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ABC News: Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton

abcnews.go.com — 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.

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  • ChristPissed, on 12/10/2007, -169/+74Yet another example your christo-facsist tax dollars at work: Sex outside of marriage is O.K. as long as it is rape.
    • siszam, on 12/10/2007, -29/+108Wow. You use anything as an excuse to be a bigot and spread hate. This isn't about Christians.
      • netant, on 12/10/2007, -47/+31But the bible thumpers support George W Bush. Most of them voted for him TWICE. In their eyes, what's a little rape when there is the MUSLIM THREAT to contend with. If they really give a damn about morals & principles, they can light a fire under the administration, or the parasites in waiting. Then again, they are Mike Huckabee supporters...
        • Charlotte_Web, on 12/10/2007, -39/+15"In their eyes, what's a little rape when there is the MUSLIM THREAT to contend with."

          Woo hoo! Let's just make stuff and attribute it to people and groups we don't agree with!

          Ron Paul smokes cow dung!

          Barack Obama likes to dress in women's lingerie!

          Mike Gravel has seen the 2 Girls 1 Cup video 63 times!

          Dennis Kucinich likes to hang out at Shirley MacLaine's and look for UFO's! (oh, wait...)
          • mightydavefish, on 12/11/2007, -0/+2I guess you haven't made it over to the crapfests right wing sites you probably frequent.
            I saw that exact comment this morning on one of the right wing cesspools.
            It was roughly "she gotta quit her crying while there's a war on terror".
            It's like under "stupid" in the dictionary there's a directory of right wing asshats.
        • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -4/+6It's Giulliani who wears the lingerie.
          True about Gravel though.
      • bolognium, on 12/10/2007, -11/+37you gotta admit that this war is mostly supported by fundamentalists who think this it's "good versus evil", "us versus them", "with us or against us"... y'know, nutjobs who think the US represents good and muslims represent evil.
        • hipnerd, on 12/10/2007, -5/+17I do agree with that. I also think that there is more to Christian thought than fundamentalism and that religion had nothing to do with this particular case. I'm no Bible-thumper, but to drag Christianity into this was uncalled for.
        • Stonekeeper, on 12/10/2007, -3/+12If you did a bit more reading, it would be obvious to you that it is big corporations at work here, not sincere religious people.
          • delafere, on 12/11/2007, -1/+4Well, that and the fact that the Commander in Chief, the Dept. of State, and the DOD all allowed the corporate contractors to operate without *any* legal restraint. In Iraq, they're not subject to US law, Iraqi law, or even the Uniform Code of Military Justice. You could say that these messes with KBR, Blackwater and the other contractors have been passively encouraged by the intentionally lawless environment created by this legal void. (And I do think dragging all of Christendom into this was silly and misleading.)
        • bolognium, on 12/10/2007, -5/+10oh, I don't doubt the corporations are at fault - and I respect Christianity fully.. the story of Jesus is one of the faithful against empires.. these Corporations are the modern Babylon..

          but just as there are "islamo-fascists" who don't represent the faithful Muslims.. this whole thing is riding mostly on the Christian version of the same.. or "christo-fascists" as the poster commented.. I don't see it as bigotry or a hateful comment.

          It often feels like being in between irrational people all around.. who are being used by the greedy.
        • m0n0kr0m3, on 12/10/2007, -3/+5I think there is a component of the whole push for war as well as President Bush's whole base that are Christo-fascist-Bush-jihadists, that voted for him and believe anything he says, because he's "a man of God." All the while his actions pervert everything they say they stand for. WTF????
          • 3tcp, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1Anything he says? You mean the 24% of people polled who hate liberals and don't pay enough attention to current events to know better than to still support him?
      • dinostabOMG, on 12/11/2007, -2/+2He was making an analogy to the term "islamo-fascism" which is equally unfair. Right now I am seeing -78 buries worth of *whoosh*.
        • trogdoor, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2And that makes it relevant to the story how?
      • mightydavefish, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3Why not?
        We claim to be a christian nation with christian ideals, how it is wrong to expect our troops to uphold those ideals?
        The right wing asshats criticize Islam whenever a muslim does something bad, so why can't you have the same thing applied to us?
        • appleann1, on 12/11/2007, -2/+1What's this got to do with religion....... BIGOT?
    • sjl127, on 12/10/2007, -8/+16I really hope this didn't happen. Because if it did? *****'s going to hit the fan really hard...
      • Hickeroar, on 12/10/2007, -1/+31The problem is, it probably won't.
      • lateralus, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5It probably did happen and no, nothing will change. Welcome to the U.S. 2007.
    • greenbeanz69, on 12/10/2007, -26/+12please leave digg and never come back.
    • Hickeroar, on 12/10/2007, -13/+10Yeah, as if ANY citizens in this country think what happened was acceptable in ANY way. You, sir, are a moron.
      • UrinalPooper, on 12/10/2007, -1/+18If this is being covered up the people responsible find it acceptable.
      • Hickeroar, on 12/10/2007, -5/+4Looks like the OP broke out his sockpuppets and went to work on the comments.
      • m0n0kr0m3, on 12/10/2007, -4/+5say what you will I think that there is an element of truth to what he's saying. Tell me that fundies aren't tools to the far right and give me a reason.
    • michael43, on 12/10/2007, -19/+9You should take that blasphemous screen name down and use something more fitting for someone with your wit and intelligence. Dickhead sounds about right for you.
    • LastVisibleDog, on 12/10/2007, -9/+21Wow- your are an ignorant bigot and proud of it
      BTW: how do you know the religion of the people that committed these crimes - oh yeah, you don't know - when you are a bigot, you don't need facts to back up you BS.
      • m0n0kr0m3, on 12/10/2007, -8/+10Who else bought into the war hook line sinker and rod? Not to say that there weren't Christians that weren't into the revenge factor, but most of the people that got swept up in the "fervor" were Christians, they are historically prone to doing that.
        • metapop, on 12/11/2007, -3/+7prove it. it appears you've been seeing the world around you with anti-christian filters.
        • GawtMilk, on 12/11/2007, -0/+296% of the country supported the war, that's the number I get from pretty much every source I've read. Even if that 4% all fell under America's 25% non-Christian demographic, 84% of non-Christians supported the war.

          Your "historically prone" argument is ridiculously fallacious. The majority of people in "historic" times were Christians. What's saying it the people prone to starting wars in "historic" times were doing it out of human nature, not their foundation in religion? I point to Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot for evidence of atheists who started brutal wars.
    • hassanchop13, on 12/11/2007, -3/+4you are acting like the very people you claim to hate.
  • JohnFive, on 12/10/2007, -28/+181What do you expect from a company headed by DICK Cheney n' Crooks.
    • Charlotte_Web, on 12/10/2007, -29/+24Dick Cheney left the company seven years ago, dude.

      But yeah, they do need to strike down that corporate policy of raping women.

