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WARNING
Iraq Infections

COMING SOON...
TO A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU
Acinetobacter baumannii
Iraqibacter

Contractor loses leg
to preventable
infection

Paula Loyd dies
from infection
"We thought she was
going to be OK," Roberts
said. "But then the
infection, and the
pneumonia. It was a
shock."

Baghdad Boil
Leishmania is a very  variable
bug,  There still is much we do
not know  about it.  Very few
people in this  country have any
reason to know  anything about
it, whether they be  MD's or
whatever.  
Persistant skin  
rashes,
blistery rashes on the  scalp,
sores or wounds that do not  
heal should all be considered for
 leishmaniasis.

Leishmaniasis from
Iraq and Afghanistan

The Baghdad Hack

Defense Base Act
DBA Attorneys
DBA Lawyers

Dennis Nalick
will answer your
questions
Choose your lawyer very
carefully.
Your future depends on it.


Exposing  
Deceptive Defense
Doctors
by Dorothy Clay Simms









When DMEs Selectively
Report Test Results
Defense doctors often
pick and choose which
test results to include in
their reports, slanting
the report in favor of the
defense...
read more here

With permission, we
want to share an email
Barb Dill, wife of an
American Contractor
in Iraq
WADE  Lost his life to PTSD
The Morning Show-
Listen Now

U.S. Contractors in Iraq
and at home Jeremy
Scahill, author of
Blackwater, The Rise of
World’s Most Powerful
Mercenary Army;
Jana Crowder, founded
the website,
AmericanContractorsin
Iraq.com for contractors
seeking help;
Cindy Morgan, former
Civilian Contractor and
also author of "Cindy in
Iraq, a civilian year in a
war zone”  
©2004-Jana Crowder
Also read....
Cross Examining
the Psychiatric
Expert,
by: Dorothy C. Simms, Esq. Ocala,
Florida
San Francisco Giants
for them in 1984 as a September call-up and quickly entrenched himself
as their starting third baseman. In his first full season in 1985, Brown
batted .261 with 16 home runs and 61 runs batted in for the last-place
Giants, made the All-Rookie team, and finished 4th in the National League
Rookie of the Year voting (Vince Coleman of the St. Louis Cardinals won
the award by unanimous vote); Brown also led the NL in times being hit by
pitch (11). In 1986, Brown batted .317 and made the NL All-Star team after
hitting nearly .350 in the season's first half.

Life after baseball
Chris Brown lived in Houston, Texas with his wife Lisa and their two
children, Paris and Chris Jr. Brown, after retirement. In 2004, Brown
worked in Iraq driving an 18-wheel truck delivering diesel fuel for
Halliburton. He took fire on numerous occasions, including in a convoy
that was attacked on April 9, 2004, in which six Halliburton drivers and
one soldier were killed and another driver kidnapped and later
released.[1] By 2006, Brown had returned to the United States.

Brown died at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston on December 26,
2006, nearly a month after he suffered burns in a fire on November 30 at
a vacant house he owned in Sugar Land, Texas. He was 45 years of age.
Police have never determined if his death was a homicide, suicide, or an
accident.
EXHIBITS
TO HOLD  A HEARING TO
DETERMINE IF
THE METHODOLOGY is
“SCIENTIFICALLY ACCEPTED”
Defense Base Act and
War Hazards
Compensation Act
Handbook
2008 Edition

Roger A. Levy-
Editor-in-Chief

Laughlin,Falbo, Levy &
Moresi, LLP

Get the book for free at
the DBA Conference!
(This year it's $60)

or just call it
How to Screw the
"Modern Day
Defense Base
Act Casuality"

It doesn't matter how
severely injured the
contractor is,  the trick is
to find every little loop
hole you can to deny
them benefits
Leximancer Closes $1
Million in Private
Funding
No need for the DSM IV,
we now have the
Leximancer, "analysis
is provided without
previous knowledge of
the information under
investigation"

Also read: Roger Levy-
Leximancer in
Application

Remember this one
"FBS (FAKE BAD
SCALE")
Test for Fingering
Malingerers Comes
Under Fire

The Defense Base
Act (DBA):
The Federally Mandated
Workers' Compensation
System for Overseas
Government Contractors,
September 15, 2008
"The House Committee on
Oversight and Government
Reform held hearings in
2008 on the DBA. Current
DOD DBA policies have also
been criticized by the
Government Accountability
Office (GAO) and the Army's
own auditors. "
House Hearing, "Are Tax
Payers Paying Too Much"
Waxman May 2008.
Statement by Shelby
Hallmark
Is the DBA (Defense Base Act)  discriminating against work location?

