SlagleRock has a piece on an incident currently being investigated.
"There had to be an investigation into the possibility that al-Qaida had the intention of infiltrating the Wornick Company for the purposes of contaminating -- possibly -- the MREs produced by the company," Shelby stated, according to The Monitor. Shelby said no contaminated meals have been found, but 10 temporary employees at Remedy, involved in all aspects of assembling the meals, were convicted in July on charges of stealing Social Security numbers.
Go and read the entire thing.
THIS is why it is so important to stay ever vigilent. As President Bush say's - there is more than one Front with this War on Terror.
Posted by Tammi at October 4, 2004 10:56 AMI have long suspected that MRE's were a part of some devious plot. Think about it, it's very name (meal ready to eat) contains not just one, but three lies.
Posted by: Noble Eagle at October 4, 2004 11:05 AMSo I've heard - and as terrible as this sounds my first thought was, geez - with the way they taste, would anyone even know if they had been tainted????
Posted by: Tammi at October 4, 2004 11:15 AMStrangely enough, I actually like MRE's. They sure beat the hell out of C-rat's any day of the week.
Posted by: Johnny - Oh at October 4, 2004 05:27 PMNever forget!
Posted by: John at October 4, 2004 07:29 PM