[A-List] Video Testimony On Shanghaied Labor At The U.S. Embassy Baghdad

["The Buffalo In Da' Midst" <the.buffalo.in.the.midst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Video of congressional testimony by a U.S. paramedic courtesy of Juan Cole.

Salient points:
Coerced at *Gunpoint* once embarked.
Some working construction with NO SHOES.
Overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions.

Whitewashed report by State Department Inspector General:

"After hearing similar allegations during much of 2006, Howard J.
Krongard, the State Department's inspector general, flew to Baghdad
for what he describes as a "brief" review on Sept. 15. He now reports
that the complaints had no substance." --IraqSlogger

In full: http://leighm.net/wp/2007/07/29/embasslaves_upd1/