PROFFITT_CHAD_E_v_SERVICE_EMPLOYERS_IN_2005LDA00083_(NOV_23_2005)
_094025_CADEC_SD.PDF
Using "Unfairly and Unreasonable" due to work location under the DBA is not it's intended use of the law.  
This practice has been seen by employers/ carriers...IE..Employer / Insurer appeal BRB No. 06-0306
In rejecting the employer’s assertion on appeal that Section 10(c) should apply to include only claimant’s
stateside earnings, the Board stated that the administrative law judge properly focused on the comparable
nature of the claimant’s employment rather than on the location of that employment.
Also see:   (unpublished)  BRB No. 07-0615          ALJ  court 2006-LDA-0119

The Tools of Economic Evaluation for "Economic Disability"

33 u.s.c. ch. 18,  902 (10) -“Disability” means incapacity because of injury to earn the wages which the employee
was receiving at the time of injury in the same or any other employment; but such term shall mean permanent
impairment, determined (to the extent covered thereby) under the guides to the evaluation of permanent
impairment promulgated and modified from time to time by the American Medical Association, in the case of an
individual whose claim is described in section 910 (d)(2) of this title.

33 u.s.c. ch.18. 902 (13)The term “wages” means the money rate at which the service rendered by an employee
is compensated by an employer under the contract of hiring in force at the time of the injury, including the
reasonable value of any advantage which is received from the employer and included for purposes of any
withholding of tax under subtitle C of title 26 (relating to employment taxes). The term wages does not include
fringe benefits, including (but not limited to) employer payments for or contributions to a retirement, pension,
health and welfare, life insurance, training, social security or other employee or dependent benefit plan for the
employee’s or dependent’s benefit, or any other employee’s dependent entitlement.

Note:
So to say Typical DBA wokers could never expect to ever earn these high wages in the
future, compared to Typical Longshore workers is not valid, and excludes Modern Day DBA
workers from Economical pay, when we are in a World of Terror.
Question is...
  • Did the employee quit after the disability?
  • Was the employee fired due to his disability?
  • What legal contract did they have to sign in order to FILE for a disability benefits?

KBR is one of the world’s largest government services contractors. They have a rich history for providing
engineering, construction and military support services to a wide range of customers.  Their 60,000 employees
working  in 49 countries around the world have earned an exceptional reputation as delivering on even the most
complex assignments.

KBR is comprised of two distinct business units: Government and Infrastructure and Energy and Chemicals.
Their Government and Infrastructure division has, for more than 60 years, provided a broad range of vital
services to military and civilian branches of governments worldwide. The division also is a leader in program
and construction management for roads, bridges, airports and other large infrastructure projects.

From local cities and towns to remote and challenging locations, KBR Government and Infrastructure goes
wherever their clients need  them to go.
See  Yahoo Hot jobs

Practice Points...
***Equating his work in Louisiana to his work outside Baghdad is disingenuous and equivocal. Even if his job as
a foreman were identical to his job as a laborer, its location inside a combat zone makes it different. For
instance, to be qualified to work in a combat zone one must be able to: quickly get out of the way of enemy
mortar fire, obtain a Defense Common Access card, and obtain a U.S. Army travel authorization.2 Therefore,
apart from being merely more dangerous, a war-zone is additionally at least minimally more secure.  Because
Claimant was able to meet these minimal safety and security requirements, whereas many laborers would not,
Claimant.s job with Employer is inherently of a higher class than his prior work."
(because disability is an economic concept under the Act, eligibility for benefits must reflect a
concern for the “economic consequences” of the injury); see also 33 U.S.C. §908(h)    BRB No.
07-0615

THE NOTION TO SEPARATE WORKERS BY WORK LOCATION OVERSEAS by claiming they are not  TYPICAL
LWHCA WORKERS under the DBA, because they work in Iraq or Afghanistan, IS WRONG AND IN DIRECT
VIOLATION OF THE (DBA) -DEFENSE BASE ACT & COMPANY CONTRACT  

