Comments on: NY Times: Our Soldiers in Iraq in Danger of Electrocution http://electrocutionaccidentlaw.com/ny-times-our-soldiers-in-iraq-in-danger-of-electrocution/ Simmons Trial Practice | Portland Oregon Electrical Accident Attorney Resources 503-221-2000 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: electroc http://electrocutionaccidentlaw.com/ny-times-our-soldiers-in-iraq-in-danger-of-electrocution/comment-page-1/#comment-308 electroc Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:34:48 +0000 http://electrocutionaccidentlaw.com/?p=26#comment-308 Update from CNN: An Army investigator has recommended characterizing the death of Sgt.Ryan Maseth, a 24 year old soldier electrocuted in a shower on his base in Iraq as "negligent homicide". The CNN story is here: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/22/soldier.electrocuted/" rel="nofollow">CNN article</a>. Update from CNN:
An Army investigator has recommended characterizing the death of Sgt.Ryan Maseth, a 24 year old soldier electrocuted in a shower on his base in Iraq as “negligent homicide”. The CNN story is here: CNN article.

]]> By: electroc http://electrocutionaccidentlaw.com/ny-times-our-soldiers-in-iraq-in-danger-of-electrocution/comment-page-1/#comment-105 electroc Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:04:53 +0000 http://electrocutionaccidentlaw.com/?p=26#comment-105 The International Herald Tribune has published an update that gives more information about this situation. One comment in the article: "KBR, previously a subsidiary of Halliburton, the oil company once run by Dick Cheney before he became vice president, has had a virtual monopoly on military services contracts in Iraq since the 2003 invasion and has received nearly $25 billion in business in the war zone." Another comment is "For example, the army's top official in charge of the KBR contract at the beginning of the war has said that he was ousted from his job in 2004 after challenging KBR's billing records for its work in Iraq." To read the article, go to <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/24/mideast/contract.php" rel="nofollow">www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/24/mideast/contract.php.</a> The International Herald Tribune has published an update that gives more information about this situation.

One comment in the article: “KBR, previously a subsidiary of Halliburton, the oil company once run by Dick Cheney before he became vice president, has had a virtual monopoly on military services contracts in Iraq since the 2003 invasion and has received nearly $25 billion in business in the war zone.”

Another comment is “For example, the army’s top official in charge of the KBR contract at the beginning of the war has said that he was ousted from his job in 2004 after challenging KBR’s billing records for its work in Iraq.” To read the article, go to http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/24/mideast/contract.php.

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