      /sarcasm
      • LastVisibleDog, on 12/10/2007, -31/+7Not to mention KBR is no longer owned by Haliburton - the company Cheney stopped working for seven years ago
        Left Wingnuts can't handle the truth.
        • DooM, on 12/10/2007, -2/+12KBR was owned by Halliburton when this took place.
      • greenm1981, on 12/10/2007, -1/+21Cheney still receives deferred compensation from that company
        • lateralus, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3Roughly $1 million per year. More than Charlotte Webs life earning potential.
    • janeuner, on 12/10/2007, -4/+16Jail Time?
    • 01l0, on 12/10/2007, -2/+20By "left the company" I'm sure you mean "recieves a deferred salary"
    • delafere, on 12/11/2007, -2/+5Not to mention "unexercised stock options." Those usually don't convey seven years after leaving a company... unless there's a reason.

      http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/politics ...
    • dinostabOMG, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3KBR and Halliburton are awful. As much as those involved with them deserve to be severely punished at all levels, especially these rapists, don't forget this woman worked for them.
    • snatchmstr, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2Did any of you idiots actually read this article? US law does not apply in Iraq.
      • delafere, on 12/12/2007, -0/+1NO law covers the contractors. That's a problem, in and of itself. And it didn't just happen.
  • SnapETom, on 12/10/2007, -20/+444Clearly killing and raping Iraqis did not make the public care. Will the public care now that the victim is a white girl from Texas?
    • greenbeanz69, on 12/10/2007, -4/+72I hope this really wakes people up as to what's going on over there with that halliburton scum.
    • Hickeroar, on 12/10/2007, -7/+38It has nothing to do with the "public" and everything to do with both the government and the press.
    • Midvicious, on 12/10/2007, -12/+39I'm so sick of this *****. The assholes who voted this VP and this administration in office needs to be shot in the ***** balls for supporting Satanism.

      And yes... I'm a bit emotional...
      • cosinezero, on 12/10/2007, -6/+34Wow, what do you have against Satanism??
        • madm0nk, on 12/12/2007, -0/+1Technically Satanism is the most peaceful religion there is. You don't see Satanists killing each other or people from other religions in record numbers.
      • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -5/+3It just seems ... a bit icky
      • m0n0kr0m3, on 12/10/2007, -8/+5Last time I checked Bush, DIck and Colon were all Christians.....???? WTF?????
        • keithnlarsen, on 12/10/2007, -5/+12Give your head a shake, do they really follow the teachings of Christ? No they don't, therefore, they are not Christians.
          • xerodeth, on 12/11/2007, -3/+8Thumbs up! Real Christians follow peace, love, happiness, not war, hate, depression. Unfortunately this country has a lot of "Christians" but have no idea what that really entails.
        • TexMexMatt, on 12/11/2007, -3/+2Bush is a member of Skulls and Bones. Just the name says it all. Bush grandfather were a grave robber and a Nazi supporter so its in his genes to follow Satan. Bush just pretends to be Christian.Too bad people are so easily gullible. Like it says in the bible "and by their deeds ye shall know them".
    • scm21st, on 12/10/2007, -3/+30Exactly. It's hard to fathom how many innocent men, women and children have been killed and maimed over there because of OUR war. Most in this country don't seem to give a damn about that. If the evening news would just show one photo to the sheep here of a Father somewhere in Iraq carrying the corpse of his son or little girl out of the rubble (a scene that has happened thousands of times over there) maybe the human aspect would hit home.
      • AdamGeld, on 12/10/2007, -7/+19It's not my war. I don't support it.
        • GhostyBoy, on 12/10/2007, -3/+10***** right.
        • keithnlarsen, on 12/10/2007, -2/+9If you're an America, and you're not actively supporting a Presidential Candidate who is anti-war, or writing and calling your congressman to get them to change their views. You are no better that someone 5 feet away from the rape who's just standing there watching it happen saying, its not me raping her, I don't support it, but not doing anything to stop it!
      • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -1/+16Do they really not show those images in America?
        • WorldGroove, on 12/10/2007, -2/+12Nope. They do not... because if they do, the masses will start seeing them as actual humans with families and feelings and might start to feel what they're going through. It's better for BushCo+FOX. to keep painting a picture of a faceless beast that hates baseball, apple-pie and anything else that's "American".
        • DoscoJones, on 12/11/2007, -1/+7No they do not. The media is owned by the same corporations that own the government.
        • xerodeth, on 12/11/2007, -1/+7Us Americans like Double-Speak and Candy Coating everything. We can't handle the realness of war on our T.V. You saw what the Vietnam war did to us??
        • adooga, on 12/11/2007, -2/+7How you survive as a nation I have no idea.
          • buckrogers1965, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5Ignorance is bliss. This is how most people survive, by entirely denying the entire situation, and blaming all the bad things that are happening on islamo-fascists.
      • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -11/+2No, they don't show those images, and they really don't need to be shown.

        If they show those images, why not show images of ALL the world's atrocities. No sense in only showing one side of the story right?

        I mean, why only show civilian deaths accidentally killed during war? Why not also show civilians being killed by dictators and other death squads for doing nothing but being of a particular race or religious background?

        I respect that some may be against the thought of this war (or all wars in general) but the flip side of the coin is that reasonable talks aren't going to convince a dictator all of a sudden to stop human atrocities because someone asked nicely. So, that leaves 'stick your head in the sand and ignore other peoples' plights' OR do something about it.
        • boflaade, on 12/11/2007, -2/+3Because the "war" is an invasion by a foreign country who feel innocent victims are okay. The atrocities are made by the same country who claim they prevent it.
    • Newportbeachguy, on 12/10/2007, -36/+7To be honest. I care more about an American girl then one who is not.

      Just how I feel
      • removesstains, on 12/10/2007, -5/+28What an asshole.
        • Commonwealth, on 12/10/2007, -19/+4I bet you feel the same way (If you're American). It's only natural, no matter how much you don't want it to be, to empathize more with people similar or closer to you. Would you say that he is an asshole for valuing a family member's life over somebody who is not? To the outside observer, their lives are equally valuable.
        • removesstains, on 12/10/2007, -2/+10Prolly but then again i clearly didn't know this girl. so i would feel the same way if it was a story about a foreign girl. Therefore your comment fails.
      • AdamGeld, on 12/10/2007, -5/+8Nice grammar.
      • woohhaa, on 12/10/2007, -15/+2I can relate Newportbeachguy. ***** them and anyone who looks like them.
    • schweeet, on 12/10/2007, -1/+5It's like it has always been and always will be, not just with this war but with everything. When it gets close and personal, you wake up and react.
    • ByteGuerilla, on 12/10/2007, -1/+12A cover-up by government and corporate entities. Fascism.
    • hollygolitely, on 12/11/2007, -5/+3Not that I'm not completely outraged also, but it's not as if this has never happened in war before.
      • goldfishey, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3yes being attacked and brutally raped by your own side is a long standing tradition of war, isnt it?

        /Dripping with Sarcasm (in case anyone failed to notice)
    • sk11, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3Well at least your government will make sure that all those evil internet file sharers and weed smokers will go to prison.
      /sarcasm
      • kublerross, on 12/11/2007, -0/+2so true so true, people are so blind to the fact that the government only protects corporate interests, never those of its citizens.
  • sestalker, on 12/10/2007, -12/+72I weep for this Country. God Bless Jamie Leigh Jones.
    • shaggy25, on 12/10/2007, -14/+5*country
    • ordig, on 12/10/2007, -14/+6And god bless America...
      ***** Yeah!
    • dinostabOMG, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3Look, rape is a heinous crime that deserves to be punished, but Jamie Leigh Jones? She was working for KBR!
    • mrgreenjeans9, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1.
    • sportbikepilot, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2your god let that happen....why would he now bless her?!
  • clownshoez, on 12/10/2007, -3/+160Unbelievable?

    Unfortunately not...
    • soulkitchen, on 12/11/2007, -1/+7This story makes me genuinely ***** off, who the ***** are these cowards? And why are the justice and state departments dragging their feet? If KBR's people aren't subject to US law, then why is this woman subject to her employment agreement? WHAT THE ***** IS GOING ON?! By shielding its people KBR is complicit in the crime. By shielding KBR the govt. is fast becoming an accomplice. Looks like the only way this woman is going to see justice served is if more people hear about this, so contact your local media and ask that this story run, I already have.
      • lateralus, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5Our state department is run by Condo Rice. So yeah....end of story.
  • InRussetShadows, on 12/10/2007, -137/+13It's interesting to see how quickly people act as judge, jury, and mass executioner on the basis of one person's word, yet the very same people were defending Clinton from what many women said about him. I find the hypocrisy hilarious.
    • sparkleprincess, on 12/10/2007, -6/+93The government already claimed that they had to rescue her from the storage container.
      An examination by Army doctors showed she had been raped "both vaginally and ####," but that the rape kit disappeared after it was handed over to KBR security officers."

