Trafficked foreign laborers building U.S. Embassy in Iraq? Allegations of abuse and kidnapping
Friday, July 27th, 2007<
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Allegations of worker abuse and kidnapping by the First Kuwait Trading and Contracting Co., the contractor selected to build the U.S. embassy in Iraq, were flying today before members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Former American employees John Owens and Rory Mayberry testified that First Kuwait “kidnapped” foreign low-wage laborers to work [...]