Shoddy Electrical Work in Iraq Endangers Troops
July 18th, 2008 | 
Author: Severe Danger From Iraq Electrical Work
NEW YORK – Inferior electrical work by private contractors on U.S. military bases in Iraq is more widespread than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to a published report.
A Senate panel investigating the electrocutions of Americans on bases in Iraq was told last week by former KBR Inc. electricians that the contractor used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn’t speak English.
The Pentagon has said 13 Americans have been electrocuted in Iraq since September 2003.
During just one six-month period — August 2006 through January 2007 — at least 283 electrical fires destroyed or damaged American military facilities in Iraq, including the military’s largest dining hall in the country, according to the documents obtained by the Times.
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