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Why is KBR electrocuting US soldiers?

crooksandliars.com — A U.S. House committee chairman has begun an investigation into the electrocutions of at least 12 service members in Iraq, including that of a Pittsburgh soldier killed in January by a jolt of electricity while showering.

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  • Dumbledorito, on 03/24/2008, -21/+43"Dammit, Roy! These was the shower-thingies what was supposed to go to that Git-mo-done place! Not I-rack!"
    "Sorry, Dale. Think anyone'll notice?"
    "Dunno. Is th' ter'rists usin' lightnin' bombs or sumpn' nowadays?"
    • stalinnnn, on 03/24/2008, -4/+13LOL, Roy's such an idiot...

      or a terr-ist. :O
      • hydroplane, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1You know cousin Roy ain't been quite right since that incident with his smell hound.
    • hurt911gen, on 03/24/2008, -19/+3I hope you die.
  • DonWigler, on 03/24/2008, -2/+10312! how come this wasn't investigated after 1 or 2.
  • bluezinc, on 03/24/2008, -3/+35Because things aren't ***** up enough over there already.
    • 9bpm9, on 03/24/2008, -12/+1So you've been there personally?
      • StarlessKnight, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5Everything's really sunshine and happiness and it's all the media's creation that it's a war zone where explosions go off at random and tensions are high..?
      • arcticblue, on 03/24/2008, -0/+11I've been there personally. Twice. It's ***** up.
    • danconia, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10Yeah seriously "Why is KBR electrocuting US soldiers?" is a scary title but it gets even scarier when you consider it could say "Why is KBR getting paid by our tax money to electrocute US soldiers?". Messed up that some of these KBR/Blackwater/Haliburton sleazebags are getting BILLIONS of our tax dollars. You know they were the ones lobbying (legal bribing, basically) politicians to jump the gun in the weeks and months leading up to the initial invasion. Man our foreign policy is ***** UP.
  • borez, on 03/24/2008, -8/+59Because they're cutting corners so Bush and all his cronies can make more profit.
    • doctorfungi, on 03/24/2008, -20/+3You should probably provide some kind of evidence that Bush has personally profited off the Iraq war before making claims like that.
      • Namco, on 03/24/2008, -0/+10Exactly, because there is no way that he will profit AFTER he leaves office like his dad does on private speaking engagements and sitting on the board of directors for various compani.... oh, wait.
    • TopherT, on 03/24/2008, -1/+5Well I don't know about financially, but in the beginning at least it was great for his approval rating.
    • Amazetbm, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Bush is Cheney's crony
      • TimDigg, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2and Cheny is Addington's crony.....

        and Addington is .........

        good question
  • trghpy, on 03/24/2008, -2/+64Bob, you're supposed to put GFCI outlets in the bathroom. It's basic building code!!!
    Code? We're in ***** iraq, there is no building code. Just install the damn thing so we can get the ***** outa here.
    • ScienceDoc, on 03/24/2008, -2/+10and get paid!
    • arcticblue, on 03/24/2008, -0/+9Haha, so true!　That's pretty close to how they actually do things over there.
      • GawtMilk, on 03/24/2008, -4/+2Have you ever been? Just wondering.
        • arcticblue, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Yes. I deployed twice. OIF 3 and 4.
  • pagancollective, on 03/24/2008, -6/+89I hate the fact that I'm almost embarrassed to be American anymore. I hope other countries realize that not all of our citizens elected these people, nor do they represent public opinion (not that Cheney cares, anyway).

    I really do love this country, I just hate some of these leaders who seem to thrive off ***** it up.
    • Kizilbash, on 03/24/2008, -3/+12Don't worry, we have our own idiots...
    • str1fe, on 03/24/2008, -3/+13Dugg for that first sentence alone.
    • DarkDx, on 03/24/2008, -1/+17See you in Guantanamo!
    • carpespasm, on 03/24/2008, -2/+14Indeed, I like being America, but I'm embarrassed by our leadership in general and their lack of accountability and openness.
    • Mardala, on 03/24/2008, -1/+10"So." (not that Cheney cares, anyway)
    • FutureGuy, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Elections and only a few months away, your chance to fix the *****.
    • DreKor, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4You don't have anything to be embarrassed about. You're the American here, not those assclowns who run this place.
    • DontGiveADamn, on 03/24/2008, -1/+2Almost half of Americans would reelect them if that was possible. I direct my hate at the American people.
      • ManOfVirtues, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3with ~35% approval rating, I seriously doubt that.
  • nsanidy, on 03/24/2008, -3/+36Nothing would make me happier than seeing ALL these clowns being held responsible for their numerous war crimes.
    ENOUGH ALREADY!
    • Dumbledorito, on 03/24/2008, -1/+12We passed "enough" a while back. We're coming out the other side of "enough" which looks a lot like war in Iran for some reason...
      • DemonWasp, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1That's because you've entered happy fun magical land, where waging war for no adequately explained reason suddenly makes sense.

