Troops In Iraq Given Tainted Water

[LowerCaseRepublican]

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4394502&nav=2HAB

 

WASHINGTON Halliburton employees say they told the defense contractor that contaminated water was being used by U-S troops and civilians at a U-S military base in Iraq.

But the employees say they couldn't get Halliburton to inform camp residents of the problem.

 

The contaminated water came to light in internal company documents The Associated Press obtained from Senate Democrats who are holding a public inquiry tomorrow.

 

One of the memos was written by the official for Halliburton's K-B-R subsidiary, which was in charge of water quality in Iraq and Kuwait. He writes -- quote -- "we exposed a base camp population to a water source that was not treated."

 

Bottled water was used for drinking, but a water expert says the tainted water was used for everything else, including making coffee. Someone who worked at the base in Ramadi says he was among many people who got sick.

 

A Halliburton spokeswoman says the company did not find any contaminated water nor medical evidence of illnesses.

 

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Gee, a Halliburton PR person saying they didn't find any contaminated water...yet their employees and documents say they did.

[samclemens]

my uneduacted guess: no poisoning took place. this happens sometimes. this was not brought on by terrorists, just some s***ty water.

[Texsox]

my uneduacted guess: no poisoning took place. this happens sometimes. this was not brought on by terrorists, just some s***ty water.

 

And it is Halliburton's responsibility to assure our forces don't drink s***ty water. It looks worse for them when it isn't terrorism, just shoddy controls on the water quality and a possible cover-up.

 

This also highlights the enormous challenge of basically creating small cities with all the infrastructure requirements. It is amazing we can do that as effectivly as we can.