U.S. Army paid bonuses to KBR despite deaths

Reported by Reuters on Wednesday, 20 May 2009 (on May 20, 2009)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army paid $83.4 million in bonuses to KBR Inc., its biggest contractor in Iraq, despite accusations its wiring work has been linked to the electrocution of at least four soldiers and one contractor, a congressional investigative panel said on Wednesday.

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