        Also there's a lot of drugs.
  • swrostmore, on 03/24/2008, -1/+40Why does KBR do anything? Profit.
    • TopherT, on 03/24/2008, -3/+111. Install electrocuting shower heads
      2. 12 American servicemen die in the line of shower.
      ...
      4. Profit!
  • GafferXL, on 03/24/2008, -3/+15The real question: Why is anybody electrocuting anybody?

    If they had been electrocuting Iraqi's, American Contractors, Sunni's, Shiites, Al Queda, Hamas, Al Asqa Martyrs Brigade - whoever - would this be any less acceptable?

    I don't think anyone needs to be reminded that our image in the world has been in the tank thanks to an image of a orange-masked detainee being electrocuted on a stool at Guantanamo bay.
    • blackjack75, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5Yes but electrocuting detainees is fine. I mean they're terrorists! They're the kind of people who would .. huh.. say.. electrocute people!
    • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -1/+0It was a BLACK HOOD and the clothes were ORANGE. If you're going to make a point, make it right.
  • JimmySpaza, on 03/24/2008, -32/+6Nowhere in the actual CNN story does anyone...ANYONE even Waxman allege that KBR did this intentionally, like the title of this Digg article suggests.

    Any hysteria and conspiracy theories associated with these accidents is the fault of Crooksandliars.

    One, you're in a combat zone. You're not going to get the best electrical codes on the planet. While this doesn't justify shoddy workmanship, it does bring context into play.

    Two, has anyone estimated how many soldiers back home getting into car accidents, fall off ladders, have electrical accidents, etc.? Iraq is actually safer in terms of sheer number of accidents compared to life back home.

    I say this because the premise of this Digg article is that these accidents in Iraq should never have happened if our government cared for its soldiers...a ridiculous assertion.
    • Dumbledorito, on 03/24/2008, -1/+23Take a look at what our government is doing in the way of veteran's benefits, especially in the realm of PTSD, and tell me again with a straight face that it "cares."
    • swrostmore, on 03/24/2008, -2/+21What's ridiculous is your willful ignorance of what you are reading, Spaza. Your blind hatred for liberalism causes you to interpret anything from a liberal source in the most stupid way imaginable. Nobody who wasn't already half out of their mind with self-righteous partisan outrage would ever interpret what's written in the title/description of this article as claiming that KBR intentionally electrocuted anyone. The only "hysteria and conspiracy theories" associated with this story is your wild-eyed claim that C&R is attempting to mislead people.
    • nomadxx7, on 03/24/2008, -0/+8Wow Spaza. It's happened to 12 soldiers so far and they found in 5 cases that it was due to improper grounding. PLUS the government sent a letter to the mother of the soldier saying it was a small electrical appliance in the shower (implying the soldier did it to himself). Please stop using "well how many have had accidents or fell off ladders." Soldiers have enough to worry about than getting electrocuted taking a f-ing shower. Please grow a brain stem and stop being an enabler of our government's and KBRs atrocities.
    • ClosedCaption, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Yeah, Spaza...that was awesome

      /sarcasm
  • doctorfungi, on 03/24/2008, -19/+14Very, very misleading title. I had a picture of some KBR goons with a US soldier hooked up to electrodes in my head. This obviously isn't being done on purpose by KBR. Enough with the ***** spin and bias, it's really not the best way to go about approaching a situation.
    • pintomp3, on 03/24/2008, -0/+21they are intentionally doing subpar work and cutting corners on the services provided to our soldiers in order to increase profits. if i intentionally used cheap brake parts in your car, i would be responsible for the accident that it may cause. it's not "let me do it this way so the soldiers get shocked", it's "let me do it this way even if the soldiers get shocked". gross neglect.
      • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -6/+0And you have proof of this? Oh, yeah... sorry, forgot that if it's anti-war the proof is optional.
      • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -1/+2Dude, if the water coming out of the barracks shower is conducting enough ungrounded electricity to kill a man, it's NOT because the KBR electrician who wired the joint performed the work correctly. If your son died because an electrician did ***** work on your house, how "tolerant and sympathetic" to his laziness and stupidity would YOU be? I suspect that's how this young man's family have taken the news, too.