      Did you even read the entire story??
      • janeuner, on 12/10/2007, -6/+17"Jones told ABCNews.com that an examination by Army doctors..."
        Yeah, I read it.
      • Rahodeb, on 12/10/2007, -1/+34Why would the kit get handed over to KBR security? That seems odd.
        • ordig, on 12/10/2007, -0/+11Because she was a KBR employee and they had to cover it up. Duh.
        • DooM, on 12/10/2007, -1/+7Because the US has enough of its own ***** to cover up, they can't start adding KBR's crap to the list and still get away with crap.
    • scottpigeon, on 12/10/2007, -4/+55There needs to be a Godwin type law for careless mentions of Clinton.
    • nblsavage, on 12/10/2007, -8/+38Never read any story that said that Clinton raped anyone.
    • sizzzzlerz, on 12/10/2007, -2/+14What about the rape of this woman by a company bush is funneling billions of dollars to? You find that pretty ***** hilarious as well?
    • bolognium, on 12/10/2007, -1/+23who's defending clinton?? you realize you're being a hypocrite don't you? judging anybody who disagrees with you as supporting clinton... it happens all the time - rip into bush/cheney and suddenly you must support clinton..
    • AdamGeld, on 12/10/2007, -1/+16What does someone named Clinton have to do with this girl who was raped? And no, I didn't vote for Clinton and I'm not even a Democrat either.
    • cobrawu, on 12/10/2007, -2/+11You make me ill. I hope someone forces a dick in YOUR ass, then we can see how hilarious you think it is.
    • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 12/10/2007, -1/+15Clinton Tourettes
    • glasnostic, on 12/10/2007, -1/+7wait.. you think she is making this all up?
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6That was a good example of desperation. Your team right or wrong, eh?
    • drakethegreat, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6I'm going to donate to her charity because assholes like you are responsible for her not getting justice.
    • Jpotts12, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5Dude...that's terrible. All of the stuff regarding Clinton are just allegations, this is almost certainly true. Massive Irrecoverable Fail.
    • poonaka, on 12/11/2007, -1/+4Clinton gang raped women? Man I never thought Hilary would do such a thing.
    • blix797, on 12/11/2007, -0/+4consenting blowjob does NOT equal kidnapping, imprisonment and gang-rape.
  • gweller, on 12/10/2007, -1/+99Disgusting. May justice be served for this poor girl.
    • staxofmax, on 12/10/2007, -2/+24Don't count on it....
      From the article: "KBR has moved for Jones' claim to be heard in private arbitration, instead of a public courtroom. It says her employment contract requires it. "
      This poor girl won't see justice, let alone one thin dime. Sometimes this country makes me sick.
      • Tweekster, on 12/10/2007, -1/+14She could go kill the attackers, the loophole would work in her favor
        • ORBAT, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1She's not a US gov't supported company. She'd be put in jail since she can't throw money at the problem to make it disappear, and she has no pull in Washington.
      • tannerpetry, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1That was my thought too. She should kill her rapists, or have a friend still over there do it for her. Clearly there should be no fear of repercussion.
        Why the US Govt would ever agree to let Halliburton and KBR operate as representatives of the USA, being paid by the USA, and without any oversight authority is beyond me....
        Imagine telling your employee, "Here's a blank check, and a company t-shirt, and some weapons.....have fun"
    • ORBAT, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1Ha, yeah right. Your legal system is so broken that this'll probably end with _her_ being charged with a crime. But hey, at least now all overseas contractors know that they can do anything they want, expect to see more like thi... oh wait, they'll probably learn to cover their tracks better too and shoot the victims so they don't talk. They can always blame the "ragheads" for whatever happened.
  • konaken, on 12/10/2007, -6/+143Halliburton is a bunch of dirtbags. But we already knew that. They deserve as much bad exposure as possible. Digg the crap out of this one.
    • ordig, on 12/10/2007, -11/+2In this case it is KBR who are the dirt bags. Nice try though.
      • DooM, on 12/10/2007, -1/+9At the time this incident happened KBR was a subsidiary of Halliburton. Nice try, though.
    • inkrambles, on 12/11/2007, -1/+1They are all a bunch of crooks. Try reading about the Carlyle group at http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html. Their headquarters is on Pennsylvania Ave close to the white house. George Bush Sr. and his ex-presidents club of men who make billions off war. This is not spam. It is a link to a website that shows who has the money and why all this weird crap keeps happening.
  • speedmaster, on 12/10/2007, -2/+45If true, people need to do time. Beyond outrageous.
    • usrlocalbin, on 12/10/2007, -2/+11***** making them do time.
      Put a bullet in each joint in their bodies starting from their toes and work your way up.
      I think with penalties like that, this ***** wouldn't happen so often...
      • id10tjoeuser, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3I'll go get my blow torch. These sick ***** are unfit for mercy.
    • ordig, on 12/10/2007, -5/+3Who's going to make them do time? You?
  • Christianptriot, on 12/10/2007, -6/+14Interesting to see that the first comment linked this to Christ somehow...and money.

    Could it be that some evil people decided to inflict emotional and physical injury on someone else, knowing that they would most likely get away with it, and that the company would end up winning any type of case against it down the road?

    • sk11, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3It is with christian support that the current American government, which suppressed the investigation and aided KBR in its cover up, was voted in.
  • theutopian, on 12/10/2007, -5/+59Makes me so proud to be an American...
    • thealliedhacker, on 12/10/2007, -3/+4/sarcasm
    • LastVisibleDog, on 12/10/2007, -14/+2What does the actions of people that work for a private company have to do with being an American?
      • theutopian, on 12/10/2007, -1/+10Because it's evidential of the sickness in our culture and society. When Americans go abroad, we should be upholding American ideals and being above reproach. Instead we get ***** like this. We're a society that doesn't value the individual and this is proof of that.
  • 2bsbc, on 12/10/2007, -2/+109Halliburton: Raping women and self-governing countries since our inception.

    Got Dick?
    • LastVisibleDog, on 12/10/2007, -16/+2Haliburton doesn't (nit wit)
      • 2bsbc, on 12/10/2007, -2/+9Put on your invisibility cloak, would ya Dog? (dumb ass)
      • mal1964, on 12/10/2007, -5/+3A USA company so lets say every American rape her ok? . It might be hard to pick a jury.
  • brianbb98, on 12/10/2007, -1/+104war profiteers AND rapists?