The Contract Wage must stay in place!
Coverage for the EMPLOYEE by the employer was signed by both parities to furnish medical under  the DBA.
and extenstion of the  "Traditional LHWCA" which doesn't discrimate against work location!
YOU CAN NOT VIOLATE A WORK CONTRACT!  
Both agree under no duress
See: Zimmerman vs Service Employers International (unpublished)
33 U.S.C. 109 which sets the "LWHCA" for Average weekly wage calculation!
  • Does the DBA (Defense Base Act) distinguish between locations overseas?
  • Is the  DBA discriminating against a Longshore worker by work location?
  • What is a "TYPICAL LONGSHORE WORKER"?
  • What defines a "Typical Longshore worker?"
  • What is a Modern Day DBA Employee?
  • Where is the classifications in the DBA/ LHWCA of the different types of contractors?
  • Judge Mills ruled in Favor of the " Contract Wage" in the  Zimmerman Case
    (unpublished), which was appealed by the employer/ carrier to the Benefits Review
    Board.
  • Why isn't this cased being used, cuz the so called Modern Day DBA employee would win?
Tax News

If you were injured prior to
2006, you are exempt  from
meeting the "TIME
REQUIREMENTS" for being
out of the country 330 days.!
THE United States Tax
Court ordered that  no
income TAX or penalties
are due for 2004, under
provision
IRC, 662 (a)
Form 2555 - IRS form ,
(was revised 2006)
Is the Term "Unfair & Unreasonable" being
misused against the "Modern Day DBA
worker" , by stating that an employee of KBR
could never expect to be able to make the
high wages, under the Wage Contract, that
they were making?  Were these jobs actually
short term, with no chance of ever getting
another contract?  Why doesn't the employees
work for their employer after the injury
occurred?  Is this typical for a "Typical
Longshore Worker" to be fired or have to quit
in order to file for disability benefits?       
Review the court records and see for
yourself!  
I know this sounds like a lot of question, but shoot I
haven't even hit the hardest ones.  

  • Such as how can an employer/ Insurer just file a
    LS 207 and stop payments?
  • Why is an employee who is getting medical
    benefits not told about their entitlement's to the
    DBA prior to their one year statue of limitation?  
  • Who's paying for the employees investigation
    services, ie...depos. for the insurers doctors?
  • Why is it that,  if an employee files for benefits,
    does the Insurer stop payments?
  • How can the Insure/ employer violate a Court
    Order?
  • What about the appeals, when the insurer/
    employer appeals the case, are the disabled
    entitled to a free attorney, vise versa?
  • Why are Widows with American children, who
    were married and supported by their American
    Husband, consider non American and only recieve
    half of what their deceased husband put into
    retirement?   Really now, he earned it, don't you
    think if wife and children are entitled to it?
  • Is the employer required to inform the employee of
    their rights under the DBA? And is there a fine if
    they dont?
  • Last but Least, why is it that an employee who is
    injured on the job and/ or files under the DBA is
    assumed to not ever be able to work in that job
    nature again?.   Are there not "Truck Dispatchers"
    who work inside the bases, a job that many
    "Truckers" who are injured, COULD DO?  And also
    doesn't KBR have over 60,000 employees who
    work in 49 countries across the world?  Couldn't
    you send them to another county or send them to
    the Houston office to work?  RELOCATE them and
    provide them a place to work due to the injuries
    they received under your employment in the first
    place.  YOU KNOWINGLY KNEW it was a DANGER
    ZONE< Thats why you enticed them with high pay,  
    YOU TOOK OUT THE INSURANCE< WHICH COVERS
    THESE WORKERS> IF YOU DON'T want to provide
    them what they are entitled to under the ACT, then
    it's the least you can do, but throwing them into the
    streets of American so "WE" the TAX payer can
    pick up YOUR bill, is not right!  As we have already
    paid 3 Million to provide care, you pocket most of it
    and the employees who were injured go without!    
    AGAIN SEE  DBA HEARING
How medical benefits
are denied  under the
DBA
"Taking your rights
away"
Under Title 33 Chapter 18, section 907-
Part B. Says that the injured gets to choose 1st choice doctor, so then under E) 2. in that chapter
is states that, "as soon as the employer is notified in writing or otherwise, the employer or carrier
shall forthwith authorize medical treatment and care from a physician selected by an employee
pursuant to subsection (b)  

