American Civilian Is Killed in Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

American Civilian Is Killed in Iraq


An American civilian contractor was killed Tuesday when a bomb was detonated under the truck he was driving north of Tikrit, the U.S. military said.

The contractor was employed by Kellog Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, a Houston-based oilfield-services and construction company. Halliburton is the former company of Vice President Dick Cheney which has major contracts for reconstruction in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Maj. Brian Luke, of the 4th Infantry Division, said the five vehicle convoy was traveling from Baghdad, 193 kilometers(120 miles) to the south when it was attacked.

Kellog Brown & Root had been doing work at the Baiji refinery and pipeline terminus about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Tikrit, the hometown of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein. (snip/...)

http://www.620ktar.com/news/article.aspx?article_id=191947&cc=012345

[TahitiNut]

1. "Civilian In Area"?

CIA? :shrug:

[IndianaGreen]

8. He was a DOD contractor, hardly a real civilian

American civilians working for the Occupation power are legitimate targets in a war of national liberation, which is what this is.

Had the victim been an employee of a NGO, it would have been a different matter altogether.

[TahitiNut]

9. Yes, I met a few such ...

... "civilian contractors" when I was in Vietnam. :eyes:

[jmcgowanjm]

2. #1-every American in Iraq is a target

and I remember reading earlier about how KB&R-
(division of Halliburton)
treats Iraqi workers-not good

and how these Halliburton guys don't go anywhere w/out USsoldiers.

[jmcgowanjm]

3. #2-this USTarget was checking out the Pipeline explosion

the one that boosted NYcrude to $32.31.

The explosion occurred just north of the Baiji Refinery.

[jmcgowanjm]

4. #3-this USTarget was in the middle of a USMilitaryConvoy

What happened- the guy just got shot out of the saddle
and the convoy just kept on going.

[alaine]

6. And they wonder why civilian contractors are pulling

no-shows.

[lebkuchen]

5. Interesting that attacks haven't against B and R haven't taken place

exclusively. They're the heart of the problem, not the troops.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. lubkuchen....exactly