WASHINGTON – The military is racing to inspect more than 90,000 U.S.-run facilities across Iraq to reduce a deadly threat troops face far off the battlefield: electrocution or shock while showering or using appliances.
About one-third of the inspections so far have turned up major electrical problems...
Task Force SAFE inspectors found many of the facilities that fall under KBR's contract have electrical problems, according to an internal military document obtained by The Associated Press. Of the 20,340 maintained by KBR and inspected so far, 6,935 failed the government inspection
[From AP IMPACT: For troops in Iraq, shower may be fatal]
"Scores" involved.
And, wait - 90,000 US-run facilities? Think about that next time you hear some Republican congresscritter yip about the Obama stimulus budget.
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