At a Senate hearing on July 11th, 2008, the mothers of two electrocuted soldiers placed the blame for their sons’ deaths with KBR, the world’s largest defense services company

“The mysterious payments, whose amounts had not been publicly disclosed, included $68.2 million to the United Kingdom, $45.3 million to Poland and $21.3 million to South Korea.

KBR does it…and now another huge federal contractor is setting up ‘house’ offshore so it doesn’t have to pay their employees as… well…employees. This newest one is MPRI a sort of BlackWater-type company which is owned by L-3, one of the biggest federal carpetbaggers in the Middle East. From the IRS site on what makes [...]

From the New York Times:
The American military has charged a contractor with assault in a case that may emerge as a major test of the military’s legal jurisdiction over civilians who accompany the armed forces into the field, military officials and legal experts said Friday. 
he charge was made under expanded authority that the United States [...]

They got a $300 Mil contract to supply munitions. Some of them are..cough..40-fucking-years old. From the link:
But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur.
With the [...]

Its not really a video..but listen to Lewis Black talk about the runup to the Iraq War:

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Of course we broke it, so we should fix it..right? From WaPo:
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration has focused much of its $44.5 billion reconstruction plan on oil and electricity. Now, with the U.S.-led reconstruction phase nearing its close, Iraq will need to spend $27 billion more for its [...]

Christ, this is so disgusting I have no words to describe my anger. From AP comes this:
BAGHDAD - Much of the Iraqi capital was without running water Thursday and had been for at least 24 hours, compounding the urban misery in a war zone and the blistering heat at the height of the Baghdad summer. [...]