Bodies of Three Halliburton Workers ID'd

Yahoo! News ^ | Tue, Apr 20, 2004 | KRISTEN HAYS

[Kaslin]

HOUSTON - Three of four bodies found near an attack on a fuel convoy in Iraq (news - web sites) earlier this month were contract workers for Halliburton Co., the company said Tuesday.

Stephen Hulett, 48, of Manistee, Mich.; Jack Montague, 52, of Pittsburg, Ill.; and Jeffery Parker, 45, of Lake Charles, La., "were brave hearts without medals, humanitarians without parades and heroes without statues," Houston-based Halliburton said in a statement confirming the identities of the workers.

Thomas Hamill of Macon, Miss., the Halliburton worker seen on video footage after the convoy attack, remained unaccounted-for.

The fourth body has not been identified, Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall said.

Hulett, Montague, Parker and Hamill were among seven employees of Halliburton subsidiary KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, Brown & Root, missing since an April 9 attack on their convoy west of Baghdad. The bodies of Hulett, Montague, Parker and the unidentified victim were found near the site of the attack.

Two military men, Pfc. Keith M. Maupin and Sgt. Elmer C. Krause, also were unaccounted-for, and Maupin, like Hamill, has been seen on video footage.

"We grieve today for the tragic and sudden loss of our co-workers," the company said. "There is no road map for something like this and we are doing everything we can to assist the families as well as our employees to cope with this huge tragedy."

Hamill's wife, Kellie, has repeatedly appealed for her husband's safe return but said Tuesday she had no immediate comment on the company statement about the three other workers.

Previously, the company had said about 30 Halliburton contractors had died while working in Iraq and Kuwait, performing jobs for the government that range from extinguishing oil fires to delivering fuel and food. Thousands of people have signed on as contract workers because of the good pay. Workers can earn up to $120,000 tax-free for a year's work, including overtime.

The company declined to release additional information about Hulett, Montague and Parker or the missing workers for privacy reasons.

On Saturday, insurgents freed two Japanese hostages unhurt. That leaves 15 foreigners missing or confirmed abducted in a string of kidnappings alongside some of the worst violence in the country since the U.S.-led invasion began. A Dane and a businessman from the United Arab Emirates were reported seized and an Italian security guard was killed last week.

[Old Sarge]

I'd wager they're popping corks over on DU...

[george wythe]

After reading this, I'm in the mood for a ceasefire. Not

[freebilly]

I'd wager they're popping corks over on DU...

Hate to say it, but that was my initial thought, too....

[hobbes1]

I'm all for a cease fire.



As soon as we run out of @$$holes to shoot.

[Kaslin]

I would not be surprised if they do

[Kaslin]

Definitely not

[novalogic]

My brother is supposed to go to Iraq for KBR next month. He says a lot of people change their minds, but there's no shortage of people lined up to take their place.
Personally, I'd be more afraid of the heat than thr Iraqi's.

[atomic conspiracy]

According to earlier reports, the bodies were very badly mutilated, the reason for the delay in identification.

Pictures have been posted on the net (no link, no way) showing some of the bodies intact after the attack but with various Iraqi ghoul-punks standing around in threatening poses.
Two soldiers are also missing. Another picture showed a jihad punk posing with a slashed American uniform and a bloody knife.
Somebody needs to die for this.

[Kaslin]

Praying for his safety

[Kaslin]

These punks can not be described as human beings

[areafiftyone]

They always pop corks over at DU whenever a soldier or civilian dies over there. They consider it one more nail in Bush's coffin. And that is the ONLY reason why they are concerned.

[SkyPilot]

The DUmmies are saying that these men were:

- only it in for the money

- probably knew Dick Cheney personally so they deserved it

[Flyer]

My brother is supposed to go to Iraq for KBR next month.

Allegra, any words of encouragement for novalogic?

[EGPWS]

The DUmmies are saying that these men were:

- only it in for the money

- probably knew Dick Cheney personally so they deserved it

Their show of compassion is so heart felt it's making me teary eyed. /sarcasm

Well, at least they are consistent, their compassion rates equal to their I.Q.'s.

[BushisTheMan]

The DU posters are all scum. Reminds me of the anti-war collegiates that sat around during the Vietnam war and cheered when the body counts were reported on the news.

One reason I hate John Kerry and the Democrats.

[bvw]

G-d bless their families and save them from despair and financial ruin!

[EGPWS]

The DU posters are all scum. Reminds me of the anti-war collegiates that sat around during the Vietnam war and cheered when the body counts were reported on the news.

Agreed, and lest we forget those honest words of wisdom that were well worth contemplation which were spewed by the morally bankrupt back then.

...I need to control my sarcasm today!

[AmericanInTokyo]

have they uncorked the Cold Duck over at D.U. yet? I'm sure they rejoice in these deaths.

[Ramonan]

TWO REMARKS:
My condolences to the families of these guys who were only working for a living. They were not evil profiteers.
Would someone out there in FREEPER land find out WHO ARE THE SHAREHOLDERS? WHO OWNS--PROFITS FROM--HALLIBURTON?My information was that Lady Bird Johnson was the major shareholder.