        The original CNN piece notes that the cause of death was an improperly-grounded water pump, which had sent a fatal electrical current through the water it pumped into the barracks showers. Perhaps the pump had been sabotaged by a liberal electrician, who was trying to make the wonderful fellows at KBR look like greedy, cost-cutting unpatriotic trash? Or maybe the dead soldier had sabotaged the pump himself, wanting to commit suicide while making a bunch of fabulously wealthy Republican vampire kings look like irresponsible assholes? You reckon? /sarcasm
    • slashbot, on 03/24/2008, -11/+3This scumbag title implies that KBR is intending to electrocute the soldiers. This is nothing but sensationalist garbage and shows the bias of the submitter and crooksandidiots
      • DiogenesJr, on 03/24/2008, -3/+0Agreed. Too bad you're being buried for being rational.
      • nomadxx7, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3I think you both need to watch some videos on what soldiers and others have to say about Halliburton and KBR in Iraq. I'm pretty sure google has some videos of their sub par work. KBR may not be intentionally electrocuting them but they are not providing the safety and proper living conditions that one would expect from a company being paid billions to do just that for our soldiers.
    • mack520, on 03/24/2008, -1/+10This kind of incompetence is unacceptable anywhere. If you don't see that immediately, you are a ***** idiot. I repeat- you are a ***** idiot. If you find this kind of incompetence to be anything but totally unacceptable, you are a ***** idiot. Can you understand? You are a ***** idiot.
      • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -3/+0Okay, ***** idiot.
      • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2He didn't find the dead soldier on the floor to constitute "sufficient proof" of negligence. Classy. Bet you $100 he voted for Bush.
    • bingobongony, on 03/24/2008, -8/+2enough with the ***** spin?

      You DO realize what website you are on, right? Diggers are ALL about spin. Not facts, logic or common sense.
    • jurnei, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7I would think that if we are sending soldiers off to war, we should at least ensure that we don't kill them. You callous morons.
  • dannyboy3020, on 03/24/2008, -18/+4Buried as inaccurate. If we're gonna slam FOX News for being selective and misleading, then we must hold others to the same standard.
  • GorfTron, on 03/24/2008, -7/+2Electrocute soldiers
    ?????
    Profit!!!
  • harlowsmonkeys, on 03/24/2008, -4/+4What is KBR?
  • lxZanderxl, on 03/24/2008, -9/+0SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB ZZZAP THUD
  • londubh, on 03/24/2008, -1/+3Uh, because they can.
  • LoneRanger85, on 03/24/2008, -13/+7Didn't the Democrats come to Congress with a LOOONG list of campaign promises? I don't recall that investigating troop electrocutions was on that list.
    • TonyLocNE, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4so in other words, don't count on them doing anything about it?

      Waxman needs to stick to one issue and nail it.. Between ***** baseball and Roger Clemens, impeachment proceedings, ending the war, this, and whatever else, I wouldn't mind seeing one of them brought to a result.
      • LoneRanger85, on 03/24/2008, -4/+2The military isn't a bunch of children. They have their own investigators. Congress doesn't have to micromanage everything. Next thing you know, Congress will be investigating why military dishwashers leave spots on plates.
        • nomadxx7, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Yet according to the investigators they have to fly to Iraq and be protected by Blackwater to investigate... Blackwater? So we can't send over investigators and people already in Iraq have no voice (woman raped by KBR employees and then forced to live in a container box?) So I think that we need SOMEONE, ANY ***** ONE TO hold someone accountable. I don't know about you but we are ***** away money into a ***** desert hole and all the while letting ***** like this get buried.
          • LoneRanger85, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1I am talking about MILITARY inspectors. As I used to be one, I know they do a thorough job. Well, except for the Navy, which has a long tradition of burying stuff. Hey, you want the government to stop wasting money? Stop voting for tax and spend politicians. And clean up your language. Profanity is ignorance made audible. I'd say you were raised by wolves, but even wolves have standards.
  • slashbot, on 03/24/2008, -9/+9The title is deliberately misleading... implying that a contractor is deliberately putting our soldiers at risk. Of course I expected nothing more from a site like crooksandliars.