The trick is that all the Employer / Carrier has to do to stop this is to file a: " LS 207-Notice of
Controversion of Right to Compensation"  meaning that they get to do an investigation, and the
injured has to PROVE their injuries, which with good attorneys can take approximately 4+ years to
prove!  So even if you get a doctor, doesn't mean they will approve your medical needs!  
How far will attorneys go for AIG & CNA?
Is this legal?
Does the Defense Base Act Discriminate by military operation overseas?
Contingency Operations

Established in 1941, the
Defense Base Act (DBA)
provides the equivalent of
workers' compensation for
civilian contractors
working in contingency
operations in overseas
countries such as Iraq and
Afghanistan. "As
designated by the
Secretary of Defense,
Operation Enduring
Freedom (OEF) in
Afghanistan and Operation
Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq
are both contingency
operations.” [1] The
Federal Acquisitions
Regulations (FAR) 2.101
defines a Contingency
Operation (10 U.S.C. 101(a)
(13)) to be a military
operation that:

"(1) Is designated by the
Secretary of Defense as an
operation in which
members of the armed
forces are or may become
involved in military
actions, operations, or
hostilities against an
enemy of the United States
or against an opposing
military force; or

(2) Results in the call or
order to, or retention on,
active duty of members of
the uniformed services
under section 688, 12301
(a), 12302, 12304, 12305, or
12406 of 10 U.S.C., Chapter
15 of 10 U.S.C, or any other
provision of law during a
war or during a national
emergency declared by the
President or Congress." [2]
After Injury, the Battle Begins:
Evaluating Workers’ Compensation for
Civilian Contractors in War Zones
by Rep Dennis J Kucinich & Sen Bernie Sanders
Chairman Domestic Policy Subcommittee
Video Link

Risk Management without the Risk
“Something cruel, heartless and cynical took place in the back
rooms of carriers with responsibility for civilian claims. If you like
Edgar Alan Poe, you’ll love the claims files of AIG and CNA.”

These are the eyes behind the claims numbers of the  
Modern Day DBA Casualty
It's a look you recognize when you've been there
The Lives behind these eyes are the ones you've cast aside














Remember Them Too



Should this family have had to lose their home their credit too ?
How CNA treats foreign claimants




















For more on Stellie and Daniels story go to  
South African Contractors in Iraq  

Foreign Workers for US are Casualties Twice Over
Insurance experts said the numbers suggest that many wounded
foreigners never apply for benefits, even though U.S. taxpayers have paid
more than $1.5 billion in premiums for the war-zone insurance.

Broad Agreement that Workmans Comp Program
for War Zone Workers Needs Fixing
by T. Christian Miller
















Daniel Brink, a South African, applied to Chicago-based insurer CNA for his
medical benefits but said CNA declined some benefits owed to him. (Francine
Orr/ Los Angeles Times)
Congressional hearings generally follow a script. Lawmakers publicly vent
their outrage, administration officials offer plausible defenses, and the
outcome is inconclusive. But last week's airing of complaints about the
government's system for taking care of civilian workers injured or killed
while on the job in Iraq and Afghanistan was notable for its unanimity.











AIG in Iraq:  A cruel way to make a buck
AIG may not know diddly about the risk in risky financial vehicles, but they
certainly know how to make money in conventional comp insurance. Of course, it
helps that the injured workers are so invisible, like obscure figures in a desert
sand storm, struggling blindly to find some kind of shelter in a harsh and
unsympathetic world.

Dropping the DBA Ball
Is it any wonder AIG and CNA get away with murder?

Remember them too
Don't Contractors Count When We Calculate the Costs of War?









