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• Afghanistan: U.S. Military Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 544
  Despite Surge in U.S. Deployments, More Civilians Are Posted in War Zoneby August Cole | Wall Street JournalEven as U.S. troops surge to new highs in Afghanistan they are outnumbered by military contractors working alongside them, according to a Defense Department census due to be distributed to Congress — ...
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• Rape victim upset KBR trying to modify $3M arbitration award

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  By Sahil Kapur The Raw Story (Tracy Barker (left) & Jamie Jones) Tracy Barker has been awarded almost $3 million by an arbitrator in assault charges against a U.S. contractor and former Halliburton subsidiary, after claiming she was raped in 2005 by a State Department employee in Iraq, the Associated ...
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• It was the Army’s fault

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  KBR’s Bill Bodie is still on his letter writing campaign! Here is the latest edition to my “Bodie Babble” collection!KBR defends its actionsThe article entitled “KBR aware convoy in harm’s way” (Page A1, Thursday) does not address some of the paramount issues in the convoy cases. KBR would like to set the ...
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• KBR Arbitration Awards Another Assault Victim [Justice For None]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 816
  Former military construction contractor Tracy Barker was raped in Iraq in 2005 while on the job. Barker went through arbitration and won a settlement, but her former employer, Kellogg Brown & Root, is still trying to screw her over. KBR has released a typically douchey statement: "However, the decision ...
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• Infrastructure ETF Picks Best of BRICs

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 559
  The PowerShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure Portfolio has returned 98% in the 12 months through October.
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• This arbitration settlement against KBR seems a little light.

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 539
  Many people have written about the lawlessness and chaos that existed under American rule in Iraq. The book Fiasco , by Thomas Ricks, chronicles one mistake after another that led to the lawlessness that we saw for almost 5 years. There are many other books (including Naomi Klein’s, Shock Doctrine ) and magazine ...
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• Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  By JUAN A. LOZANO AP HOUSTON – A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case. Tracy Barker had sued U.S. contractor KBR Inc, its former parent company Halliburton and several ...
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• Shame on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 127
  By now, you’ve probably heard about the story of Jamie Leigh Jones. In 2005, she was working for a Halliburton subsidiary in Iraq when she was gang-raped by coworkers. Four years later, Jamie is still being denied justice. Jamie can’t pursue justice in criminal court because the rape took place overseas, and a ...
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• Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBRThe Associated PressHOUSTON — 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 ...
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• KBR sent convoy despite knowing danger; 6 die; many injured

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  E-mails show KBR feared casualties before deadly attackBy MARY FLOODNov. 18, 2009, 6:17PMKBR security personnel expected casualties the night before six civilian drivers were killed and others injured in an Iraq ambush, but went ahead with the convoy, according to e-mails presented in a Houston federal court ...
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• “I could actually hear him laugh”

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  Dear Michael,When I unwrapped the drawing of Ryan and laid eyes on him, I instantly knew that you had captured him and brought him to life. I looked into his eyes and I felt him looking back at me.  When I saw his slight smile, I could actually hear him laugh, as if he was [...]
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• Up to their asses in alligators!

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  KBR Inc. has been downgraded to Neutral at Broadpoint AmTech Research . Broadpoint AmTech Research downgrades KBR to Neutral from Buy until they get closer to more visible catalysts. More visible catalysts? I think that’s “broker speak” for contract awards? The firm says the award opportunities they anticipated ...
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• Foster Wheeler, Worley Parsons and KBR Awarded FEED Contracts for Australia’s Woodside Pluto LNG Project

  
  Breakbulk Industry News — Authority: 476
  PERTH, AUSTRALIA–November 17, 2009–Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)–KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR) (Houston, Texas) and a joint venture formed by Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT) (Clinton, New Jersey) and Worley Parsons Limited (ASX:WOR) (Sydney, Australia) have been awarded front-end ...
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• Revolving Door of Abuse: Procurement Fraud

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 534
  By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting I recently studied one of the many procurement fraud cases ( US v. Khan ) associated with the LOGCAP III contract, and came away with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I saw groups such as the relatively recently formed National Procurement Fraud Task ...
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• Catering + Collusion = Indictment

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  Company Charged in $8B Troop Food Fraud(CBS/ AP)  A Kuwaiti company has been charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. in connection with multibillion-dollar contracts to feed American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.Federal prosecutors said Monday that Public Warehousing Co. made false statements and submitted ...
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• Bryan Zepp Jamieson: Monkeys on a Stick

  
  The Lonesome Mongoose — Authority: 113
  The grotesque dance of corporate legislators. Bryan Zepp Jamieson, November 15, 2009 One of the early fallouts of “tort reform”, the ongoing drive by corporations to put themselves beyond the reach of the law, has been the widespread use of waivers mandating private arbitration in the event of any dispute. ...
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• Iraqi woman fired after refusing sex with her KBR boss

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  Iraqi cleaner takes UK to court over alleged sexual harassmentThe TimesNovember 16, 2009Deborah HaynesAn Iraqi cleaner who claims that she was sexually harassed at the British Embassy and at the ambassador’s residence in Baghdad is taking the Government to court over its alleged failure to investigate her ...
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• Magic Formula Weekly Roundup 11/14

  
  Value Investing News - Investor powered stock market news — Authority: 132
  Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.
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• GOP – out of touch with decency Private…

  
  G2 Visual Design Salad and Other Healthy Appetizers — Authority: 141
  GOP – out of touch with decencyPrivately, GOP sources acknowledge that they failed to anticipate the political consequences of a “no” vote on the amendment. and what amendment was this, some minor bit of housekeeping? Nope, it was the Franken amendment, the one that would have made it possible to prosecute ...
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• Looming: Outrage Against Republicans Who Vote For Rapists

  
  Half Empty — Authority: 428
  Last Month our new senator from Minnesota, Senator Al Franken, proposed an amendment to HR 3326 the Defense Department Appropriations bill, S 2588. This bill was meant to fix the problem that became big news in 2005 when Jamie Leigh Jones, an employee of KBR in Iraq who was brutally raped and beaten by her male ...
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