U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Are Poisoned or Die While Bathing

Below is a copy of a letter I sent to Senators Webb and Warner last week about the needless deaths of our soldiers based upon a story I read by the AP:

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A U.S. House committee chairman has begun an
investigation into the electrocutions of at least 12 service members in
Iraq, including that of a Pittsburgh soldier killed in January by a jolt
of electricity while showering.

Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, said Wednesday he has asked Defense Secretary Robert
Gates to hand over documents relating to the management of electrical
systems at facilities in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, died Jan. 2 of cardiac arrest after being
electrocuted while showering at his barracks in Baghdad.

Dear Senator Warner (Webb),

If Halliburton is not poisoning our soldiers in Iraq with its sewage showers, it is electrocuting them.

No wonder Cheney wants the war to continue: He profits!

I hope you will join your colleague, Rep. Henry Waxman, in investigating the terrible deaths and illnesses our soldiers suffer while taking showers in Iraq. What words are there to adequately describe these tragedies and this incompetence? We're not talking about "only" illnesses, but deaths of our soldiers sent to a foreign country to fight for what?

Sincerely,

Patriciadc