An Arlington National Cemetery caisson carries the body of retired Air Force Col.
Michael W. Butler, who was killed while working as a private contractor in Iraq.
(2007 Photo By Charles Dharapak -- Associated Press)
Despite the light that Memorial Day will shine, briefly, on the U.S. death tolls in
Iraq and Afghanistan, don't expect an accurate accounting of the real human cost
of our military actions abroad. The numbers you'll see -- mostly likely just under
5,000 fatalities -- won't tell the whole story.
read the whole story here


AIG Faces Hearing on Denial of Medical Claims by Contractors Injured in
Iraq and Afghanistan
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [1], D-Ohio, announced [2] today that a panel of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [3] will hold hearings on June
18 to examine whether AIG and other major insurance carriers have
inappropriately denied medical claims of contractors injured on the job in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
At WHAT Cost?
Contingency Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Interim Report
J U N E 2 0 0 9
Commission on Wartime Contracting: Interim Findings and Path Forward"
House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Wednesday June 10

Iraqi Judge releases American Contractors

Iraq says four US Contractors detained not five

Five US Contractors held in slaying of Jim Kitterman

CNA and Lawyers, Congressional Hearings

Hot Topics Q&A
yes AIG and CNA can do almost anything they want with no consequence

AIG WAR
by T. Lee Marshall

Is Samin Papa your case manager at CNA ?
let's talk    
injured@americancontractorsiniraq.com

CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OF U.S. OPERATIONS IN USCENTCOM AOR,
IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN
Operational Contract Support, "State of the Union" — May 2009


Roadside Bomb Kills Three Americans in Iraq

IRAQ: Leishmaniasis appears in southern province
If your working in Iraq remember it's sandfly season

Pentagon’s IG to Examine AIG Insurance Provided to Private
Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
The Defense Department's inspector general is preparing a possible audit to
examine allegations that inadequate oversight by federal officials allowed AIG
and other major carriers to deny medical benefits due civilian contractors in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Suicide from PTSD not compensible

When PTSD Comes Marching Home


War scarred contractors battle red tape
In fighting claims, the insurance companies have relied on doctors with
questionable expertise, according to court records and claimants' attorneys.
Civilian workers in Iraq suffering combat trauma
No one has studied the effects of wartime trauma on civilian contractors working
in Iraq, but experts say war affects contractors no differently than it affects
troops

Tricks Regularly use by AIG, CNA, and their defense attorneys

Your Independent Medical Evaluation
A must read for the injured contractor

Don Ayala Gets probation






Military security contractor Don Ayala and social scientist
Paula Loyd in Afghanistan.






Kucinich Asks AIG Why It’s Denying Claims From
Injured Contractors in Iraq

Military Fails to Collect from AIG for Care
to injured contractors
by T Christian Miller Propublica
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has failed to bill American Insurance Group and
other major insurance carriers for millions of dollars in medical care provided to
private contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new federal
report [1] (PDF).
The United States hired hundreds of thousands of civilians to work in the two
war zones. When injured on the job, their medical care is supposed to be paid
for by private insurance companies, primarily AIG.

Contractors Using Military Clinics
Civilians Also Are Not Paying, Audit Says

KBR has blocked MsSparky from their servers

Nine new lawsuits filed against KBR

Could it be true CNA is worse than AIG?

Injured War Zone Contractors Fight AIG and CNA to get care
on Democracy Now
Amy Goodman  with T Christian Miller, John Woodson, Keith Smith Idol















read transcript here

Attention Injured Contractors
We need your help with this effort
contact junglem@yahoo.com in confidence

Britian honors it's civilian contractors too
With equal solemnity, it concluded with M.A.M Usman, a civilian contractor killed
in a rocket attack on March 9.

Cummings Requests Congressional Hearing on
AIG Denying Claims for Civilians Injured
in Iraq, Afghanistan
Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), a senior member of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter (text below) to
Domestic Policy Subcommittee Chairman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) requesting
a hearing to examine a recent investigation by the Los Angeles Times, ABC
News, and ProPublica. According to the investigation, AIG and other insurance
companies have been unnecessarily denying and prolonging serious health
insurance claims of civilian contractors who were injured or killed while
participating in U.S. combat activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The men and women who sacrifice their lives to protect our nation on the
battlefield should be able to return to their families without having to wage
another battle here at home to receive the health care they are more than
entitled to receive,” Congressman Cummings said. “I was absolutely disgusted
to read about the atrocities that individuals are being forced to endure as they
attempt to get treatment for the injuries they received while serving our
country.”   Read  full story here

Labor Department Enforcement Lacking, Report Finds

Craig Fuller 33 was killed,
along with a civilian Afghan leader of his team in a roadside firefight.  
Jeff Hermey, another Lee County man,
was injured by shrapnel

KBR’s own Memos Undermine Defense-Good Friday Massacre

Tax information for Contractors working overseas

Clues you need a new DBA Attorney

Dyncorp Faces State Department Probe Following Death

Preston Wheeler Ambush Video and others
you got it here first !

