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thedrifter
07-26-08, 06:31 AM
Posted on Sat, Jul. 26, 2008


Electrocution Has Killed 16 Troops


Sixteen American troops have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq, the Pentagon said yesterday, more than the military has previously disclosed.

Most of the 11 Army soldiers and five Marines died during their work, including making accidental contact with power lines or those killed while performing maintenance, the Pentagon said.

But two died while in their living facilities, including at least one electrocuted while he took a shower.

The disclosure came

after KBR Inc. chief executive William Utt met with Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) yesterday to discuss allegations that soldiers died from electrocutions caused by faulty wiring at U.S. facilities run by the contractor.

- Associated Press

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