    Obviously there is some negligence going on, and this needs to be investigated. However implying this is deliberate is scumbag reporting.
    • MrHateMan, on 03/24/2008, -1/+12"negligence" is deliberate
      • slashbot, on 03/24/2008, -3/+3The intent is very different. In this case crooksandidiots is implying they are intending to electrocute the soldiers. This is sensationalist garbage.

        KBR is likely cutting corners with the intent to cut cost.
      • bingobongony, on 03/24/2008, -4/+2And you have proof that it is negligence, and not someting that is unforeseen? ***** does happen like this.

        PROVE that they are doing someting that is below the acceptable standards and then you will have your credibility back. Until then, it is gone.
      • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -1/+0"failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances"... uhhh, you're wrong. "Failure to act with the prudence that..." that does not say "Deliberate act, the opposite of which..."
      • ThreeDee912, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1TROLL ALERT:
        http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Bingobongony_Trolls_all_ ...
    • slashbot, on 03/24/2008, -5/+3Right. I meant intent.

      The intent is very different. In this case crooksandidiots is implying that KBR is intending to electrocute the soldiers. This is sensationalist garbage.

      Instead KBR is probably being negligent with the intent to cut costs.
    • graycat, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4You voted for Bush twice, didn't you?

    • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1You voted for Bush twice, I'd bet my next paycheck on it.
  • Namco, on 03/24/2008, -5/+14This story needs to be shared, but for the love of god, just link the ***** CNN story instead of this blog spam *****. BURIED!
  • jm4847, on 03/24/2008, -16/+5US soldiers aren't heroes, they are just government mercenaries. They chose that line of job and they get paid for it.
    Also, over 1,000,000 Iraqis dead matter more than 4,000 hit men IMO.
    • slashbot, on 03/24/2008, -12/+6Without these soldiers, you would not have the freedom to spout such garbage.
      • jm4847, on 03/24/2008, -2/+8How does invading a country that wasn't an imminent threat anyway protect "my freedom"?
        And like I said, it's a job, a risky job but still just that, and they chose to perform it. Nothing heroic about that.
        • Dawnrazor, on 03/24/2008, -1/+8Blame Bush and his crew for that, not the troops.
          I'm sure most of them would rather be in Afganistan hunting for Bin Laden
          • jm4847, on 03/24/2008, -1/+7I don't blame the troops, nor praise them. They are just doing a job like anyone else.
      • nobody7, on 03/24/2008, -2/+3youtube 'bombing civilians', read description
    • TitanX13, on 03/24/2008, -9/+4***** off. please.
      most of the iraqis where either combantants or killed by their own people
      • jm4847, on 03/24/2008, -2/+4Even if that's true, it wouldn't have happened if the US troops weren't over there.
      • nobody7, on 03/24/2008, -5/+1youtube 'bombing civilians', read description
  • nobody7, on 03/24/2008, -1/+10Here is the cnn video without blogspam http://digg.com/politics/U_S_Troops_in_Iraq_being_ ...
  • hurt911gen, on 03/24/2008, -11/+3Buried for being crooks and liars.
  • forgiste, on 03/24/2008, -5/+1A perfect example of all the things wrong with the New World Order. Globalization is fine, but how do you justify stuff like this?
  • ZackS, on 03/24/2008, -0/+26It's improper grounding of the water heaters and pumps. Without proper grounding, these systems can charge up the pipes which then discharge through the people using the shower. In the desert, it's tough to get a good ground on your electrical systems. You have to bury your ground really deep into the ground to get past the sand to some moist dirt. I'm guessing the contractor didn't bury the grounds deep enough. Either that or they did but it dried out afterward (making poor contact) and began shocking soldiers. Most people who live in deserts have similar problems. The difference is that they know that they need to occasionally water the ground poles on their electrical systems to keep them conductive and functional. Someone in the army should know this.

    Anyway, this isn't a post to blame these people or blame those people. I'm sure the contractor didn't bury the pole deep enough for the conditions and I'm sure the army could have been more proactive in resolving the issue, especially such a major but common problem with an easy solution. It's a shame someone had to die for people to take notice.
    • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6You're guessing wrong. On my camp, they don't even have ground rods. They're grounding the water heaters to the water pipes. See my post further down.
    • syriusblack, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Totally agree, our instructions called for a 9 foot deep ground to be watered every morning (salt water or something). Now if you used a whatcha-ma-call-it star pattern multiple ground it was once a week. But the environment over there fluctuates so bad I could see this messing up.