Civilian Workers in Iraq suffering Combat Trauma

Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From
AIG and Other Insurers

AIG Pampers Execs, Denies Claims of  
Contractors Injured in Iraq

Blind Amputee Has to Fight AIG for New Plastic Leg, Wheelchair
While Executives Get Bonuses, John Woodson Gets "Cheapest They Could Get
Away With"

Pentagon Curbs Use of Hexavalant Chromium
Escalating health concerns prompt virtual ban of   chemical, often called
sodium dichromate.

What are the motives to misdiagnose PTSD?
The truth might rest in math.

"I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD"
A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to
diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army and Senate have
ignored the implications.
"he also received pressure not to properly diagnose
traumatic brain injury"

Tales of the secret Army tape
After a soldier taped a psychologist saying he'd been pressured not to
diagnose PTSD, the Army launched an investigation. Read the details of
how the Army declared itself innocent.

Reducing Contractors Numbers:  Is it possible?

Republican Governor's Association and
Halliburton Kellogg Brown Root

VA SAYS NO PRESUMPTIVES FOR HOST OF ILLNESSES
AFFLICTING GULF WAR VETS

Traumatic Brain Injury and the DBA
Brain Injuries go undiagnosed in contractors
CNA  and AIG refuse to pay for screening

Report to Congress Urges Accelerated Efforts to Create Breakthroughs on
Traumatic Brain Injury

Better Brain Trauma testing called for in Iraq
Traumatic Brain Injury page

Brain Injured Troops Face Unclear Long Term Risks

Was your cancer caused by toxic exposures in
Iraq?
Were you exposed to Depleted Uranium, Hexavalent Chromium,
Sodium Dicromate,  TCE Trichloroethylene, or BURN PITS in
Iraq?

Oregon's Own Toxicologist Points Out Toxicity of
Hexavalent Chromium
"greatly increases the risk of lung cancer"

KBR Work Presents 'Security Risk'  

Is your lawyer working in your best interest?
Would you know?
Check out Clues that your attorney is not working for you

Pinoy carpenter killed, another injured in Afghanistan mortar attack

AIG: Failure's Fat Rewards

New Day for OSHA?

KBR keeps witness info concealed

Department Of Defense Latest Contracts

Who got AIG's bailout billions?

Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to to
cancer causing chemicals

KBR Whistleblower on Rachel Maddow

Justin Pope Dyncorp Killed in Iraq

Update Justin Pope killed by accidental gunshot wound

Tampa Contractor Killed in Afghanistan       
Santos Cardona was on a patrol early Saturday morning. There had been many
roadside bombs in the past few days, and "they wanted him to go out with his
dog. The explosion split the Humvee he was in, and it landed on top of him. He
was killed instantly."  Cardona was a contractor with American Canine, a Florida-
based contracting company. The 34-year old had been working with a bomb dog
since November 2008

A drawdown of contractors in Iraq
The reduction of civilian contractors in Iraq, ordered by Gen. Ray Odierno,
will pose challenges as troop reductions are carried out.

Outsourcing Peacekeeping

Blast kills contractor in Afghanistan

AIG in talks with Feds over another bailout?
How about bailing out the injured contractors that they refuse to provide
benefits for?

Contractor Numbers as of Dec 31 st

CNA refuses to approve TBI screening  for
Bomb Blast Victim
He needs to provide them with medical evidence that he has TBI
so he can be tested for TBI
Walter Reed intentionally did not test for this when he was there
being put back together
DOD avoided TBI Screening

ALJ William Dorsey Deals Blow to Blackwater Families

Blackwater misrepresents their employees as contractors so they don't
have to pay taxes but they magically become employees so the taxpayer
has to pay for their Defense Base Act insurance
This insurance for PSC's runs 50% and more of  their yearly salary

Isn't this either tax evasion or fraud?

read here
and here misrepresenting the employee as a contractor
Blackwater Dodges Taxes

Job Openings for Security Iraq
SR PM for Afghanistan

Civilian Surge
a preliminary report

Pentagon Boosts Spending on PR
In the process, it is raising concerns of spreading propaganda at home in
violation of federal law.