    • DreKor, on 12/10/2007, -1/+32Well, they got bored with pillaging.
    • greenbeanz69, on 12/10/2007, -1/+18Might as well...when you have no sense of morality or ethics.
    • ordig, on 12/10/2007, -3/+5Let's not forget, she was a war profiteer too.
  • foned, on 12/10/2007, -2/+37wonderful. now maybe people will wake up to the atrocities of the halliburton company.


    but im not holding my breath.
    • zooplibob, on 12/10/2007, -8/+1You do realize that this is KBR engineering that is accused of this right? Halliburton is an oilfield services company that owned KBR for a few years and has since sold them.
      • DooM, on 12/10/2007, -1/+7You do realize that KBR wasn't completely divested by Halliburton until February of this year and that the woman was raped 2 years ago, right?
        • zooplibob, on 12/11/2007, -3/+1Just because someone is the parent company of another company doesn't mean you blame them for everything. If the New York Telemundo station employees raped someone, would you have the headline "General Electric Employee Rapes Woman"? They're completely separate companies just under the same roof. If it doesn't involve making oil drill bits, then it is KBR, not Halliburton.
          • DooM, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2Um, no they aren't. That's like saying Enron's marketing division had nothing to do with their accounting division. There's a reason it's called a 'Parent' company.
          • buckrogers1965, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2If GE used their political connections to obstruct justice, then they too would be criminals and accessories after the fact.
  • gweller, on 12/10/2007, -4/+38Beware the military-industrial complex.
    • SpeakerCity, on 12/11/2007, -1/+4I wish our predecessors had listened to Eisenhower.
  • IMA_Sellout, on 12/10/2007, -4/+26Yaaaay oil!! What a wonderful industry!!
    • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -1/+1So, people in America get raped for oil?
  • savethemooses, on 12/10/2007, -33/+21She obviously doesn't support the troops.
    • twisterrust, on 12/10/2007, -2/+7/sarcasm guys
      • savethemooses, on 12/10/2007, -1/+4Am I getting buried because sarcasm meters are on the fritz? That's lame.
        • mushroomsrmagic, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6most diggers are too stupid to realize sarcasm.
        • ShnowDoggie, on 12/11/2007, -5/+1No, your sarcasm is lame. Several folks should spend the rest of their lives in Jail for this.
          • savethemooses, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3Yeah, no *****. I'm being ironic.
    • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -1/+7It's like she really hates America
  • stickywheelz, on 12/10/2007, -46/+10What the hell kind of parents let their 20 year old civilian daughter go and work over there?
    • DreKor, on 12/10/2007, -1/+28I wasn't aware that parents had to let their 20 year old daughter do anything. At 18 you can really do whatever you want.
    • mrjit, on 12/10/2007, -1/+22What the hell can parents of a 20 year old civilian daughter do to a 20 year old, adult, civilian daughter?
    • BlueDjinn, on 12/10/2007, -2/+35You've gotta be ***** kidding me.
      First, the moment she turned 18 she had the right to work for whatever company she wanted, and to serve overseas if she wanted to (or if the company sent her there). What the hell do her parents have to do with anything?
      Second, you have the right to expect a certain level of professionalism--no, decency--no, HUMANITY from your co-workers, regardless of your age or gender. Should she have expected the possibility of being injured or killed by insurgents? Of course. Should she have expected the possibility of being DRUGGED, GANG-RAPED and IMPRISONED by her OWN FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS? I'm thinking "NO."
    • empraptor, on 12/10/2007, -1/+10She was 20 years old. What is this about the parents letting her do things? Are you really going to blame to victim's parents for this?
    • saraequalswin, on 12/10/2007, -1/+1I've gotten the "You're a 20 years old girl, what are you doing outside without your parents or an escort" lecture before, interestingly enough it was from a *very* fundamentalist Iraqi guy.

      Chauvinism is a universal language.....
    • dschrute, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2How old do you think most of our soldiers are you stupid dirtbag?
  • ralph12c41, on 12/10/2007, -57/+2Do you believe everything reported on ABC?
  • RedNeckerson, on 12/10/2007, -1/+200I'm imagining the horror of being her dad. You're sitting at home. Your little girl calls up crying saying she's been raped and is locked in a box....in Iraq.
    And all you have the power to do is make phone calls. Gah! I might have bad dreams about it tonight.
    • IphtashuFitz, on 12/10/2007, -0/+54Thank god he was able to get his local congressman to listen, and his local congressman was able to work up the chain as quickly as he did.
      • stillasleep00, on 12/10/2007, -1/+35A congressman actually working to solve a problem? Blasphemy.
        • adeptusliberus, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1Actually, calling your local representative isn't as useless as most people think. I live in the district for Mary Bono (R-CA) and ***** got done for my family, right quick (my step dad needed to get paperwork going for his disability that was linked to his military service, let's just say contacting our congressperson expedited the process).
    • Hickeroar, on 12/10/2007, -1/+12The problem is that the citizens of this country are happy assuming all they can do is make phone calls. I seem to recall something about the "tree of freedom."
    • staxofmax, on 12/10/2007, -2/+44As a father, if this happened to my daughter and I knew who did it, what I would do to them would make "Seven" look like "The Sound of Music."
    • nblsavage, on 12/10/2007, -1/+28Red, we are usually on opposite sides of things on here, but that comment is something I can agree whole-heartedly with. Politics be dammed, wrong is wrong.
      • HarryBauzonia, on 12/11/2007, -6/+3This isn't political though. It's about a company's actions.
      • RedNeckerson, on 12/11/2007, -0/+9Thanks for that. Much appreciated.
    • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -19/+1Or, you could politely ask your daughter 'Why, in the hell, are you considering going to a warzone?'

      But, hey, I enjoy being a responsible and critical thinking person. It's unfortunate something like this happens, but it happens everywhere and going to a warzone only ups the statistical probabilties of something bad happening. Besides, guilt/innocence hasn't been determined yet, so I also reserve judgement in that vein.
      • Zarokima, on 12/11/2007, -1/+8"Wait, wait, slow down. What the hell are you doing in Iraq? *pause* No, I don't give a ***** you just got gangraped by an American company that's supposed to be helping you out, I wanna know what's wrong with you for going there in the first place!"

        Yeah...no. Kill yourself now before you have a chance to be a terrible parent.
    • InOmniaParatus8, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3I just saw a report on Countdown where a reporter(?) who looked into this says he's found records of 3 more similar cases in which charges were filed (one of which alleges rape) against Halliburton in Beaumont, TX. I couldn't agree with you more. There's a piece of me that wishes I hadn't even read this story tonight. Ugghh!!!
  • EvilMoose, on 12/10/2007, -1/+41Once intelligence is completely privatized we wont have to even worry about such stories because we wont have the chance to do so.
  • source1984, on 12/10/2007, -2/+97AMERICAN JUSTICE. And I wonder how many Iraqi women or other women are raped every year who don't have the convenience of a "state representative" to make it an issue.
    • stickywheelz, on 12/10/2007, -20/+7A lot more were when Sadaam was in power.
      • quaxon, on 12/10/2007, -3/+6*than, not were
      • source1984, on 12/11/2007, -1/+6Actually, you MIGHT be wrong. but i don't have any statistics. EITHER WAY, with Saddam, he's a tyrant, so his cronies doing it is wrong. But us? Our "blond haired, blue eyed, boys and girls (in or out of uniform)"? We're the good guys remember?
      • hassanchop13, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2also, saddam may have done alot of bad things but he did have law and order in Iraq. can't say that about us.
      • aurorion, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1So you saying US is marginally better than Saddaam?

        Great yardstick to measure your country with...
  • mrbradg, on 12/10/2007, -1/+14Sicking how this has unfolded for this poor girl. Just sick.
  • harrisbradley, on 12/10/2007, -29/+3C.R.E.A.M.
  • Raisedshoulder, on 12/10/2007, -1/+39I really hope the assholes get charged for what they did.
    • Tweekster, on 12/10/2007, -1/+2They cant be, the loophole protects them. Conversely, she could go put a few hundred rounds into each of them and also not be charged
      • buckrogers1965, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3***** the loophole. Send our goddammed useless CIA in to kidnap them and bring them back for a trial. We seemed to believe we have that right for every other criminal in the world.
    • borisyelker, on 12/10/2007, -1/+4I am quietly hoping this story gets more exposure than Mike Vick in jail for dog fighting.

      And I also hope that the perpetrators be brought to justice, quickly!
    • SpeakerCity, on 12/11/2007, -1/+1They won't
  • nixfu, on 12/10/2007, -82/+8We haven't had this much sexual assault accusations of government officials since Bill Clinton was in office.

