Friday, August 29, 2008

Former Halliburton Subsidiary Sued for Human Trafficking


Image from source, The Independent

AmericaBlog got this one right. I knew that KBR (formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton) was borderline evil. I mean, if Dick Cheney was once in charge of it, wouldn't that stand to reason? But human trafficking? Slavery? It's hard to say borderline to that, isn't it?

[Excerpt]

KBR sued for forcing Nepalese workers to Iraq

One of America's biggest military contractors is being sued by a Nepali labourer and the families of a dozen other employees who say they were taken against their will to work in Iraq. All but one of the Nepalese workers were subsequently kidnapped and murdered. . .

Read more at: The Independent



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