u.s. military contractor k.b.r. is under legal fire today over real fires in iraq the firm is charged with causing illnesses from massive burn pits used to incinerate garbage there. the veterans who are now suing k.b.r. because of their what they believe service connected health injuries say that k.b.r. short sighted didn't install and center raiders when they should have had burned all this hazardous waste when it was a guess the o.t. regulations to do so and as a result they're sick of all the contracts that k.b.r. and held receive require them to comply with e.p.a. regulations the allegation is that k.b.r. rather than complying with the contract complying with these environmental regulations disposing only of what should be disposed of using incinerators doing

it the right way for reasons often related to profit margins was disposing of dangerous toxins in a way that directly impacted the health of soviet troops. seeing stuff that was nuclear biological and chemical products the said do not truck tires all types of styrofoam and polystyrene batteries trucks quite a bit of different stuff. that should have been segregated out it was mine it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out if you're k.b.r. employee and you're throwing. biological medical waste into the. into the burn pit tires and anything else. that is known to be a toxin. then you're you're careless and you're you're putting people's health in jeopardy and that's exactly would a lot of these cave your cause. tractors were doing. for me to accept

is. working for k.b.r. and they have knowledge of. hazardous chemicals on the ground of cancer. here and i'll. just put in my family and i had air that is necessary. i'm. very upset over that. today very very upset. that they did that. the military exercises regular daily oversight and supervision and periodically issued evaluation reports of k.b.r. performance not just on waste disposal but across all the many functions that k.b.r. performed in the war theaters so the military was aware of what k.b.r.

was doing and if they thought that k.b.r. was doing those kind of things then they would have been in position to make those practices you know change to halt very little government oversight on the love scene of the major personnel in directing the actual work force were kellogg brown and root personnel. i've seen time and time again cave your claim that the reason why they didn't do what they were supposed to was they were allegedly being told to do something or working under the military supervision my experience has been and what i've seen in sworn testimony is that too often k.b.r. personnel were more or less directing the military about what was going to be done rather than the right way. when i noted the violations infractions and i improper actions. to root for them to management road ports and i was basically told shut up that they would make the decisions about them as decisions. the k. . rick lambert in what could be or try to do with him when he tried to expose what

was going on can reveal some of the misconduct really points to an attitude that i've seen before or k.b.r. is more concerned about keeping the truth down than fixing the problem. we know from the g.a.o. reports that have come out since that you know way two thousand and nine two thousand and ten that both the d.o.d. am k.b.r. were not operating these burn pits within their own regulations they were burning as are this materials all over iraq and afghanistan you know this not only from the veterans but through the g.a.o. reports the g.a.o. also found that many of these bearcats were still operating as late as two thousand and thirteen and this is at least two years after they were told to shut them down

or they would have been a lot better off using incinerators incinerators use less. fuel i believe they're more energy efficient and they release less toxins and so that means that any military personnel soldiers and others that are in the area aren't going to be exposed to toxic chemicals toxic fumes that kind of thing to operate to burn pits was much cheaper of them to do to put high temperature and superiors cost would have been astronomical and there are. many veterans i've spoke to believe that k.b.r. was merely cutting corners. to save money my understanding is they were given the money to do the incinerator and so it wasn't a budgetary issue this may have been a cheaper way to go this may have been an easier way to go but it certainly wasn't what was best for our soldiers. so far in addition to the congressional inspector

general investigations that have documented the misconduct. there's been hundreds of decorations sworn statements by former employees military officers documenting how the operation of the burn pits was exposing troops to the worst toxins known to man rather than disposing of these things like a cross. easy he. he. he he. he. and i come to find out that blog where i was for about six months was built on a chemical weapons manufacturing and storage facility that we bomb a lot of during the war and then we went to build a base there with my understanding to bleep it in with new ground samples as what was already in the ground or contaminated and they found that the most severe

illnesses were coming from five different bases in iraq these bases used to be former chemical weapons facilities the saddam hussein operated it was actually told to me by a former k.b.r. employee that they knew the ground was hot meaning it was contaminated. flabbergasted inquiry i want to talk about these claims that are being served by plaintiff lawyers who effectively are saying we don't agree with the decisions that were made by the military there were we think there were safer ways as we said ten years later five years later we think there were safer ways of disposing of waste and somebody should be accountable for not doing it the way that we think was safe or as often suggested and try to wrap themselves in military and all this is about is second guessing military decisions about. how to dispose of. waste where dispose

