A Smoking Gun in Soldiers’ Qarmat Ali Case?

[WSJ Law Blog]

National Guard soldiers in Indiana, West Virginia and Oregon for several years have alleged that defense contractor KBR knew it was directing soldiers to work in an area in Iraq coated with a toxic chemical that could harm them. A new document in the Oregon litigation purports to back up their claims.



The soldiers were tasked with guarding Iraqi workers in an area where orange powder, sodium dichromate, coated nearly everything and blew in the wind. The soldiers said they didn’t know the dust was toxic and have sued in Portland and in Texas venues.

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