The military industry giant KBR has been awarded a new contract worth up to $2.8 billion in Iraq. KBR’s work has come under wide scrutiny in Iraq over several controversies, including the electrocution deaths of US troops due to faulty electrical work, the alleged exposure of troops to cancer-causing chemicals, the alleged gang rape of a female KBR worker, and multiple allegations of contract fraud. A former subsidiary of Halliburton, KBR is the Army’s largest contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan.