"Iraq for Sale" by Robert Greenwald Have you seen the film? IF NOT, YOU MUST!

[in_cog_ni_to]

I bought the movie the other day and just finished watching it and am SOOOOOOO pissed off right now. The corruption in this administration is outrageous and the repuke party LET IT HAPPEN and are still trying to cover up for them. You must see this movie! Your head will explode.

http://iraqforsale.org/

http://iraqforsale.org/diaries/companies/kbr/

"RIVETING, POWERFUL" "BLEW MY MIND"
The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.


Here are some of the corporations/private firms 'serving' in Iraq STEALING our money with the blessings of our CORRUPT GOVERNMENT:


CACI
http://www.caci.com/ (This company tortures people at Abu Ghraib)

From their web site:

Homeland Security
Systems Integration
Managed Network Services
Information Assurance
Logistics and Engineering
Intelligence Solutions
Knowledge Management
Vision & Solution Center

TITAN... This company hires translators that have no clue what they're doing.

Titan's Translators in Trouble

by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch
May 7th, 2004


Titan corporation of San Diego, California, one of the two companies accused of complicity in the prison abuse scandal in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, is currently facing numerous federal investigations for work done in Iraq and around the world.

The 23-year old company, which has about 12,000 employees and revenues of about $2 billion a year, sells information and communication services to military and spy agencies.

Titan manages to score those federal contracts despite the company's history of running afoul of the law. Just two months ago, the Army has suspended 10% of Titan's payment for current work in Iraq pending an audit of employment practices while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating bribery charges against the company in five countries.

Gained in Translation...
Titan earned $112.1 million dollars for translation services to the U.S. military around the world last year. Starting in 1999 the company has aggressively recruited translators in Arabic, Aramaic, Dari, Farsi, Georgian, Kurdish, Pashto, Tajik, Ughyur, Urdu and Uzbek by faxing community groups and visiting job fairs and language clubs. A toll-free number (1-800-899-6200) and email addresses for Titan employees Basir Kakar and Chiman Zebari have appeared on numerous discussion groups. <snip>

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=10848

http://www.titan.com/careers/list.html?req=3979&callid=2

DYNCORP (mercenaries...torturers)

Law Enforcement & Security
Maintaining security is a global problem, but individual security needs are unique. That is why we deliver flexible, integrated solutions to protect people, facilities and information. Using our vast experience in personal physical security and technology, and a global recruiting capability that is unrivaled in our industry, we work with you to assess risks and apply the right mix of the best people and the most advanced technologies available. We have trained police and provided civilian peacekeeping services on four continents and can provide fully certified U.S. police officers for training or specialized security functions.


http://www.dyn-intl.com/

KBR

Rips off tax payers by blowing up $100,00 trucks that have flat tires. Lets our troops shower in contaminated water. Let our troops DRINK contaminated water. Charges the government $99.00 to wash a bag a clothes. A soldier said he wanted to wash his own clothing because KBR did such a horrible job, but they are FORBIDDEN to wash their clothing because KBR's contract is a cost PLUS contract. The more they spend and charge the government, the more $$$$ they make. Charged $45.00 for a lunch pack...a sandwich and cola, made LOCALLY in the desert, so it's not like it was expensive to import the soda, but it's still a $45.00 charge that WE pay.. The head honchos let KBR employees drive into an area they KNEW was under attack...employees died because of their negligience.

For KBR orientation, employees were taken to a 5 star resort in Kuwait and given free EVERYTHING while they were there. Free food, free Ski-Doos to play on, free room and board...ALL paid for by YOU AND ME. KBR executives drive BRAND NEW HUMMERS!!!!@#$% Brand new Cadillac Escalades and WE pay for them. ONE vehicle lease bill was $7000.00 (YES! THOUSAND!) a month! Making the vehicle lease $250,000!! for the lease. A KBR secretary LIVES at this 5 star resort where she has her brand new SUV, FULLY LOADED, has her laundry washed and delivered to her room and she never has to leave her safe, plush surroundings of the resort (WHY does she need her brand new SUV if she never leaves the resort?)...WE PAY FOR THAT.

Bunnantine Greenhouse is in the movie. Remember her? She testified before Congress about the corruption and no-bid contracts.

Bush Buddies At Halliburton's KBR Gave Iraq Troops Raw Sewage, Bacteria & Parasites In Untreated Water For Years: "Incompetence And Willful Negligence In Protecting The Water Supply"


Halliburton Watch
September 27th, 2005

Sept. 20 (HalliburtonWatch.org)
Former KBR employees and water quality specialists, Ben Carter and Ken May, told HalliburtonWatch that KBR knowingly exposes troops and civilians to contaminated water from Iraq's Euphrates River. One internal KBR email provided to HalliburtonWatch says that, for "possibly a year," the level of contamination at one camp was two times the normal level for untreated water.