    Bill Clinton with sexual assault since his days as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford 30 years ago.

    A continuing investigation into the President's questionable sexual history reveal incidents that go back as far as Clinton's college days, with more than a dozen women claiming his sexual appetites leave little room for the word ''no.''

    Juanita Broaddrick, an Arkansas nursing home operator, told NBC's Lisa Myers five weeks ago she was raped by Clinton. NBC shelved the interview, saying they were confirming all parts of the story, but finally aired it Wednesday night.

    Broaddrick finally took her story to The Wall Street Journal, which published her account of the brutal rape at the hands of the future President, followed by The Washington Post and some other publications.

    But Capitol Hill Blue has confirmed that Broaddrick's story is only one account of many attempted and actual sexual assaults by Clinton that go back 30 years. Among the other incidents:

    * Eileen Wellstone, 19-year-old English woman who said Clinton sexually assaulted her after she met him at a pub near the Oxford where the future President was a student in 1969. A retired State Department employee, who asked not to be identified, confirmed that he spoke with the family of the girl and filed a report with his superiors. Clinton admitted having sex with the girl, but claimed it was consensual. The victim's family declined to pursue the case;
    * In 1972, a 22-year-old woman told campus police at Yale University that she was sexually assaulted by Clinton, a law student at the college. No charges were filed, but retired campus policemen contacted by Capitol Hill Blue confirmed the incident. The woman, tracked down by Capitol Hill Blue last week, confirmed the incident, but declined to discuss it further and would not give permission to use her name;
    * In 1974, a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then-law school instructor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference. She said he groped her and forced his hand inside her blouse. She complained to her faculty advisor who confronted Clinton, but Clinton claimed the student ''came on'' to him. The student left the school shortly after the incident. Reached at her home in Texas, the former student confirmed the incident, but declined to go on the record with her account. Several former students at the University have confirmed the incident in confidential interviews and said there were other reports of Clinton attempting to force himself on female students;
    * Broaddrick, a volunteer in Clinton's gubernatorial campaign, said he raped her in 1978. Mrs. Broaddrick suffered a bruised and torn lip, which she said she suffered when Clinton bit her during the rape;
    * From 1978-1980, during Clinton's first term as governor of Arkansas, state troopers assigned to protect the governor were aware of at least seven complaints from women who said Clinton forced, or attempted to force, himself on them sexually. One retired state trooper said in an interview that the common joke among those assigned to protect Clinton was "who's next?". One former state trooper said other troopers would often escort women to the governor's hotel room after political events, often more than one an evening;
    * Carolyn Moffet, a legal secretary in Little Rock in 1979, said she met then-governor Clinton at a political fundraiser and shortly thereafter received an invitation to meet the governor in his hotel room. "I was escorted there by a state trooper. When I went in, he was sitting on a couch, wearing only an undershirt. He pointed at his penis and told me to suck it. I told him I didn't even do that for my boyfriend and he got mad, grabbed my head and shoved it into his lap. I pulled away from him and ran out of the room."
    * Elizabeth Ward, the Miss Arkansas who won the Miss America crown in 1982, told friends she was forced by Clinton to have sex with him shortly after she won her state crown. Last year, Ward, who is now married with the last name of Gracen (from her first marriage), told an interviewer she did have sex with Clinton but said it was consensual. Close friends of Ward, however, say she still maintains privately that Clinton forced himself on her.
    * Paula Corbin, an Arkansas state worker, filed a sexual harassment case against Clinton after an encounter in a Little Rock hotel room where the then-governor exposed himself and demanded oral sex. Clinton settled the case with Jones recently with an $850,000 cash payment.
    * Sandra Allen James, a former Washington, DC, political fundraiser says Presidential candidate-to-be Clinton invited her to his hotel room during a political trip to the nation's capital in 1991, pinned her against the wall and stuck his hand up her dress. She says she screamed loud enough for the Arkansas State Trooper stationed outside the hotel suite to bang on the door and ask if everything was all right, at which point Clinton released her and she fled the room. When she reported the incident to her boss, he advised her to keep her mouth shut if she wanted to keep working. Miss James has since married and left Washington. Reached at her home last week, the former Miss James said she later learned that other women suffered the same fate at Clinton's hands when he was in Washington during his Presidential run.
    * Christy Zercher, a flight attendant on Clinton's leased campaign plane in 1992, says Presidential candidate Clinton exposed himself to her, grabbed her breasts and made explicit remarks about oral sex. A video shot on board the plane by ABC News shows an obviously inebriated Clinton with his hand between another young flight attendant's legs. Zercher said later in an interview that White House attorney Bruce Lindsey tried to pressure her into not going public about the assault.
    * Kathleen Willey, a White House volunteer, reported that Clinton grabbed her, fondled her breast and pressed her hand against his genitals during an Oval Office meeting in November, 1993. Willey, who told her story in a 60 Minutes interview, became a target of a White House-directed smear campaign after she went public.

    In an interview with Capitol Hill Blue, the retired State Department employee said he believed the story Miss Wellstone, the young English woman who said Clinton raped her in 1969.

    ''There was no doubt in my mind that this young woman had suffered severe emotional trauma,'' he said. ''But we were under tremendous pressure to avoid the embarrassment of having a Rhodes Scholar charged with rape. I filed a report with my superiors and that was the last I heard of it.''

    Miss Wellstone, who is now married and lives near London, confirmed the incident when contacted this week, but refused to discuss the matter further. She said she would not go public with further details of the attack. Afterwards, she changed her phone number and hired a barrister who warned a reporter to stay away from his client.

    In his book, Unlimited Access, former FBI agent Gary Aldrich reported that Clinton left Oxford University for a "European Tour" in 1969 and was told by University officials that he was no longer welcome there. Aldrich said Clinton's academic record at Oxford was lackluster. Clinton later accepted a scholarship for Yale Law School and did not complete his studies at Oxford.

    The State Department official who investigated the incident said Clinton's interests appeared to be drinking, drugs and sex, not studies.

    "I came away from the incident with the clear impression that this was a young man who was there to party, not study," he said.

    Oxford officials refused comment. The State Department also refused to comment on the incident. A Freedom of Information request filed by Capitol Hill Blue failed to turn up any records of the incident.

    Capitol Hill Blue also spoke with the former Miss James, the Washington fundraiser who confirmed the encounter with Clinton at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, but first said she would not appear publicly because anyone who does so is destroyed by the Clinton White House.

    ''My husband and children deserve better than that,'' she said when first contacted two weeks ago. After reading the Broaddrick story Friday, however, she called back and gave permission to use her maiden name, but said she had no intention of pursuing the matter.

    "I wasn't raped, but I was trapped in a hotel room for a brief moment by a boorish man," she said. "I got away. He tried calling me several times after that, but I didn't take his phone calls. Then he stopped. I guess he moved on."

    But Miss James also retreated from public view this week after other news organizations contacted her.

    The former Miss Moffet, the legal secretary who says Clinton tried to force her into oral sex in 1979, has since married and left the state. She says that when she told her boyfriend, who was a lawyer and supporter of Clinton, about the incident, he told her to keep her mouth shut.

    "He said that people who crossed the governor usually regretted it and that if I knew what was good for me I'd forget that it ever happened," she said. "I haven't forgotten it. You don't forget crude men like that."

    Like two other women, the former Miss Moffet declined further interviews. A neighbor said she had received threatening phone calls.

