-blown shelters without windows or air conditioning. The Army has invested heavily in modular barracks, showers, bathroom facilities and field kitchens, but troops in Iraq were using ramshackle plywood latrines and living without fresh food or regular access to showers and telephones.

Even mail delivery -- also managed by civilian contractors -- fell weeks behind.

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link http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Special%20Reports.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=16&rnd=722.9307335769577

another good related link http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2003-07-23/cover.html

(shamelessly copied)

[NYC]

4. Thank you for providing this.

This is proof that privatization is WRONG. I'm going to mail these links to politicians.

[stickdog]

5. How kind of them considering they are the prime suspects for the

UN attack.