Report questions over $1.4B of Halliburton bills------------USATODAY.com -

USATODAY.com - Report questions over $1.4B of Halliburton bills: "The report cited these examples of inflated costs:

• $617,000 for double-billed soft drinks.

• $1 million in excessive laundry charges.

• More than $560,000 for unneeded heavy equipment, including tractors and trailers.

• $2.2 million for cargo aircraft and $7.6 million for freight costs that 'appeared to be duplicate.'

• $1.4 million to pay 146 workers at a facility that had only 62.
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In addition, Rory Mayberry, a former KBR food manager at Camp Anaconda in Iraq, testified on videotape from Baghdad that the company charged for twice the number of meals it provided and served food beyond its expiration date. He said managers ordered workers to pick bullets and shrapnel out of food shipments that had been damaged by gunfire or bombings and serve it to troops.

Mayberry said managers threatened to send workers who talked to auditors to more dangerous parts of Iraq."