[news] A U.S. Fortress Rises in Baghdad: Asian Workers Trafficked to Build World's Largest Embassy

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[![Trafficked to Hell, comic by Khalil Bandib][1]][2]** Trafficked to Hell, comic by Khalil Bandib** In this article, David Phinney writes how US fails to uphold human trafficking laws in relation to the American embassy under construction in Iraq. In a US$592 million Baghdad project for the construction of a US embassy, almost all US labour regulations are breached. Led by Kuwait-based construction company, migrant workers are imported from many Asian countries, including India, Pakistan, Philippines and other poorer Asian countries and living in absolutely harsh conditions

  


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    [1]: http://www.mostlywater.org/system/files/images/Trafficked_to_hell.thumbnail.jpg (Trafficked to Hell, comic by Khalil Bandib)
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    [3]: http://mostlywater.org/a_u_s_fortress_rises_in_baghdad_asian_workers_trafficked_to_build_worlds_largest_embassy

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