      OH BTW, im calling shaninagins on allmessedup camp not having grounding rods, that is the most hilarious thing I have heard. Then again he might actually know what he is talking about, and that would explain why 12 people have been electrocuted and 1 has died, because of ***** camps not doing it the right way.
      • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -1/+0I guess I shouldn't have said it in such a way that sounded like there are ZERO ground rods on my camp. I'm sure they have them in some places. But there wasn't one for the water heater in my building - I watched the guys install the new one when they noticed that it was grounded to the pipes. And, you're right, it would certainly explain the 12 deaths.
  • headzoo, on 03/24/2008, -1/+13It sucks enough to find out your son or daughter (or father or mother) has died in Iraq. I think it would be absolutely horrible to find out they died while taking a shower, in a relatively safe place, because of KBR negligence.
  • TonyLocNE, on 03/24/2008, -1/+6why didn't the submitter link to the CNN article that actually gave the reader half a god-damned clue of what was going on, rather than crooks and liars...?
    • gcauthon, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1Why don't you bookmark CNN.com and remove digg.com from your bookmarks then? If you prefer to go directly to the source, then what are you doing on digg.com?
  • CatsAreGods, on 03/24/2008, -2/+9Did anyone else notice this incident has been traced to a Chinese-made pump that didn't meet U.S. standards?
    • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Well, a Chinese-made pump, yeah, but that the pump was defective doesn't follow from simply stating that it had been made in China. Nowhere did it say that the pump "didn't meet U.S. standards".

      Nothing made in America meets "U.S. standards" anyhow. (Chrysler 'K' car, anyone? Or how about a Ford Explorer with tires that explode at 70 mph? Or a brand-new $500,000 house with a roof that leaks and a septic tank that seeps feces all over the driveway? Or a highway bridge that snaps in half during rush hour?)

      "U.S. standards"? What standards?
  • zoom1928, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4The real negligence here is the army not teaching these poor young men to be more world-savvy. One of the first things I learned when traveling was to never touch the showerhead. In many parts of the world, especially the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, you will still find showerheads that still have built-in small water heaters. If you think accidentally hitting 120V while working on an outlet is bad you haven’t felt anything until you touch 220V while standing soaking wet in salty water naked on a tile floor. I also got hit a friend’s house that had a well house overflow from a mud slide. The mud shorted-out the 240V 40A circuit to the water lines in the house. The second time really hurt because I had one foot on the metal drain when I touched the showerhead.
    • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4What you're saying wouldn't help. I almost got electrocuted while touching the cold water knob. See my post below.
      You can't blame the troops for not knowing that their showers might be electrocuted, and you can't blame the Army for not warning them. KBR needs to be held accountable for profiteering. There are things out here that they won't fix because it's "not in their contract." Meanwhile, people are getting hurt and killed because of their greed.
  • diggadigga, on 03/24/2008, -0/+11***** Halliburton, the HBR, Blackwater, and all the other contractors that ***** with our troops.
  • WoollyMittens, on 03/24/2008, -0/+11Your safety was provided by the lowest bidder.
    • stretch611, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4No, the way the current administration worked, it went to "friends" of theirs through a no-bid contract. I doubt what they are contracted for would come close to a low bid if they actually had competition.
  • mack520, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4comment to CNN at http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form11b.html?2
  • SirMolle, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Remember the ARMY Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers, Cooks, Electronics Techs, Depot Repair (Weapons Repair) and the GOOD OLD Army Truck Driver!
    We paid them BASED ON THEIR RANK per Month not 100 Dollars a shower or 65 Dollars a Plate of food.
    So PLEASE Tell us how outsourcing is better for our troops and our taxpayers?

    • Gyre23, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0It's not, it's only better for politicians and their cronies.
  • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+19I'm in Baghdad right now and I almost got electrocuted in my shower a few months ago. I felt the tingle of electricity on the cold water knob when I was turning the water off. So, I called KBR and they sent someone out right away to investigate. Turns out that the water heater was grounded improperly. It was grounded to the water pipes. So, they put in a grounding rod and I haven't had any problems since. I'm not an electrician by any means, but can't you ground your wiring to the water pipes if the water pipes run deep into the ground? Wouldn't matter either way, really, because I don't think our water pipes run very deep into the ground here.

