Friday, July 18, 2008

Haste Makes Waste

That's probably a motto for some in the Pentagon's contracting division. How else to explain the delays in correcting dangerous electrical problems in Army barracks and other buildings in Iraq? In the six months between August 2006 and January 2007 there were 287 electrical fires in these buildings;that's about three every two days. At least two died in these fires. The danger was officially recognized in a safety survey report in February 2007, almost eighteen months ago. Yet nothing has been done.

I'm not a conspiracy nut but could the delay have anything to do with the fact that KBR is responsible for these buildings. The same KBR that has overbilled us. The same KBR that provided unsanitary water for our troops. That KBR.

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