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Warehoused Asian workers in Iraq to be sent home

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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-05-08 11:33 AM
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Warehoused Asian workers in Iraq to be sent homeUpdated at 3:23 PM
Source: Sri Lanka Sunday Observer

Asian men who have been living in warehouses near the Baghdad airport while awaiting promised jobs with a military subcontractor now are in line to be sent home, and they’re still not sure how they’ll be paid for their time in Iraq.

Tensions simmered throughout the week at a compound where about 1,000 men from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka spoke out against their treatment by Najlaa International Catering Services, the Kuwaiti company that hired them for work in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/11/30/oostory.asp?sid...

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   funny how they skip over the fact that  amdezurik   Dec-05-08 12:38 PM   #1 
 
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1. funny how they skip over the fact that
Najlaa International Catering Services is a subcontrator of one of Crash-cart Dick's "no-bidders", KBR

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