Houston Lawsuit blames Halliburton, KBR in Iraq Death
Kristen Martin alleges wrongful death, fraud and conspiracy regarding the
February 2007 shooting of her father, Donald Tolfree.

Halliburtons Army:   How a well connected Texas Oil Company
Revolutionized the Way America Makes War

Hard Lessons
The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
Download here

The Hidden Casualties of War

Tangiers International LLC of Louisianna has an agreement with
the
?? Department of Labor ??
Tangiers has since changed their statement regarding their
relationship with the DoL

Tangiers and your rights under the DBA

Pentagon letter undercuts DOJ in Blackwater case

Sailor Electrocuted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A third U.S. service member has been determined to
have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq

KBR Awarded Convoy Support Center in Iraq Contract
and YES it does involve electrical work

Army Report: Negligence by KBR Caused Soldiers
Electrocution
An Army investigation calls the electrocution death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq
"negligent homicide" caused by military contractor KBR Inc.

The Department of Labor sets up PTSD TBI Website for Veterans
America's Heroes at Work
At the same time they are allowing AIG and CNA to deny medical,
psychiatric, and disability payments to the Contractors, most of whom are
Veterans, with the same diagnoses' from the same Wars







Secretary Chao has set back decades of progress at the Department of
Labor by stonewalling investigations, embracing corporate special
interests, and showing general contempt for working families.
Lets hope that  under incoming Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis the
Department of Labor will properly oversee the implementation of the
Defense Base Act in the spirit in which it was written, not how it is being
"interpreted".

Defense Department Establishes Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2009 – The Defense Department is forming a
civilian expeditionary workforce that will be trained and equipped to deploy
overseas in support of military missions worldwide, according to
department officials.

Daylight hits Covert NLV Airline
Vision Air is being sued by employees who say the company withheld
millions in government hazard pay they earned for flying into war zones.
The government requires contractors and subcontractors to swear in
affidavits that the hazard pay is given to the employees who earned it.

Where are the future markets for Private Security Contractors?
Bleeding Heart Humanitarian Contractors :)
Like them or hate them, we still need private security contractors
Iraq Won't Grant Blackwater a License

Why Contractor Fatalities Matter

In the Line of Fire
“It was the contractors’ war,” Fainaru writes. “Not just the [mercenaries]
but the janitors and the cooks, the bean counters and the bomb-disposal
experts.   
“The government didn’t even have the decency to count them, maybe because if it did, all the basic
barometers that the Pentagon had been using to measure how the war was going — troop levels,
number and frequency of attacks, and especially, casualties —   would have gone straight out the
window.
The mercs didn’t die or get wounded or engage in combat in Iraq. They were like cardboard soldiers.”

Happy New Year
Greatest Hits of 2008
Bullshit as Science
The Fake Bad Scale

The AIG Saga:  Farewell My  (Not-So) Lovely?
How AIG was allowed to borrow the money put aside for your claims
Contractors vs employees: KBR and Blackwater shell games
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Not in This Army!
Independent Contractor or Employee?
and here
Thank you Workman's Comp Insider for these and more here

KBR seeks to blame US Army, Insurgents for Iraq Convoy Deaths
Oregon Troops Exposed to Toxic Chemicals
by KBR contractors

The Unreported Death of Staff Sgt Paula Loyd of the Human Terrain
System
Paula Loyd died from infection at Brooke Army Medical Center
Don Michael Ayala
Third 'Human Terrain' Researcher Dead
AIG faced workmans comp audit in 2005
Gear up EOD Contractors
US Pullout from Iraq to hit private contactors
AIG, the DBA, and Iraqi Interpreters

Shell companies in Cayman
Islands allow KBR to avoid
Medicare, Social Security
deductions-Boston Globe

Injured contractors sometimes
caught in legal wrangle for
disability compensation-MEDILL
REPORTS WASHINGTON,by
Mrinalini Reddy

Back from Iraq, contractors in U.S.
face combat-related stress
NY Times-

Private workers left helpless after
war’s stress

Bush’s Private Armies Suffering
Breakdowns

For war zone workers, a new fight
Some US firms deny injury claims
Boston Globe-Jan-07

