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Dirty water given to the military
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq became ill after using “unmonitored and potentially unsafe” water for washing, bathing, cleaning, and shaving. The problems did not extend to drinking water. But soldiers have experienced many illnesses including skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, and diarrhea.

A military contractor owned by Cheney’s Haliburton, KBR Inc. supplied the discolored, smelly water.

“KBR was not doing its job,” according to North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan, “I think it’s outrageous that KBR tried to deny that there was a problem, especially when it turned out that there were dozens of U.S. troops reporting water-related illnesses.”

At Camp Q-West, doctors on the bases documented 38 cases of water-born illness. Another 26 cases of food and waterborne diseases, including hepatitis, giardiasis (an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite) and typhoid fever, occurred at military bases in Iraq.