    But they didn't voluntarily come around to check on any of our buildings. The higher-ups simply sent out a memo after the last guy got killed in the shower, and the memo told commanders to be aware of the problem and call KBR if they suspected bad grounding in their buildings. But what do most commanders know about grounding? Not much. So, it's basically up to the individual soldiers to call KBR on their own (if they even know about the problem).
    • tomis, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4I'm not sure why anyone would bury your comment. Thank you for giving us another perspective of the real situation over there.
      • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4No problem. I was glad to find an article that I have first-hand knowledge about. I wouldn't have suspected it to be such a big problem, but the memo that circulated about the Marine getting killed on Camp Victory came to me about the same time that I noticed the problems with my own shower on Camp Slayer, right down the road.
      • graycat, on 03/24/2008, -1/+3People who voted for Bush and feel like assholes about it now?
    • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0I have to say, comments like this make me want to come back to Digg. They are non-inflammatory and not a bunch of childish finger pointing or hypocrisy.
      • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0To be honest, I was kinda expecting someone to accuse me of being a KBR hater posing as a soldier or something. The classic "pics or it didn't happen" Digger comment, you know? Just the reaction to my comment has renewed my faith in Digg. Thanks!
    • joot2112, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1This sounds screwed up too -- they're saying it's up to the commanders or the soldiers to figure out what's wrong with the grounding?? Most likely the won't find out until they get a serious jolt that might kill them. You were lucky to feel a "tingle" -- that opportunity won't always exist. Why is it on the soldiers to find the problem instead of the contractors whose JOB it was to make those things?
      • allmessedup, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0A friend of mine explained it to me as classic profiteering. They do EXACTLY what's in their contract - nothing more. If you want them to repair electrical grounding, but "repair electrical grounding" isn't in their contract, they'll make you rewrite the contract to include it and then charge you more for it. I don't know if this is exactly the case here, but it's possible. There's really no excuse for them to not be checking EVERY building now - especially after so many deaths.
  • m4lomb, on 03/24/2008, -9/+2Good! Fewer republicans....
  • peterinjapan, on 03/24/2008, -1/+4You know, you can pass yourself off as a Canadian pretty easily. Just learn a few odd things that most Americans wouldn't likely know, like saying "barrister" instead of "prosecutor," and you can get by easily. Actually, when I was a bumbling tool of a tourist in France everyone assumed I was from Britain. I didn't correct them very often.
    • dk911, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0Chesterfield and serviette, anyone?
    • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1It's easy to pass as British...just do everything really, really badly. And slowly. With no work ethic.
  • stretch611, on 03/24/2008, -2/+3KBR - Overbills, moves corporate headquarters out of the US, and now kills our own troops through negligence... WTF? Cancel all their contracts and investigate them already. Unfortunately I doubt that will happen until Jan 20, 2009.
  • akula89, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4when will this madness stop? what will it take until good American people begin to stand up and say "no more"? I pray it is soon
  • jaymzdean, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3This, and "cost-plus", no-contest bids over and over and over for contract after contract after contract. $600 million, $580 million, $360 million...infiniti...
  • da_bradler, on 03/24/2008, -1/+5Oh man I'm dumb, who else read this as KGB electrocuting US soldiers? I'm like man... cold wars back on I guess.
  • ralph12c41, on 03/24/2008, -6/+1Buried..worthless blog spam that is ruining Digg
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 03/24/2008, -1/+2Mabye if you would let them build permament structures instead of pieces of ***** tent cities and contianer shantys this sort of thing wouldn't happen.
    • syriusblack, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1raise your hand if your ignorant and want to give the politicians and excuse to stay in Iraq for 50 years.........
  • LionoftheNorth, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1When I first saw the title, I thought it said "KGB". Now that would have been an exciting story!
  • rcarroll215, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1I've been in those showers (Bagram AB, Afghanistan) and the conditions are unbelievable. There are exposed wires everywhere. On top of that, the heaters didn't work, the sink drains were leaking all over the floor, the shower water was freezing. There were also exposed wires in the sleeping areas. It's an accident waiting to happen.
  • iamthearm, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0The title makes it sound like KBR is doing this on purpose. The CNN article says nothing about a conspiracy.
  • thecatcantalk, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1K.B.F.U.B.A.R.
  • zanek, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Do something about the war, the political lies, etc !
    The Ads on this site pay to create media campaigns to change the US !!

    http://www.pushtruth.com
  • ThumperNM, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0KBR = Cheney..........profits and death.
  • kuppoppo, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1Why do Diggers insist on using misleading, sensationalist headlines? Yes, he was electrocuted and it shouldn't have happened. No, KBR did not strap him to a chair and flip a switch as this headline seems to indicate. ***** YOU DIGG!!!
  • spacepro, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0...Because KBR is evil
  • Kikokun, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1as Bart would say:
    "you kill'em, we grill'em!!"
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