"I discovered the water being delivered from the Euphrates for the military was not being treated properly and thousands were being exposed daily to numerous pathogenic organisms," Carter informed HalliburtonWatch.

Carter worked at Camp Ar Ramadi, located 70 miles west of Baghdad in the notoriously violent Sunni Triangle, but he says water contamination problems exist throughout Iraq's military camps.

He helped manage KBR's Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU), which is a water treatment system designed to produce potable (drinkable) water from a variety of raw water sources such as lakes, lagoons and rivers. ROWPU is supposed to provide the troops with clean water from Iraq's Euphrates River.<snip>

http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=9231


KBR is a leading global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. The company is a leader in many of the growing end-markets it serves, particularly gas monetization, having designed and constructed, alone or with joint venture partners, more than half of the world's operating liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity over the past 30 years. KBR offers its wide range of services through two business segments, Energy and Chemicals (E&C) and Government and Infrastructure (G&I).

http://www.kbr.com/


Dick Cheney's Halliburton...we all know what Halliburton has done.

Technology · Expertise · Quality :eyes:


Since 1919, Halliburton has continued to earn the trust of our customers around the world by leading the well-site services industry through the delivery of innovative technology, reservoir-specific expertise and outstanding service quality. No matter how challenging their technology or service issues may be, our customers know that when they call Halliburton we will find a way to fulfill on our promise: The Reservoir — Delivered.

http://www.halliburton.com/

BLACKWATER....murderers. They Torture Abu Ghraib prisoners



Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.


Blackwater USA comprises nine separate business units to offer the most comprehensive professional security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.


VISION
To support security, peace, freedom, and democracy everywhere.

MISSION
To support national and international security policies that protect those who are defenseless and provide a free voice for all with a dedication to providing ethical, efficient, and effective turnkey solutions that positively impact the lives of those still caught in desperate times.

Blackwater is committed to the foot soldiers -- the men and women who stand on the frontlines of the global war on terror and who believe in a peaceful future for their communities and nations. Whether serving in or out of uniform, Blackwater is committed to providing these men and women with the very best in training and tactical support to ensure they are fully prepared to meet current and future global security challenges. WHAT A CROCK.emphasis mine.


http://www.blackwaterusa.com/


Blackwater Rising

Blackwater was founded in 1996 by conservative Christian multimillionaire and ex-Navy SEAL Erik Prince--the scion of a wealthy Michigan family whose generous political donations helped fuel the rise of the religious right and the Republican revolution of 1994. At its founding, the company largely consisted of Prince's private fortune and a vast 5,000-acre plot of land located near the Great Dismal Swamp in Moyock, North Carolina. Its vision was "to fulfill the anticipated demand for government outsourcing of firearms and related security training." In the following years, Prince, his family and his political allies poured money into Republican campaign coffers, supporting the party's takeover of Congress and the ascension of George W. Bush to the presidency.

While Blackwater won government contracts during the Clinton era, which was friendly to privatization, it was not until the "war on terror" that the company's glory moment arrived. Almost overnight, following September 11, the company would become a central player in a global war. "I've been operating in the training business now for four years and was starting to get a little cynical on how seriously people took security," Prince told Fox News host Bill O'Reilly shortly after 9/11. "The phone is ringing off the hook now."

Among those calls was one from the CIA, which contracted Blackwater to work in Afghanistan in the early stages of US operations there. In the ensuing years the company has become one of the greatest beneficiaries of the "war on terror," winning nearly $1 billion in noncovert government contracts, many of them no-bid arrangements. In just a decade Prince has expanded the Moyock headquarters to 7,000 acres, making it the world's largest private military base. Blackwater currently has 2,300 personnel deployed in nine countries, with 20,000 other contractors at the ready. It has a fleet of more than twenty aircraft, including helicopter gunships and a private intelligence division, and it is manufacturing surveillance blimps and target systems.

In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina its forces deployed in New Orleans, where it billed the federal government $950 per man, per day--at one point raking in more than $240,000 a day. At its peak the company had about 600 contractors deployed from Texas to Mississippi. Since Katrina, it has aggressively pursued domestic contracting, opening a new domestic operations division. Blackwater is marketing its products and services to the Department of Homeland Security, and its representatives have met with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The company has applied for operating licenses in all US coastal states. Blackwater is also expanding its physical presence inside US borders, opening facilities in Illinois and California.<snip>

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/scahill/2

[jeff30997]

1. Since 1919, Halliburton has ...

So,they missed the opportunity to profit from WWI,hey?

[AuntPatsy]

2. K&R

No surprise here.

[robpopulace]

3. Watch it...

here.