Phineas Pinkham
September 8th 03, 09:53 PM
KBR worker killed in Iraq
>> Associated Press
>>
>> Houston - A civilian affiliated with Houston-based
>Halliburton has
>> been shot and killed today in Iraq.
>>
>> Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall says the
>victim worked for
>> subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root.
>>
>> Halliburton, which is the former company of
>Vice President Dick
>> Cheney, has major contracts for reconstruction
>in Iraq and
>> Afghanistan.
>>
>> Hall declined to release the name of the victim.
>>
>> She says the victim was fatally shot while
>driving a vehicle, in
>> Baghdad, that was being escorted by military
>personnel.
>>
>> She says he was dead on arrival at a nearby
>combat support hospital.
>>
>> The worker was with K-B-R's team supporting
>the Army's mail delivery.
>>
>> Hall says the shooting is under investigation.
>>
>> Another K-B-R worker was killed on August
>fifth when a remote-control
>> bomb exploded under the truck he was driving
>north of Tikrit.
>>
>> Associated Press
>>
>> Houston - A civilian affiliated with Houston-based
>Halliburton has
>> been shot and killed today in Iraq.
>>
>> Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall says the
>victim worked for
>> subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root.
>>
>> Halliburton, which is the former company of
>Vice President Dick
>> Cheney, has major contracts for reconstruction
>in Iraq and
>> Afghanistan.
>>
>> Hall declined to release the name of the victim.
>>
>> She says the victim was fatally shot while
>driving a vehicle, in
>> Baghdad, that was being escorted by military
>personnel.
>>
>> She says he was dead on arrival at a nearby
>combat support hospital.
>>
>> The worker was with K-B-R's team supporting
>the Army's mail delivery.
>>
>> Hall says the shooting is under investigation.
>>
>> Another K-B-R worker was killed on August
>fifth when a remote-control
>> bomb exploded under the truck he was driving
>north of Tikrit.
>>