    The other encounters were confirmed with more than 30 interviews with retired Arkansas state employees, former state troopers and former Yale and University of Arkansas students. Like others, they refused to go public because of fears of retaliation from the Clinton White House.
    • Ouze, on 12/10/2007, -2/+41dude, it's been almost a decade. "The b-b-but clinton" defense just doesn't cut it anymore.
      • spudnic, on 12/10/2007, -1/+14I'm going to start replying to people critcising Clinton as a defense of Bush with comments about Nixon.
    • BlueDjinn, on 12/10/2007, -4/+42What the ***** does Bill Clinton have to do with ANY of this???
      Jesus, wingnuts are such pieces of crap.
      • urbandistrict, on 12/10/2007, -2/+12I completely agree. Forget about which ***** team you root for and start looking at right vs wrong.
    • LastVisibleDog, on 12/10/2007, -28/+3Prepare to be dugg down - Digg Left Wingnuts can't handle the truth
      • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -2/+18So this gang-rape and false imprisonment is ok with you? No? I don't see you condemning this crime...
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -1/+12So you are saying that Clinton did some ***** which somehow precludes you from condemning this gang-rape? Gotcha! For everyone else, take a good look at who is still supporting the criminal Bush Administration.
    • wheresjim, on 12/10/2007, -1/+11Prepare to be dugg down because your statement has nothing to do with the topic at hand. So because we are disgusted by this we must be supporters of Clinton? WTF does he have to do with this except serve as a convenient distraction for whatever you do not have the pragmatism to discuss rationally?

      It shouldn't matter whether you vote red, blue or green, the rape of a woman in these circumstances, and the subsequent actions of her employer (who have been divested from Halliburton incidentally) should ***** you off.
    • cheesecake42, on 12/10/2007, -1/+5TL/DR
    • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -1/+5tl; dr.
    • Seidoger, on 12/10/2007, -1/+11It's actually so nice to digg you down, gets your 20 pages random rant out of the way
    • diggerydood, on 12/10/2007, -1/+5What is your problem?? What Clinton did was wrong - and this is wrong too!
    • hcl40u, on 12/10/2007, -1/+4Summary: B-b-but Clinton!
      You might as well add in the "blame the victim" argument as well while you're at it.
    • BelXul, on 12/11/2007, -1/+3I'm sorry, but your consistent reference to the Capitol Hill Blue deserves a bury. That newspaper has not had a very good track record for accuracy and have even gone so far as to make up sources from time to time. Now, if your reference to CHB had been limited to one time (preferrably less), and that you had used a more reliable news service, than my position on the matter would be different. I know that Clinton was involved in a lot of crap over the decades, but using CHB just drained the credibility out of it for me.
    • dschrute, on 12/11/2007, -1/+6Your point is sooooo embarrassing. Just let it go man. You're just ***** that Clinton spent all this time banging women. Every time one of your wingnut idols gets caught with his pants down, it's with a dude (sometimes over 18, sometimes not). I think you people who are still infatuated 10 years later with Clinton's sexlife spend too much time with your dick in your hand. Go out and get laid for God's sake.
    • mrgreenjeans9, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1that's hot!
  • mrdoogee, on 12/10/2007, -6/+20It makes me so sad that when I saw this headline, I said to myself: "That probably happened" instead of "aww B.S.!"

    I remember a time when this type of news was nothing more than fluff propaganda circulated by despots. Now it is so widespread, even a sensational story like this is entirely plausible.
  • DangerCollie, on 12/10/2007, -4/+37Because the Bushies are all about accountability.
  • FredFredrickson, on 12/10/2007, -19/+2Where are all the MSM complainers? Isn't this story some kind of huge lie, all fabricated to distract the sheep from other, more important things?
    • Icupnimpn2, on 12/10/2007, -2/+8Yes, this story about ghastly events in Iraq was clearly calculated to distract us from the topic of, umm, Iraq?
      • caketank, on 12/10/2007, -2/+1Well, I did stop thinking about Ron Paul for a few minutes. But NickSpinner sorted that for me.
    • HippyInASuit, on 12/10/2007, -3/+2We're upset with what the corporate media doesn't cover or what they leave out when they do cover a story. It appears as though they did a decent job for once. Go figure.
    • FredFredrickson, on 12/10/2007, -1/+1My point is that people cherry pick what they want to complain about. You can't have it both ways.
      • lunasunshine, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2ummm, if by "having it both ways" you mean expecting our journalists to give us relevant & objective reporting on actual NEWS, then yea, i cherry pick.
  • NickSpinner, on 12/10/2007, -18/+10uh, yeah folks thats the new world order. get used to it. or i suppose you could just elect ron paul right quick? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohq1GlaSVYk
    • Ouze, on 12/10/2007, -3/+11Political Discussion checklist, step 4: Irrelevant Ron Paul reference awkwardly shoehorned into the comments? Check.
    • dracostimpy, on 12/10/2007, -3/+7Ouze... Given that Ron Paul wants to withdraw immediately, I'd say electing him would be a big step toward preventing future rapes of civilians/coworkers by private contractors in Iraq. Do you disagree?
      • Ouze, on 12/11/2007, -1/+6I plan to vote for Ron Paul, so we're on the same page there. That being said, much like Apple - the worst thing about Ron Paul is his supporters. I think there is a lot of interjecting his name into places where it doesn't really go. He has a good message and views, and his cause is not served well by his blind devotees shoving his name into every topic, no matter how awkwardly or inappropriately.
        • dracostimpy, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3Heh, true, but how else are we gonna "catapult the propaganda"? Saturation of comment threads and renting blimps are all we've come up with so far.
    • GhostyBoy, on 12/10/2007, -3/+8Dude, I'm a huge Ron Paul supporter and you sound like a ***** jackass right now. You don't use a ***** tragedy as a platform to promote your candidate by scaring people. For ***** sake, man. You damage the campaign with your idiocy.
    • buckrogers1965, on 12/11/2007, -2/+4I don't think this is a Ron Paul supporter. Step one of the play book is to make the opposition appear annoying.
  • petrodollar, on 12/10/2007, -31/+2Haha! Suck it, libs!
    *blank stare*
    • usrlocalbin, on 12/10/2007, -1/+15Please kill yourself.
      This goes beyond political views you ***** tool.
      This is a human being we are talking about. What if that was your wife, daughter, niece, aunt, grandmother?
      You ***** douche bag.
  • lydecker, on 12/10/2007, -4/+25"In her lawsuit, Jones' lawyer, Todd Kelly, says KBR and Halliburton created a "boys will be boys" atmosphere at the company barracks which put her and other female employees at great risk. 'I think that men who are there believe that they live without laws," said Kelly. "The last thing she should have expected was for her own people to turn on her.' "
    This is an attitude that must change. Now.
  • citizen782, on 12/10/2007, -0/+81"showed she had been raped "both vaginally and anally," but that the rape kit disappeared after it was handed over to KBR security officers." - Why the hell would they hand over an evidence rape kit to KBR?
    • nblsavage, on 12/10/2007, -0/+26good question.
    • theboyqueen, on 12/10/2007, -0/+31Here, rape kits are handed over to the police. KBR is, in effect, the police over there. This would be the equivalent of a female police officer being raped by her fellow officers, and then having the evidence "disappear". Except that unlike the police in this country, KBR are not subject to US law (or any law, apparently). We, the taxpayers of the USA, are paying for this *****!
    • kirualeorio, on 12/10/2007, -0/+11I don't know how army doctor works. But shouldn't the Army doctor documented all the details when he or she examined her? Where the ***** is that documented report that we can use against KBR???
      • tbom, on 12/10/2007, -10/+0"we?" are you a member of Jones's legal representation?
      • DooM, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6They have the report, they don't have the DNA that was in the rape kit though because the Army doctor doesn't have the facilities to do it so the IMPORTANT stuff couldn't be documented.
  • zyl0x, on 12/10/2007, -8/+12That's a horrible story. I have no idea why anyone in their right mind would want to go to ***** Iraq. What a stupid ***** idea.
    • zyl0x, on 12/10/2007, -1/+7Dugg down because.. what? I agree that rape is terrible and Iraq is a hell-hole?
    • quaxon, on 12/11/2007, -5/+4well thats because you are not the average ignorant scum. They can rape, kill, loot, pillage do whatever they want in iraq, that is why they go over there. Same goes for anyone who's signed up for the armed forces since the war has started.
      • hollygolitely, on 12/11/2007, -4/+2nope, nope, nope. not true. generalization? maybe, but definitely not true.
    • hollygolitely, on 12/11/2007, -2/+2UMMMMM you have no choice. That's why.
    • m0neybags, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2A lot of people who are there have good intentions. Also, regardless of the criminality of the way in which armed forces or corporations are applied, it does not necessitate that those who work for those organizations are equally guilty. That's a generalization and not nice.
  • fokov, on 12/10/2007, -13/+4I guess she forgot to read the fine lines in the contracts. When you see your soul as a Merc bad things will happen to you as well.
    • dracostimpy, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6Sad but true. Any woman who joins KBR/Halliburton to work in the Middle East is basically just joining a private army, so she should expect pretty much the same treatment (or worse) as female troops receive in the US army. That doesn't make it right, but if you REALLY hate being raped, I'd say it's a bad career move to work in a war zone where stressed-out, lonely men outnumber you 10 to 1. It's only slightly safer than being locked up in a Brazilian prison.
      • godofpumpkins, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2oh, so it's her fault for choosing to go there, where she should expect to be gangraped by her countrymen and coworkers? nice.
        • dracostimpy, on 12/11/2007, -0/+3Who's fault is it if I walk into an Black Panthers meeting and say "How y'all n*ggaz doin tonite?" That's basically what a good looking woman like her is doing by working for KBR in Iraq. I'm not saying it's her fault directly, but it probably ain't the brightest idea to put yourself in that situation, is it?

