This is a wikizine for news and information about KBR, the Defense Department's LOGCAP (Logistics Civil Augmentation Program) contractor.
KBR or Kellogg, Brown and Root, is an engineering company and long-time government contractor...
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This is a wikizine for news and information about KBR, the Defense Department's LOGCAP (Logistics Civil Augmentation Program) contractor.
KBR or Kellogg, Brown and Root, is an engineering company and long-time government contractor, formerly part of Halliburton. The nearly 100 year-old company, which built the first off-shore drilling platform has also received contracts from presidents, supported congressional candidates (Lyndon B. Johnson), and been under investigation by the IRS. Currently responsible for providing all government food and services in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait (a $4 billion dollar a year enterprise paid by US tax dollars), KBR has now been under investigation for fraud and abuse, especially in Iraq: "Nearly $2 billion in overpricing on the contract has been identified by Pentagon auditors and government investigators, lawmakers said." (AP April 19, 07)
With links to the Bush administration (for example, KBR spokeswoman and Bush campaign aid Heather Browne), the company will probably continue popping up in the news as long as Iraq spending is an issue. Look for news stories, post discovered news items, and exchange opinions about KBR at this wikizine.
An arbitrator has awarded a woman nearly $3 million to settle her claims that she was raped in Iraq by a State Department employee in 2005 while working for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary. Court records filed this week show Tracy Barker was awarded $2.93 million to settle her claim against military contractor KBR Inc. Barker had sued Houston-based Halliburton and its former KBR subsidiary in May 2007, alleging she was sexually attacked while working as a civilian contractor in Basra... Read Full Story
- is a post from: "Ms Sparky"
- is a post from: "Ms Sparky"
I just received this email from a reader. I have not verified the authenticity of the original email (my disclaimer) but it appears to be authentic. I have also not been able to verify the date of the rape, but am deducing it occurred on Nov 30, [...] Read Full Story
Dozens of US military personnel have filed 34 lawsuits against US defense contractor KBR for allegedly incinerating toxic waste and releasing it into the atmosphere in Iraq and Afghanistan. Susan Burke, one of the lawyers bringing the suits, said they have been filed over the past year, 18 of them in recent days. "All the cases are being put together before a federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland," she told AFP Tuesday. Each of the lawsuits represent several soldiers but were filed on behalf... Read Full Story
An Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc., accusing the companies of exposing them to toxic fumes and ash from "burn pits" for waste. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville on Monday by former Air Force Sgt. Sean Alexander Stough of Stanton and Charles Hicks of Bellevue, claims the military contractors burned everything from human remains to tires in open-air pits, exposing everyone nearby to... Read Full Story
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Army snubs KBR under latest combat support services contract
By ELISE CASTELLI | Last Updated: December 2, 2009
The top dog in contracted support services for the military since 2001 has been KBR. As the sole vendor on the LOGCAP III contract, KBR won $37 billion worth of work [...] Read Full Story
Six years after nearly 1,200 U.S. soldiers in Iraq were potentially exposed to a sometimes deadly chemical linked to cancer, the military and Veterans Affairs Department have been tracking them down and asking them to get a medical exam. The troops were protecting or in the area of workers hired by a subsidiary of the contractor, KBR Inc., based in Houston, to rebuild the Iraqi water treatment plant Qarmat Ali near Basra, Iraq. The chemical was sodium dichromate, and it had contaminated the... Read Full Story
Soldiers are pulling out of Iraq, but DynCorp International's work there is far from done. The government contractor will help move personnel and equipment out of the country. And DynCorp DCP will stay behind to provide services to security, peacekeeping and intelligence missions. Among those staying will be translators, civil police trainers and management mentors. After Tuesday's market close, DynCorp reported earnings of 36 cents a share in the first quarter ended July 3, up from 31 cents... Read Full Story
Jamie Leigh Jones , an employee of Halliburton/KBR in Iraq , describes how she was gang raped by co-workers of the contracting firm. Former Vice President Dick Cheney was once CEO of Halliburton and was instrumental in the firm landing lucrative contracts in the rebuilding of Iraq after U.S. forces destroyed much of Iraq. In this video, Jones describes how she was held in a cell for 24-hours and repeatedly gang-raped and had to undergo reconstructive surgery and is still under treatment for... Read Full Story
A federal appeals court says a Texas woman's lawsuit alleging she was raped by military contractor co-workers in Iraq can go to court. A three-judge panel from the New Orleans court ruled Tuesday that Jamie Leigh Jones' claims against Halliburton Co. and its former subsidiary KBR can go to trial. The companies contended Jones' employment agreement required claims against the company be settled through arbitration. Halliburton and KBR are headquartered in Houston. Halliburton didn't... Read Full Story
An independent panel examining waste and fraud in wartime spending accused contracting giant KBR Inc. on Tuesday of resisting government oversight and failing to cut costs on support work in Iraq. During a hearing held by the Commission on Wartime Contracting, KBR defended its performance, telling the panel the company was under heavy pressure to meet the urgent demands of military commanders. KBR's internal accounting and cost estimating systems have been inadequate since 2005... Read Full Story
