I had also heard that the fourth person killed was a Wackenhut employee. Rest in peace. –Head Jundi
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Roadside bomb kills 3 KBR workers in Iraq
July 9, 2008, 6:36PM
By DAVID IVANOVICH
WASHINGTON – Three KBR employees in Iraq were killed and as many as 13 others were injured Monday when an armored passenger bus traveling near Mosul struck a roadside bomb, company officials confirmed today.
The bus, carrying 34 passengers, was traveling between Qayyarah Airfield West and Camp Diamondback in Mosul, when it is believed to have hit a large improvised explosive device, said Heather Browne, a spokeswoman for the Houston-based military contracting giant.
Citing their families’ privacy, KBR would not provide any other details about the victims.
A military spokeswoman for the Multi-National Force Iraq declined to discuss the incident beyond saying that four people in all were killed and eight were injured. KBR said the fourth fatality was not one of its employees.
The discrepancy in the KBR and military injury counts could not be reconciled Wednesday.
To date, 87 KBR workers have been killed and another 849 wounded by hostile action in Iraq. The company has not said how many were Americans.