          Naivete might be a legitimate excuse for fondled altar boys, but a grown woman should know what she's getting into. Shameful that these pigs betrayed her trust like that, but foolish of her to ever think she could trust them given that she's a rabbit in a wolf den. Ladies of KBR, I have two words of advice for you: "buddy system". Or "carry mace". Actually, just stay the hell out of Iraq.
  • thebillgonadz, on 12/10/2007, -2/+59I think the worst part is she started a foundation "which is dedicated to helping victims who have been raped or sexually assaulted overseas while working for government contractors or other corporations."
    It happens that often? Can I be the first to say 'What the *****?!'
    • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -0/+4I does seem very specifically targeted.
    • apocalypse67, on 12/10/2007, -2/+16Unfortunately, it does seem to happen that often. I've heard several times that women over there are dying from dehydration because they're afraid to drink any water in the afternoon, because they will have to go out to the latrines to pee at night, where they will be raped. By American army personnel.
    • saraequalswin, on 12/10/2007, -1/+1I'd really like to donate to that foundation. I don't know how she plans to help other victims besides helping them pay for lawyers (which may not even help because apparently KBR is impervious to legal action). Sad, sad state of affairs.
  • Ouze, on 12/10/2007, -8/+64I'm KBR's defense, sometimes to protect democracy, and fight terrorism, you need to anally rape people.
    • adooga, on 12/10/2007, -4/+24Please don't say "anally rape". We prefer the word "liberate"
    • Drax0n, on 12/10/2007, -3/+4But only if they are hot and blond.
      • buckrogers1965, on 12/11/2007, -0/+5I bet they are "liberating" anything that moves.
  • thatkidrich44, on 12/10/2007, -3/+27What a horrible story, man this country is going to *****!! ***** you W!!!!
    • 1town, on 12/11/2007, -6/+5great, now bush has to be responsible for every asshole rapist too?
      • BelXul, on 12/11/2007, -1/+9Just the ones that work under contract for him, especially the no-bid crowd.
      • boflaade, on 12/11/2007, -1/+5He leads the way!
      • adeptusliberus, on 12/11/2007, -0/+1It's not hard to believe. Bush has had his dick up this country's ass for about seven years.
    • quaxon, on 12/11/2007, -4/+3when was this country not *****?
  • morningmatters, on 12/10/2007, -4/+44Rape is one thing, but the total lack of accountability makes you wonder how many others, both American, Iraqis, and foreign nationals have been murdered by the mercenaries out of simple greed or lust.
    • caketank, on 12/10/2007, -2/+21You know what's screwed up? The phrase "rape is one thing, but."
  • clemphlegm, on 12/10/2007, -5/+5Hey more no-bid contracts for KBR/Halliburton! Otherwise the work would have to be done by U.S. military, then it'd be US military gang raping and not investigating, that'd look even worse. The U.S. military has a glowing record of aggressively avoiding prosecution of rapists and not caring for the victims. Halliburton/KBR just does the same thing only at an exponentially higher cost. Hooray Status Quo!
  • citizen782, on 12/10/2007, -2/+68So if I understand this correctly, any company that puts an arbitration clause in an employment contract can effectively place they way they treat employees above the law by denying them their right to a trial by jury? If this is true it is yet another example of how corporate America has placed themselves above the government and the people. I've said it a dozen times and I'll scream it again: CORPORATE AMERICA CAN NOT BE LEFT TO POLICE ITSELF.
    • silverlinkx2, on 12/11/2007, -2/+1You think electing Ron Paul would make this any better?

      What if Halliburton didn't go to Iraq, but to some African country with a corrupt/non-existant government and exploited the manual labor there for some sweat shops or something and the same thing happened? Would you be saying the same thing? Or is it a big deal because it involves :gasp: REPUBLICANS?

      • citizen782, on 12/13/2007, -0/+1No, I'm not a Ron Paul fanboi. Haven't counted him out though.
    • RKMBrown, on 12/11/2007, -1/+1ABC did not properly investigate this. These rapists were assigned to protect diplomats in a foreign country, and had dipolomatic imunity. So they were not under American or Iraqi law. I believe arbitration is how they solve this mess. I don't like it any better than anyone else here. The rapists should be made to pay. It's not clear all the good men & women who work for Haliburton should. Not sure why the left thinks all American Corporations are evil, because they hire Americans? Only Democrat Party Government Control is good? shakes head... goes back to work for a evil American Corporation to earn a living for family.
  • diggit83, on 12/10/2007, -21/+10Men saw the opportunity to ***** a hot young girl with no consequence. This could and does happen anywhere. The US needs to provide SAFE CLEAN prostitution services to ALL Americans serving over seas. Oh, wait.....the moronic Christian run society is against that....so now people like her get hurt.

    Not only do women get raped like this. Our soldiers and citizens who DO find local prostitutes contract diseases that they bring home to their wives and back to the US to spread around....

