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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Yup. It's official. Dick Cheney really IS still running the country
Posted by Jill | 6:15 AM
Raw Story:
US soldiers are now being forced to steal water in Iraq. With supplies tight, and the number of trucks carrying potable water even tighter, troops have resorted to stealing water from civilian contractors. Many have also reportedly suffered from dysentery because they were forced to drink untreated water from Iraqi wells.

The shocking news aired Wednesday on Houston-based CBS affiliate KHOU.

It gets worse. Soldiers say the situation has become so dire they were forced to raid the United States’ own airbase in Baghdad for bottled water. They found the water stored in pallets held by civilian contractors, who were supposed to be distributing it.

“It really hit me the day I was with my commander and we’re stealing water,” Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Robey told the station, describing his mission to collect water at the Baghdad International Airport. A second soldier said he’d also stolen water from civilian contractors: “We’d just run out and start grabbing cases of water and start throwing them in the gunner’s hatch,” Private Bryan Hannah quipped.

Soldiers averred that they’d been given two to three liters of water per day by their commanders. But according to the Army’s own field manual, the human body can lose as much as four gallons of water daily in the desert.

Two to three liters isn’t enough, Robey said. “You’ll see guys throw up, you’ll see them pass out.”

Who’s supposed to be maintaining the water supply? At least in some parts of Iraq, it’s the US engineering contractor KBR. KBR is a spinoff of Halliburton, which it separated from in 2007.

You knew THAT was coming, didn't you? So why on earth does KBR still have a contract in Iraq? You know what, Mr. Obama? Dehydration is a hell of a bigger threat to our troops in Iraq than the release of torture photos.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
This is so f**ked up. There seems to have been problems with water supplies for the troops for a long time, but that it continues is unconscionable.

There are 8 apartments on my floor and 4 of them have those damned "Support the Troops" magnets on them. I know one couple with a magnet who, in 2004, told me John Kerry was a traitor and they were voting for Bush. I'm so tempted to get the article and post it on my door. Support the troops indeed.

PurpleGirl
5/14/09, 9:10 AM  
Blogger dguzman said...
I can't believe ANY of the contractors are still even in business, rather than in PRISON where they belong. It's disgusting.
5/14/09, 9:37 AM  
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