Articles Tagged With 'Philippines'

Sometimes It’s Not Your War, But You Sacrifice Anyway

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, Aug. 17, 2009, 9:19 a.m.

Although low-paid foreign contract workers face many of the same risks soldiers do in Iraq and Afghanistan, they rarely are informed of their rights or even receive the care that has already been purchased by U.S. taxpayers.

Contractor Care May Figure in Obama’s Meeting With Filipino President

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, July 28, 2009, 10 a.m.

A senator in Manila presses for proper compensation of those injured or killed while working for the U.S. in war zones.

Foreign Workers for U.S. Are Casualties Twice Over

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, June 19, 2009, 7 p.m.

Contract employees injured in the conflict zones of Iraq and Afghanistan and families of those killed there are covered by American taxpayer-funded insurance, but it often fails to deliver.

In Their Shoes: Foreign Contractors in Iraq

ProPublica, June 19, 2009, 7 p.m.

In One Filipino Town, Workers Injured in Iraq Depend on the Kindness of AIG

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, June 19, 2009, 7 p.m.

Three men from the Filipino town of Lutopan served as part of the invisible army that daily cares for and feeds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. But when one died and the other two were injured, their treatment was far from uniform.