6 Texans sue (KBR) over (Iraq) war-zone burn pits

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Source: My San Antonio

Six people from Texas, including some soldiers, who claim they were poisoned by toxins and emissions from burn pits at U.S. camps in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing contractors KBR and Halliburton.

The suit, moved to federal court in San Antonio from state court last week, alleges the companies operated the large war-zone pits and burned waste since 2004 that included trucks, tires, plastic water bottles, medical waste, hazardous materials, animal carcasses and even human corpses.

The suit claims burning the waste in open pits — with no safety controls — may have released toxins that harmed at least 100,000 people, including U.S. troops, contractors and civilians.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs are seeking to make the case a class-action lawsuit, citing evidence that many others are having symptoms or medical conditions that include severe respiratory ailments, asthma, sleep apnea, heart problems, tumors, lymphoma and leukemia.

Some even have died, according to the suit and news reports.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/6_Texans_sue_over_burn_pits.html

[Recursion]

1. Drip... drip...

IMO this one goes pretty deep

[Wizard777]

2. Saddam setting pits of oil on fire: bad. KBR setting pits of oil byproducts on fire: good.

:wtf: :banghead:

[Wednesdays]

3. K&R

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