Comments on: Military Contractor KBR Sued over Dogs With Human Arms in Their Mouths http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348420 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348420 Pix or it didn't happen. Pix or it didn’t happen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-558345 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-558345 Most likely Iraqi remains....I know incinerators were being installed at the base in Balad just as I left (used to work for KBR) and medical waste and remains were targeted to be incinerated. Normal trash was to be incinerated as well to minimize using the burn pit. The dog part of the story sounds dubious, doubtful anyone would be so careless with remains such as that and stray dogs were killed as they represented a vector (leishmaniasis) threat. Most likely Iraqi remains….I know incinerators were being installed at the base in Balad just as I left (used to work for KBR) and medical waste and remains were targeted to be incinerated. Normal trash was to be incinerated as well to minimize using the burn pit.

The dog part of the story sounds dubious, doubtful anyone would be so careless with remains such as that and stray dogs were killed as they represented a vector (leishmaniasis) threat.

]]> By: El_Cid http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347917 El_Cid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347917 Remember, it was all those skeptical liberals who hated the Troops. If you shut up and let Dick Cheney give no-bid contracts to his friends and former business partners, you Loved America, and The Surge, which is even more important than America. Remember, it was all those skeptical liberals who hated the Troops. If you shut up and let Dick Cheney give no-bid contracts to his friends and former business partners, you Loved America, and The Surge, which is even more important than America.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347920 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347920 "and improperly incinerated human remains." Exactly whose remains are they being paid to incinerate? “and improperly incinerated human remains.”

Exactly whose remains are they being paid to incinerate?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347930 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347930 When people talk about bringing the over 140,000 American troops stationed in Iraq home, I wonder if they realize that there's actually more defense contractors than troops in Iraq right now. When people talk about bringing the over 140,000 American troops stationed in Iraq home, I wonder if they realize that there’s actually more defense contractors than troops in Iraq right now.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347940 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347940 just a little Yojimbo. just a little Yojimbo.

]]> By: ecobore http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347946 ecobore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347946 Sounds 'armless enough to me! Sounds ‘armless enough to me!

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-354090 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354090 They go where they please, under orders or against them, under arms, on our tab. They are the living embodiment of oppression. Bad plumber? Incompetent mechanic? What a sheltered existence you must have had. They go where they please, under orders or against them, under arms, on our tab. They are the living embodiment of oppression. Bad plumber? Incompetent mechanic? What a sheltered existence you must have had.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348465 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348465 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7765695.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7765695.stm

]]> By: acrocker http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347960 acrocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347960 @3 no. just no. [I laughed though] @3

no. just no. [I laughed though]

]]> By: kityglitr http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347982 kityglitr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347982 Heh. "Widespread allegations of sexual harrassment" is putting it mildly, to say the least. How about "violent rape that was so brutal the victim's breast implant was ruptured"? Heh. “Widespread allegations of sexual harrassment” is putting it mildly, to say the least. How about “violent rape that was so brutal the victim’s breast implant was ruptured”?

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347988 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347988 <i>just a little Yojimbo.</i> Just a little <i>too</i> Yojimbo. But at the same time, I don't expect much justice or comeuppance at the end of this flick, so it's also not Yojimbo enough. just a little Yojimbo.

Just a little too Yojimbo. But at the same time, I don’t expect much justice or comeuppance at the end of this flick, so it’s also not Yojimbo enough.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347992 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347992 Who could ever have guessed that killers-for-hire would behave inappropriately? Who could ever have guessed that killers-for-hire would behave inappropriately?

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-347993 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-347993 Tsk, tsk, tsk Xeni! The dog was a licensed sub-sub-subcontractor putting himself in harms way for the war effort. Shaaaaame! Tsk, tsk, tsk Xeni! The dog was a licensed sub-sub-subcontractor putting himself in harms way for the war effort. Shaaaaame!

]]> By: Marcel http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348507 Marcel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348507 Yes, they DO hate you because of your freedom. Yes, they DO hate you because of your freedom.

]]> By: ErikO23 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348006 ErikO23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348006 @2 i too am quit skeptical and initially had the exact same reaction. i now think though, that the human remains are probably the result of amputation. @2

i too am quit skeptical and initially had the exact same reaction.

i now think though, that the human remains are probably the result of amputation.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348007 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348007 they ever throw anybody in jail for all those soldiers killed by shower electrocution? they ever throw anybody in jail for all those soldiers killed by shower electrocution?

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348524 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348524 can I hate our freedoms because of them? can I hate our freedoms because of them?

]]> By: Nora http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348014 Nora Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348014 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=362 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=362

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348527 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348527 This may sound cynical, but how is this different than anyone else trying to make a buck by doing a half-assed job? They're larger in scope than, say, a bad plumber or incompetent mechanic is all. This may sound cynical, but how is this different than anyone else trying to make a buck by doing a half-assed job? They’re larger in scope than, say, a bad plumber or incompetent mechanic is all.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348027 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348027 wrong thread Nora, that should have been in the toilet train your cat thread. Nicely lyrical though. wrong thread Nora, that should have been in the toilet train your cat thread. Nicely lyrical though.

]]> By: LB http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348146 LB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348146 Wait, I just saw these guys mentioned on CNN this morning for something completely different! Slave labor. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/kbr-partner-con.html Wait, I just saw these guys mentioned on CNN this morning for something completely different!

Slave labor.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/kbr-partner-con.html

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/military-contractor.html#comment-348670 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348670 KBR kills people KBR kills people

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