Haliburton Iraq AKA Halliburton Iraq

I get a lot of e-mails about Haliburton Iraq better known by its correct spelling, Halliburton Iraq. So here is another page concerning them in Iraq.

It is sad to learn that yet another life has been taken through electrocution in Iraq. Several weeks ago, a third country national was electrocuted to death while in the shower here in Afghanistan. So far, 16 people, most while showering, have died on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan by way of electrocution during this war.

It is easy to blame Halliburton since they are the main contract holder for facilities work in Iraq. However, it is not entirely their fault.

In order to maintain its contracts and in order for DynCorp to get the new Log Cap contract, these companies have had to lower their prices. In order to lower their prices, they have had to remove American workers and substitute them with workers from other countries and even Iraq and Afghan locals to do facilities work.

Halliburton has spent millions of dollars for materials to fix faulty wiring. However, by getting rid of the American worker and replacing him with a substandard worker, lives have been put at risk to save a few bucks. There is a reason why the American worker overseas commands such a large salary--he knows what he is doing.

While working at Baqubah, we used to spend thousands of dollars going into new buildings and fixing the shoddy wiring done by Iraqis. Now in order to do this, it had to be approved by the military. Sometimes the extra expense was not approved especially when a new building is involved since it is supposed to be up to code.

So before we climb all over Halliburton, let's write our congressional leaders and tell them to put Americans back into the military base workforce in Iraq.

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