[Vision2020] Hold Independent Probe

[Tom Hansen]

The following "Letters to the Editor" were extracted from the August 25, 
2008 edition of the Army Times.

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I noticed two articles in the July 28 edition related to the 13 
electrocution deaths of Americans in Iraq and at least 283 electrical 
fires at American military facilities in Iraq from August 2006 through 
January 2007. Besides the 13 dead, an article reported there are many more 
who “have been injured, some seriously, by shocks.” 

So far in what I have read, KBR declined to attend the hearings on the 
matter. Even worse, KBR was put in charge to inspect all the facilities it 
maintains. 

Then, in a “duh” moment, KBR says its investigation of its own work had 
not turned up any connections. 

Does that surprise anyone? It really shouldn’t.

Whose great idea was it to put KBR in charge if investigating this 
problem? Why isn’t an independent company or organization doing the 
investigation? I just don’t get it.

Capt. Tom Duffett 
Fort Stewart, Georgia

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Your July 28 edition was not the first mention I have heard of the faulty 
wiring problems that beset our troops in Iraq [“Report: Shocks in Iraq 
almost daily,” News Breaks]. 

To think that we have actually lost soldiers due to this makes me want to 
puke. Prosecute those contractors responsible for the deaths of those 
soldiers and vote the rest of the problem out of office. 

Ashley Edwardson
Huntsville, Alabama
 
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This ignorant cover-up extends way beyond the pale.

Where is the accountability?

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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