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Web Resources
ORIGINAL REPORTING
³Pipeline to Peril,² Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-nepal-specialpackage,0,7162366.special
Read Cam Simpsonıs original reporting on human trafficking in Iraq, published in October 2005, and several follow-up reports.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/
As part of the U.S. Department of State, this Office is dedicated to fighting human trafficking on a national and international level. The site offers a wide variety of resources, including a link to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report and a photo gallery of human trafficking around the world by famous photographer Kay Chernush.
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/human_trafficking.htm
The Department of Justice is responsible for pursuing and prosecuting traffickers as well as providing support and protection to victims. The Attorney General is required to report yearly to Congress on efforts by the DOJ and other federal agencies to combat human trafficking. These reports, statutes and other resources are found on this site.
Human Trafficking
http://www.humantrafficking.org/
This website, funded by the U.S. State Department, brings together information about government agencies and laws, non-governmental organizations and recent reports in individual countries on efforts to combat human trafficking. Its focus is primarily on East Asian and Pacific countries.
Polaris Project
http://216.128.14.181/polarisproject/
Polaris Project is a grassroots international organization, based in the United States and Japan, aimed at combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
MILITARY CONTRACTORS AND IRAQ
U.S. Department of Defense
http://www.defenselink.mil/
The official website for the DoD includes information on the military budget, daily updates of contracts, and a photo gallery of images from Iraq.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
The official website of the Multi-National Force, entirely dedicated to the war in Iraq.
KBR
http://www.kbr.com/
KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, is a ³global engineering, construction and services company² and one of the U.S. military's prime contractors.
RELATED NEWS
Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1432
On July 26, 2007, the Committee held a hearing into allegations by two whistleblowers that foreign workers were taken to Baghdad to work on the new $600 million U.S. embassy there without their consent and that workers were abused. Read and watch the Congressional hearing, including the original testimony from the whistleblowers and State Department Inspector General Howard Krongardıs testimony that he had looked into conditions at the construction site and saw no evidence of violations.
First Kuwaiti
http://www.firstkuwaiti.com/services/index.php
First Kuwaiti is one of the biggest contractors in the Middle East, counting among its clients the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Halliburton. It is the prime contractor in the construction of the U.S. embassy in Iraq. First Kuwaiti has publicly denied allegations of trafficking and abuse.
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