Halliburton sued for human trafficking

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Halliburton_contractor_sued_for_human_trafficking_0828.html

John Byrne
Published: Thursday August 28, 2008


Twelve men recruited in Nepal died after forced transfer to Iraq, lawfirm says
Thirteen Nepali men were recruited and held against their will for thirteen months in a human trafficking scheme engineered and perpetrated by Halliburton and its Jordanian contractor, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court.

The Nepali men, each between the ages of 18 and 27, were allegedly hired as kitchen staff by the then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR and its Jordanian subcontractor, Daoud & Partners. Once they arrived in Jordan, however, their passports were seized and they were dispatched to Iraq.

"Tragically, as the men were being transported to Iraq, a car containing twelve of the men was stopped by members of the Ansar al-Sunna Army, an insurgent group," the Washington lawfirm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll writes. "The 12 men in the car were taken hostage and executed by the insurgents. The executions were filmed and posted on the Internet. The Inspector General for the United States Department of Defense investigated and confirmed the facts related to the fate of the 12 men, which led to increased enforcement of anti-trafficking

[G_j]

1. what else?

waiting for Bush and Congress to grant them immunity?

[fascisthunter]

2. Fucking Disgusting... I'm Sure SOme in the GOP Think This is Just Grand

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. My husband and I were talking about the possibility of Halliburton using slaves.

We remembered how after 9-11, Halliburton was offering $100k for every American willing to work in Iraq. Then we read somewhere that our government paid Halliburton $300k for every man they placed on the ground.

I guess Halliburton is aiming for 100% profit.

[Captain Hilts]

4. I'd like to see them hauled into court for killing the Green Zone cats too. nt

[Greyhound]

5. I'm sure "our" Attorney General is burning up the DOJ putting the prosecution

of these parasitic scumbags together.:sarcasm:

I fucking hate these assholes! To think there is a contingent of nominal Democrats that are calling for cooperating or 'reaching out' to these monstrosities.:grr:

[Jim__]

6. Jesus Christ!

[glitch]

7. Where is Cheney today? What's he up to? Anybody know?nt