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Taipie Times/Agence France Press: The Pentagon reported finding "blood all over the floor," "dirty pans," "dirty grills," "dirty salad bars" and "rotting meats ... and vegetables" in four of the military messes the company operates in Iraq, NBC said, citing Pentagon documents.
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Contractor served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens
AFP , WASHINGTON
Sunday, Dec 14, 2003,Page 7
The Pentagon repeatedly warned contractor
Halliburton-KBR that the food it served to US troops
in Iraq was "dirty," as were as the kitchens it was
served in, NBC News reported on Friday.
Halliburton-Kellogg Brown and Root's promises to
improve "have not been followed through," according to
a Pentagon report that warned "serious repercussions
may result" if the contractor did not clean up.
The Pentagon reported finding "blood all over the
floor," "dirty pans," "dirty grills," "dirty salad
bars" and "rotting meats ... and vegetables" in four
of the military messes the company operates in Iraq,
NBC said, citing Pentagon documents.
The report came as President George W. Bush fended off
Pentagon reports that Halliburton-KBR overcharged
US$61 million for gasoline it sold the military in
Iraq. Dick Cheney ran Halliburton for five years until
becoming vice president.
The company feeds 110,000 US and coalition troops
daily at a cost of US$28 per troop per day, NBC said.
The Pentagon found unclean conditions at four
locations in Iraq, including one in Baghdad and two in
Tikrit. Even the mess hall where Bush served troops
their Thanksgiving dinner was dirty in August,
September and October, according to NBC.
This adds up to "a company that arrogantly is
overcharging when they can get away with it and not
providing the quality of service that they agreed to
do," Representative Henry Waxman, Democrat of
California, told NBC.
Halliburton-Kellogg Brown and Root told NBC that
"hostile conditions" pose special challenges as they
served the 21 million meals so far to the troops at 45
sites in Iraq.
"We have taken quick action to improve," the company
said.
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