of waste the problem with that argument that i've seen is that in most cases in fact across the board k.b.r. was wrong in making decisions often concealing what they were doing from the military they were derelict they know what i believe in all these illnesses and inventors and partly because they can here's incinerators most of which were off line if they were just found out. in the mean if they would have realized. and we did in the fog of war we got to fix this in the took action to fix it. he didn't. now it turns out there was something else in the contract because all that wasn't good then an indemnity folks so if they screw anything up they don't have to pay for the bill get stuck on the american taxpayer there would be an indemnification even for negligence on

a reasonable acts of your managers agents and borders if they fell within the definition of what is covered even if they caused the injury or death to us. but under the provisions of those clause that is correct even if they cause injury or death to civilian employees. under the provisions of a cause that's correct even if they cause injury or death to american soldiers. does not and does not carve out an exception for civilian with our soldiers which means that means that if in fact the activities fall within the definition of the clause i think a.v.r. could could apply for reimbursement preferable even for death or injury to the american soldier that is correct even for the death or injury to a british servicemen. of course even death or injury to iraqi national or other world. well working on

a project. that's correct they were going to get fully reimbursed for every single legal penny they spent as well as any damages found against them and probably one of the biggest bailouts of government contractor that's been documented so for. the indemnification is is absolutely criminal if we have over one hundred thousand soldiers ill it just shows it's a good example of you know how much our government really cares about our soldiers are just pawns. they're angry they're far straighted they feel as though they gave . everything they had to the us government they believed down till sam had their back when they sent them over to iraq and afghanistan to fight the war they believed when they came back they'd be taking care of. the military the v.a. are supposed to take care of their veterans. and they're supposed to provide good

health here and good transition in the military and the military and v.a. has failed miserably on doing this and not only want to put issues but you know a lot of mental health issues and everything else there are many people who are working with the v.a. who feel that studies have been either. related have been prone to bias in favor of. results that my error or that's having psychosomatic problems instead of physical problems.

i think. the old situations are coming out of the stand pulpit. if they are not in favor of it made to it's coming. to the board for the show but on the other side i think it think a bank the old impression of confrontation that's a mistake on the western side specially by the americans also on the other side. should just have to keep it as i live eat here good for yourself then. find. you need no. need to. be young.

again beyond. we have many things in the smiles and this isn't enough for everyone and why some people's minds so take our things all the power just for themselves and that is the mother. of. the office of public health conducts large studies of the health of a trance however just to. produce results that should not support the office of public health. they don't believe. this applies to data regarding adverse health consequences of environmental exposures such as burn pits in iraq and afghanistan

and toxics exposures in the gulf or on the rare occasions when embarrassing study results are released data are manipulated to make them unintelligible so there seems to be an ongoing struggle between the truth seekers and the government when it comes to. sort of getting to the bottom of the exposure and health a fact that veterans are now experiencing. been a hopeful terrible experience for. the for the claim itself to the v.a. to get it either compensated or to get medical treatment. is going to home. are not there no matter what the city. most of their employees are angry and

certainly nasty. i know why going in there i always thought that they would have the best care and the reality. down it depends on who you get is a provider but the bureaucracy at the v.a. for me is what has been a nightmare to deal with getting bills from the labs for a thousand two thousand dollars for blood work and staff call in the v.a. tell them i'm keep getting these bills call in the lab company the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't and you're already sick with chemo and radiation olsson all these bills are coming and you nobody's paying them. i mean i mean right now we're quarter million dollars in debt from cancer cos we're bankrupt . and the v.a. still denies my claim that it's not this is not a. exposures. the politicians the congressional people

that we sought to help us unfortunate drop us like a hot potato swims he made senator. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still do minor cases we have attorneys for sure you have the money there or we're going to see we're jews were were you are we are you know i'm just hopeful you can make it to a long enough time i can make what they call in your golden rule the v.a. system itself to me and said it about fourteen years or filmic it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits that they deserve i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put their lives on the line for us why would we. not give them the proper medical attention that they need why give them an appointment three months out and then. send it you know prolong it even more to maybe eight months nine months