Civilian Casualties from Iraq:
Caring for the Forgotten Wounded

Silent surge in contractor 'armies'
From the July 18, 2007
edition -csmoniter

American Contractors in Iraq Face
Risks  New York Times July
16,2007

The Contractor's Fight at Home-
David Phinney

Contractors Back From Iraq Suffer
Trauma From Battle

Overseas Contractors Seek
Support Back Home  Thursday,
June 14th, 2007

'War, Red Tape Haunt Civilian
Workers.' L.A,. Times-T. Miller

Overseas Contractors Seek
Support Back Home,Thurs, June
14, 2007  

Iraq: Blood, Sweat and Tears at  
New U.S. Embassy  Thurs., June
14, 2007

Gimme Shelter-Some Iraq
veterans are returning home, only
to face homelessness and mental
problems. Meanwhile, the VA is
MIA.

US CONTRACTORS FACE PERIL,
NEGLECT ,
Boston Globe

Contractor Families Network at
Home- Fox News

Building Support

Ohio mom wants Iraq contractors
honored

The Contractor's Fight at Home

US: The battle scars of a private
war  ,
LA Times 2007

A crusader for civilian casualties

Nearly 800 Contractors Killed
in Iraq

John, Don't Surrender, Daivd
Pinney

Iraq Contractors Convene in TN.

Iraq Wounded
Fight for Insurance Coverage

(SF) Civilian workers in Iraq
suffering combat trauma

Two truckers return from Iraq
disillusioned , E Trucker 2007

A 'Clara Barton' of the Web
for Civilian Contractors
Injured in Iraq

Contractors Wounded in Iraq
Meet for Support

Marines Jail Contractors in Iraq

More than 500 Contractor
Deaths  in Iraq?

On the Wrong Side of
'Friendly Fire'- CorpWatch by David
Phinney

Contractors In Iraq
Are Targets  For Attack

Census Counts 100,000  
Contractors
in Iraq, Civilian Number,
Duties Are Issues

IRAQ: Security Contractor
Detained-Corp Watch

Thoughts on War Contractors
Employer Name: RONCO
CONSULTING CORP.  
Decision Date: 02/08/2006
02/08/2006 DB-DENIED
Documents:
EYSSELINCK_TIMOTHY_A
_vs_RONCO_CONSULTIN
_2005LDA00012(FEB_08_
2006)_082839_CAD
EC_SD.PDF
CNA Lawyer Roger Levy
Commission on
Wartime
Contracting hearing
Cspan here
CANCER
Soldiers and civilians who
are currently working in
or have previously worked
in the war zones are
developing cancers at an
alarming rate
Will the DBA cover
your cancer?

War Zone
Cancer  Registry
Casualties not Counted
The Tim Eyesslinck Story
KBR
Soldiers of Misfortune
Contingency Operation
The
DBA X FILES
Unravelling the mysteries of the
abducted PTSD cases

Where you'll find the
MOST BIZARRE
decisions by ALJ's &
diagnoses by   DME's

Case by case analysis
A poorly run Pentagon
program for providing
workman's compensation
for civilian taxpayers, a
House oversight committee
said Thursday.

Insurance companies alone
have pocketed $600 million
in excessive profits over
the past five years, says a
staff report from the House
Oversight and Government
Reform Committee, but the
Defense Department
refuses to adjust its
approach for managing the
program.

According to the committee,
the Pentagon allows its
contractors to negotiate
their own insurance
contracts. By contrast, the
State Department, U.S.
Agency for International
Development and the Army
Corps of Engineers have all
selected a single insurance
carrier to provide the
insurance at fixed rates.

"What makes the situation
even worse is the people
this program is supposed
to benefit - the injured
employees working for
contractors - have to fight
the insurance companies
to get their benefits,"
committee Chairman
Henry Waxman, D-Calif.,
said at a hearing
Thursday. "Delays and
denials in paying claims
are the rule."

KBR Inc., one of the largest
defense contractors in Iraq,
paid the insurance giant AIG
$284 million for medical and
disability coverage under the
Defense Base Act, a
reference to the federal law
mandating the insurance.
Due to the way KBR's
contract is structured, this
premium, along with an $8
million markup for KBR, gets
billed to the taxpayer.

"Out of this amount, just $73
million actually goes to
injured contractors, and AIG
and KBR pocket over $100
million as profit," Waxman
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