KBR, Oregon soldiers back in federal court over medical claims Friday By Mike Francis, The Oregonian The Oregonian Lawyers for military contractor KBR Inc. will ask a federal judge in Portland Friday to rule against a group of 34 Oregon Guard soldiers who say the contractor knowingly exposed them to a carcinogenic compound in Iraq […]
December 17th, 2011 | Posted in News Coverage,Oregon Live | Read More »
Mike Francis, The Oregonian Even if most Oregonians weren’t paying attention, the war in Iraq touched the state in many ways. The eight-plus years of military occupation were marked by courage, tedium, good deeds, sacrifice and sorrow. The Oregon National Guard sent about 5,300 people to Iraq, with many of them deploying more than […]
December 15th, 2011 | Posted in Oregon Live | Read More »
Original Article at: By: Paul J. Nyden CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Monday, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller asked the U.S. Department of Defense to make sure 122 members of the West Virginia National Guard — as well as Guard members from other states including Oregon and Indiana — receive health care after being exposed to sodium […]
October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Charleston Gazette | Read More »
by Ry Rivard CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A recent report faults a national defense contractor and U.S. military officials for failing to comply with and enforce workplace safety standards as Americans – including 122 members of the West Virginia National Guard – were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq. The report concludes a two-year investigation […]
October 28th, 2011 | Posted in Charleston Daily Mail | Read More »
The United States Department of Defense released a report on September 28, 2011, confirming that KBR failed to act to protect servicemen from exposure to sodium dichromate (hexavalent chromium) while they were guarding KBR’s Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Iraq. The report faulted the U.S. military as well for a failure to closely monitor […]
October 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Qarmat Ali News | Read More »
An Inspector General report has found that the Defense Department and contractor KBR failed to act quickly to protect servicemembers and civilians after discovering that they had been exposed to a hazardous chemical at a water-treatment plant in Iraq, according to a story in The Oregonian newspaper. Dozens of National Guardsmen from Oregon and Indiana […]
September 30th, 2011 | Posted in News Coverage,Stars and Stripes | Read More »
Mike Francis, The Oregonian The Defense Department and contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root failed to act as quickly as they should have to protect those exposed to a carcinogenic chemical at an Iraqi water treatment plant in 2003, according to a report Wednesday by the Defense Department’s Inspector General. The report was hailed as a […]
September 29th, 2011 | Posted in News Coverage | Read More »
by: Glenna Herald A private company with an office in Memorial is being sued over claims it is poisoning soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq by disposing of human corpses, spent munitions, chemicals and more, in gigantic, open burn pits. Matthew Guthery filed a lawsuit on Aug. 4 in the Harris County District Court against […]
August 8th, 2011 | Posted in Ultimate Memorial | Read More »
Iraq veteran is cancer ‘timebomb’ Published by Chad.co.uk Published on Thursday 21 July 2011 14:34 AN Iraq War veteran from Skegby has spoken of his fear he may develop cancer as a result of the deadly chemicals he was exposed to while serving in Basra. Cpl Jon Caunt (35) undertook five tours of Iraq […]
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in International News | Read More »
Press Release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) June 17, 2011, Original press release on Senator Joe Manchin website Defense Spending Bill Calls for Immediate Release of Report; Manchin Builds on Work of Senator Rockefeller and Others Washington, D.C. – West Virginia National Guard members exposed to a lethal carcinogen in Iraq are one step […]
June 28th, 2011 | Posted in News Coverage,Press Release | Read More »