a year and then even fighting for their benefits if they don't. then book person twelve months of them coming back and he doesn't get a diagnosis forget it they're screwed because they don't see it x. it's service related service connected. the burden of proof is on the matter the have to be able to service connected it doesn't matter whether you have it or not or the condition did it happen during the day you enter to the left that's the big window that you have to fight for. iraq afghanistan war injury is our generation's agent orange. if you look at the historical precedents with agent orange for decades it was not acknowledged and then after decades it was studied and then finally soldiers were treated. so to goes with iraq afghanistan war longing for

we can't wait that long poor the burn pits to reckon on it's not the pace that the guys are in the females are dying from the burn pits it's on my ass to the illnesses are showing up in the sometimes a lot sooner he put in his time he sacrificed he gave everything that it was possible to get and. and more proud of that and we don't regret that and he doesn't regret that and we would serve again our sons have enlisted so it's not the service that's the problem and then things happen in war and we understand that there's a cost and and we will carry with that because there are some things that are worth the cost but the other side of that is that at the end of it they take care of you

and every single time there's a war we do this song and dance with the government where they say no no it wasn't us no it wasn't that it's just you it's you know i don't know what it was it's just the look and it's not every single time and when is it the last time when is it that they just say. ok. this is was it and you did your part larry stewart when does that time come where you're not fighting afterwards defeat should be done i see no end to this because with the agent orange the vietnam veteran still suffering still fighting to be recognized on top of that gulf war veterans fighting to be recognized now you're adding another million or so iraq and afghanistan veterans fighting to be recognized that's two generations at least of the men and women who are sick. and they have

overwhelmed a v.a. system that was not prepared to handle that to compensate every. soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining about their exposure illnesses from exposure from the burn pits we would bring would bring literally some to be a broke and. they don't want to pay it so the waiting in the decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time and they won't have to pay anything. all grow up and. get the middle finger. the vs new model is. delayed and i hope he does. the veterans that i speak to are both mad and they're bewilder some of them are so sick that they don't know if they're wake up

in the morning and i'm not exaggerating every year is something new every year is something that's taken away from the quality of life that he has and that we have as a family. i mean when you. in that i would can just walk into a restaurant down and he will have a meal. because he's sitting there he's trying to. keep himself busy eating on his own. cult the book for. the simple things that. we take for granted. that he doesn't have.

our heart. what. what would what is our future going to be like what does that hold. it's just going to get worse. i'd like to think the future blight. but that's my optimistic guy trying to i think a lot of times go on myself because if i read about disease that i. saw i don't know i mean maybe i get a vertical with god heals me and my wife is wonderful and she in a truck on the way nothing's ever let up in. bed right now it's too much take care of my husband take care of every other. woman's husband and. man's wife who served who did their duty because they believed in it because they

believe that it was the right thing to do. that's all we're asking. there's absolutely a moral obligation to fix it when these veterans come home and they're sick no matter what they're sick we have an obligation as the. and american public to take care of these men and women who are sacrifice themselves for us i. i hope that. this will have an ending where they jump on this and really story. aggressively treating the soldiers at the v.a. and but i don't see this ending well at all. the outcome is is going to be gloom and doom. he can't eat. he.

can everything it can or can't. eat no wonder. he. is. ready or fight is going to continue on. and we are going to. take what you have. and what you have been bought for. to the president of the united states. so that it helps others.

prescribe medication is widespread on the us market and a frequent cause of death and. like everything was ashes my family was literally coming unglued i had actually planned. to commit some site. who has made antidepressants so commonly used we were doing what the doctors told us to do we were being responsible and what the real side effects. was. when i did was done on a cocktail of legal drugs. just because something's legal doesn't mean it's safe i fear that we may see the iranians taking

the first steps towards restarting the beautiful ground which will only further ratchet up tensions and further increased risk of the war that's the big danger here this is not just about killing the video this is automatically putting the united states on a course in which they. feel . so. yes to all this is all the proof.

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