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Original Article on Charleston Gazette October 5, 2010 by Andrew Clevenger / Charleston Gazette As a follow up to my last post about the deal between KBR and the Pentagon regarding the contractor’s liability stemming from Project RIO, or Restore Iraqi Oil, in which American and British soldiers and civilians were exposed to the toxic […]
If a Congressman from Oregon has his way, then American taxpayers would not be expected to foot the legal bills for private military contractors like the former Halliburton subsidiary that allegedly allowed dozens of National Guard troops to be poisoned by a dangerous chemical in Iraq. Legislation introduced to Congress by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) […]
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it’s déjà vu all over again for KBR. In my Aug. 31 post I wrote about a significant pro-veteran ruling in the Oregon KBR Qarmat Ali litigation. This is the case where Oregon National Guard troops allege KBR’s liability for negligence and for fraud arising out of plaintiffs’ exposure to sodium […]
Original Huffington Post Article A Pentagon deal to grant one of America’s largest military contractors immunity from harming soldiers and civilians in Iraq was a unique arrangement, according to Army Secretary John McHugh. As previously reported in Huffington Post and the Oregonian, taxpayers may be on the hook to compensate more than 150 military veterans […]
Original Article at Huffington Post Veterans 1, KBR O It is time once again to tune in to the latest epsiode, oops, I mean development, of the long running farce, oops, I mean legal case, involving KBR and Oregon National Guard soldiers. Yeterday there was significant pro-veteran ruling in the Oregon KBR Qarmat Ali litigation. […]
A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit by Oregon Army National Guard veterans against war contractor Kellogg Brown & Root can proceed.
Occupational Health News Roundup Category: Confined Space @ TPH • Occupational Health & Safety Posted on: July 22, 2010 4:42 PM, by Liz Borkowski The Oregonian’s Julie Sullivan has been following the story of the National Guard troops who were exposed to the carcinogen hexavalent chromium at the Qarmat Ali water plant in Iraq – […]
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 8:23 PM Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010, 7:52 AM Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a Qarmat Ali registry to aggressively track and treat veterans exposed to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq in 2003. The national surveillance program will register hundreds of National Guard […]
By Brian Bowling PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, July 21, 2010 The day after the 9/11 terrorist attack, Glen Bootay of Pleasant Hills enlisted in the Army. He was fit enough to complete boot camp, advanced combat training and airborne school before he helped coalition troops take control of the Baghdad Airport. On Tuesday, he needed a […]
BRITISH servicemen are suing an American engineering firm for allegedly exposing them to cancer-causing toxins while they guarded a water plant in Iraq. Despite warnings that a spate of nosebleeds among guards was caused by hexavalent chromium, engineering firm Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) allegedly covered up the “extreme danger”. The firm blamed the conditions […]
