Gang raped by Haliburton coworkers US government tells employee to keep quiet

[CptStern]

A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.

Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.

"Don't plan on working back in Iraq. There won't be a position here, and there won't be a position in Houston," Jones says she was told.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court against Halliburton and its then-subsidiary KBR, Jones says she was held in the shipping container for at least 24 hours without food or water by KBR, which posted armed security guards outside her door, who would not let her leave.

Finally, Jones says, she convinced a sympathetic guard to loan her a cell phone so she could call her father in Texas.

"I said, 'Dad, I've been raped. I don't know what to do. I'm in this container, and I'm not able to leave,'" she said. Her father called their congressman, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=3977702&page=1

 

[Escaep]

 

[CptStern]

ya that's pretty obvious ..an american is gang raped by coworkers in baghdad, they kidnap her and the government forces her to remain silent about the assault ..hmmm I wonder if the apathy would have been the same had terrorists kidnapped her, held her against her will and gang raped her ..you'd all be screaming for their bloody heads on a platter ..I guess americans working for haliburton have immunity or that this crime against her is meaningless ..hey she probably had it coming ..right?

 

[PortalStormzzzz]

Don't forget your tin Hats!
I hope she wins. Anything to bring down Haliburton at this point.

 

[CptStern]

Don't forget your tin Hats!

are you suggesting this is a conspiracy? do you even know what a conspiracy is?

 

[PortalStormzzzz]

Anything with people being shushed and related to Halliburten is usually a conspiracy.

 

[Absinthe]

ya that's pretty obvious ..an american is gang raped by coworkers in baghdad, they kidnap her and the government forces her to remain silent about the assault ..hmmm I wonder if the apathy would have been the same had terrorists kidnapped her, held her against her will and gang raped her ..you'd all be screaming for their bloody heads on a platter ..I guess americans working for haliburton have immunity or that this crime against her is meaningless ..hey she probably had it coming ..right?

I like how only one person responded to your topic and you already started in with the "you all" lecture.

 

[Kyorisu]

You'd all. Hmmm. So basically you = Americans. Hmm. Not all American's are like that, I'm sure some of them resent your implications Stern. The train has arrived at the station and is ready for boarding.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Pretty much a misdemeanor next to some of the atrocities surrounding that corporation. Not to undermine what was likely a pretty severe case, but these guys are war profiteers and blatant criminals - if that did nothing to lead to their demise then hopefully this will.

Also, Stern, you're diminishing your own arguments with nonsensical retaliation against some kind of non-existent hl2.net rightist agenda. I understand your frustration, but for ****s sake not all of us are flag humping yanks who feast on the blood of Muslims with a giant hardon for big oil businesses. It's an atrocity, nobody here is denying that.

 

[Lt. Drebin]

hmmm I wonder if the apathy would have been the same had terrorists kidnapped her, held her against her will and gang raped her ..you'd all be screaming for their bloody heads on a platter ..

Please, spare us. One moron made a stupid post. Cut that shit out.

 

[Lt. Drebin]

You sir, are a fu**ing moron. If you don't care, don't fu**ing post.

 

[CptStern]

I like how only one person responded to your topic and you already started in with the "you all" lecture.

I read minds ...... I heard that! and "you all" (paraphrased, I actually said "you'd all" there's a difference) refers to one specific point .. you knew that but chose to run with it anyway

Pretty much a misdemeanor next to some of the atrocities surrounding that corporation. Not to undermine what was likely a pretty severe case, but these guys are war profiteers and blatant criminals - if that did nothing to lead to their demise then hopefully this will.

I dont see how it being haliburton in any way deminishes the crime ..this wasnt commited against an iraqi but an american, surely someone knew that forced confinement and facilitation of a crime is criminally wrong. It wasnt too long ago that many jurisdictions felt rape warrented the death penalty

Also, Stern, you're diminishing your own arguments with nonsensical retaliation against some kind of non-existent hl2.net rightist agenda.

I was specifically speaking to a few members who shall remain nameless ..not "the secret right wing agenda" or hl2.net members in general

I understand your frustration, but for ****s sake not all of us are flag humping yanks who feast on the blood of Muslims with a giant hardon for big oil businesses.

you're putting words into my mouth and overgeneralising, not once did I suggest all americans are flag waving yanks

It's an atrocity, nobody here is denying that

but they're not commenting on it either ..I mean there's plenty to coment on, the rape, the kidnapping, the forced confinement, the fact that the government and haliburton tried to cover it up ..even in mainstream media circles it's barely getting any airplay

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I was just hitting on the point that this is a company that is no stranger to getting away with horrible crime, not that it excuses this in any way. Sadly enough it might mean that they have a better chance of getting away with this.

 

[Pesmerga]

but they're not commenting on it either ..I mean there's plenty to coment on, the rape, the kidnapping, the forced confinement, the fact that the government and haliburton tried to cover it up ..even in mainstream media circles it's barely getting any airplay

It's outrageous! Simply outrageous! I'm... outraged!

This is my outrage face -> ಠ_ಠ

 

[mortiz-Redux]

Pesmerga was the main one doin the rapin, true fact.

In all honesty though, really nasty stuff, but there's been so much bad shit happening in Iraq over the years it's sad but true people have got used to these kinds of stories. The only real difference this time is of course it's an American woman and not Iraqi.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

ಠ_ಠ

ಠ_ಠ

Anyway yeah, gang rapes suck.

 

[2real]

where does it say that the American Government told them to shush?

 

[CptStern]

where does it say that the American Government told them to shush?

try reading the headline ...

Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR

cover up = shushing


more:

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=US+covers+up+rape+woman+&meta=

 

[2real]

but....Halliburton is not a Government entity...right or is it?

 

[CptStern]

but....Halliburton is not a Government entity...right or is it?

In a statement, KBR said it was "instructed to cease" its own investigation by U.S. government authorities "because they were assuming sole responsibility for the criminal investigations."

even though the company said ..

"The safety and security of all employees remains KBR's top priority," it said in a statement. "Our commitment in this regard is unwavering."

and ..

Over two years later, the Justice Department has brought no criminal charges in the matter. In fact, ABC News could not confirm any federal agency was investigating the case.

read the article

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Okay, so I guess whats missing here is a logical explanation to why, "Rape", was even nessecary.

Someone in Hallibourton / KBR hasn't tried fapping.

 

[PortalStormzzzz]

:hmph: I got a warning for calling conspiracy. Well, it looks like one to me, who is with me? You got your basics here. Government cover up, people shushed, and lots of money involved. That, my friends, is a conspiracy.

 

[mastapenguin]

When the perpetrators are members of a large oil conglomerate that has close ties to the current vice president, the same large oil conglomerate that has received almost exclusive pork and funding from the U.S. government, and when the government won't even give a federal offense a second look...

Yeah, its a conspiracy. A particularly small scale one, but a conspiracy nonetheless.

Now all we need to do is watch the reporting journalist's career and see if his parent company sends him off to report about pandas in California.

 

[Qonfused]

I read minds ...... I heard that! and "you all" (paraphrased, I actually said "you'd all" there's a difference) refers to one specific point .. you knew that but chose to run with it anyway

Erm. Please explain the difference between "you all" and "you'd all." It's the same exact meaning. Hell if you want to differentiate, "you'd all" has more impact and emotion than "you all." For someone that complains about arguing over semantics...