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6 soldiers sue KBR, Halliburton over burn pits

SAN ANTONIO — Soldiers are among six Texans suing Houston-based KBR and Halliburton over burn pits at U.S. camps in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The suit filed in a San Antonio federal court alleges the military contractors burned everything from trucks and tires to human corpses in the large war-zone pits. Plantiffs say the burning waste released toxins that harmed at least 10,000 people.

KBR spokeswoman Heather Browne told the San Antonio Express-News the assertion that the company knowingly harmed troops is “unfounded.” Halliburton, formerly the parent company of KBR, says it had no involvement in the allegations.

The suit seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.

Attorneys for the plantiffs have filed lawsuits in 10 states, including the one in San Antonio.

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