    Sex is a part of LIFE.....hiding it only leads to things like this.
    • pintomp3, on 12/10/2007, -4/+17just a reminder, rape is not about sex. it's about power and violence.
      • diggit83, on 12/10/2007, -4/+4You buy right into that dont you....Explain to me why Netherlands has 1/3 the rape crime/1000 people than the US does? How about France? Germany? Legalized brothels thats why. Or....are French, German, and Netherlanders just not violent?
        http://www.scribd.com/doc/21672/Crime-Statistics-R ...
        Do some research.
        • pintomp3, on 12/10/2007, -2/+6they also have less violent crime. causes of crime are not so cut and dry.
          http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-c ...
        • saraequalswin, on 12/10/2007, -1/+2Germany tolerates prostitutes if they're clean, they absolutely do NOT tolerate pimps or any form of sex slavery. I think the problem is that here we see a whore and condemn her immediately without stopping to think that she probably gets her ass beat by some pimp everyday. I think the general public doesn't care as long as they don't have to see it.
        • DoscoJones, on 12/11/2007, -2/+4You are one clueless bastard. I have done the research, lots of it. I've worked with rape victims from all over the world. You don't have a single worthy idea and deserve what karma brings you. Grow the ***** up.
    • michael43, on 12/10/2007, -11/+4You are going to twist this gang rape around and blame it on Christian Society? If the rapists had lived up to Christian values, it would have never happened, but since no one (but the Christians) are responsible for any of their actions, all that's left to do is try and prevent it from happening again. Why don't you go over there, watch for anybody that looks horny and dangerous, and suck them off before a rape occurs?
      • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6From a Christian "Why don't you go over there, watch for anybody that looks horny and dangerous, and suck them off before a rape occurs?"
        Christianity IN PRACTICE has nothing to do with the supposed teachings of Christ. Instead, Christianity IN PRACTICE is about violence and superiority.
        • michael43, on 12/11/2007, -0/+0You think it's ok to blame religion for a gang rape???? What an ego trip you are on! I'd tell you to kiss my ass but you think Christians can't talk like that so I won't.
    • AdamGeld, on 12/10/2007, -2/+6Well, I'll say one thing, military bases certainly have lots of prostitutes. I'm an Atheist, and I think not having "hot young girls to *****" doesn't mean this is justified or should be expected of people who are -supposed- to hold themselves in high moral authority.
    • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -10/+3Uh.... She's not hot.
  • mal1964, on 12/10/2007, -13/+2Media is good now and no conspiracy is that just for this story?
    • mal1964, on 12/10/2007, -4/+2I bet I could hold my breath until the media is bad and conspires again according to some digg users.
    • cheesecake42, on 12/10/2007, -1/+4are you speaking english?
  • grey580, on 12/10/2007, -3/+14Someone needs to put those bastards in the prison shower so they can pick up the soap and learn what a gang bang is really like.
  • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -4/+11Hmmm, nixfu's comment didn't have an option to respond.
    It would seem as though he/she in claiming that Clinton "did it too" that he is suggesting that IF Clinton HAD gang-raped this girl, that 2 wrongs make a right....?
    You ***** coward, you won't even let anyone respond to your comment. How pathetic. Interesting that you are implicitly supporting this gang-rape by Halliburton. At least it's clear who are still supporting the Bush Administration.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -4/+2Ok, for some reason the reply button is no showing up. Disregard my comment to that issue, all the rest stands.
  • usrlocalbin, on 12/10/2007, -4/+19This is ***** DISGUSTING!!
    It makes me sad when hearing things like this. OUR OWN COUNTRY doing these things to our own.
    At this moment I'm not so proud to be American.
    • fokov, on 12/10/2007, -6/+10So it is OK as long as they gang rape an Iraqi women?
      • pintomp3, on 12/10/2007, -3/+10and shoot her family to cover it up.
      • usrlocalbin, on 12/10/2007, -0/+5Dumb question to ask.
        That is NEVER ok.
    • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -8/+4I am also not proud that you are an American.

      Get off your soapbox and let go of your indignation and open your eyes to the reality of the world.

      You would also not be proud to be an Iranian, a North Korean, a Russian, a New Zealander, a South African (and the list goes on). Everyone has problems, every place has crimes.

      Move to the moon and start a colony but spare us the 'I'm not proud to be American' *****. The crimes of INDIVIDUALS have no bearing on an entire nation or corporation.

      But then again, you would probably sue a big corporation because an individual served you hot coffee with a lid not properly secured.
      • akatsuki, on 12/10/2007, -2/+8When your country goes to war, sends it corporate goons over there, all with official sanction, guess what? You and I and all Americans are responsible. We somehow ended up with this government, we failed to vote him out, we failed to vote in a Congress that would impeach him, so.. guess what? We are responsible.

        I hate how everyone is like, well, it is not my fault, I didn't vote for this government and I wasn't for the war. But these actions are being done in America's name and being a pussy about it and hiding from it isn't going to change the fact that Americans are doing this.

        As for the coffee incident, well, I suppose if there was, oh I don't know, some sort of regulation about how coffee can be served in a drive-thru, that the company had been warned multiple times, and I ended up being sterilized with tens of thousands in medical bills, yes I would probably sue.

        But then again, it seems like you like bending over and spreading for corporations because nothing is your fault, right?
        • TedLW30101, on 12/11/2007, -2/+1So, your final point it that it should be my fault (an individual) but you are perfectly willing to sue a corporation (or lambast an entire country) for other individuals' actions.

          Pretty dumb logic and shows you for who you really are. An opportunist.

          Do you realize that individuals should be responsible for their own actions regardless of party affiliation/work employment/religious background etc.?

          Well, you probably do, but you realize how grandiose it is to name a larger entity in a lawsuit and hope for a big payday.
      • usrlocalbin, on 12/28/2007, -0/+1Um....Go back to watching your Fox News and stop leaving stupid comments on Digg.
  • FatherVic, on 12/10/2007, -19/+6Someone please tell me how exactly this story has ANYTHING to do with politics. It has everything to do with despicable people in large corporations that think they can get away with anything. No matter who you are or where you lean politically, you should see this as a tragedy. Those who would use this article to cry Bush, Cheney, Clinton, Left, Right, Noecon, Liberal should all be ashamed for you are no better than those who committed this vile act. Is the digg community so bent on hatred for opposing views that they have reduced themselves to this?
    • 2bsbc, on 12/10/2007, -2/+12Um, could it be that our politicians foreign policy that put us in Iraq is the cause; innocent women getting raped is the effect? Sounds pretty damn political to me; take off the blinders man, this is for real not an after school special.
      • FatherVic, on 12/10/2007, -8/+3does your hatred keep you warm?
        • 2bsbc, on 12/10/2007, -2/+6No, but at this moment your refusal to see the truth does.
        • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -2/+5FatherVic, you didn't even respond to 2bsbc's comment. Why do you choose not to see how politics is all over this?
          Does your agenda keep you blind? Yes, yes it does.
        • FatherVic, on 12/11/2007, -2/+1I try not to find politics in everything.
        • badlogik, on 12/12/2007, -0/+1No one said there is politics in "everything," but frankly, there is politics in everything our government and its contractors do in Iraq, a country, if you recall, we INVADED, due entirely to what our leading POLITICAL leaders said, which actually turned out to be false, but that's another story.
      • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -8/+1Ummm. Women get raped the world over. In fact, in some regions when they get raped, they get stoned for being unfaithful.

        But, to you, that's besides the point. Way to politicize this. Anything else you want to connect to 'evil' republicans while you're at it?
        • 2bsbc, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6Guilty conscience Ted; because at no time did I mention republicans let alone "evil" republicans.
    • pintomp3, on 12/10/2007, -1/+13except you have an ex ceo of halliburton as vice president who keeps egging on war and no bid contracts and immunity to companies like his former employer.
      • FatherVic, on 12/10/2007, -7/+2I know you are but what am I...
      • TedLW30101, on 12/10/2007, -8/+3And the democrat party has an ex-KKK recruiter in the form of Senator Robert Byrd.

        I guess that makes all Democrats evil racists.

        Man, I love Digg logic, it's soooo easy to connect crazy dots.
        • moonbeamjones, on 12/10/2007, -1/+6This isn't about reps vs. dems, little man. It's about corruption that goes deep into both parties, and a system and war so fatally flawed that this is allowed to happen and impossible to prosecute. Have fun in your bubble of blind ignorance.
    • henro112358, on 12/10/2007, -2/+6My hatred does in fact keep me warm. And the burning desire to some justice inflicted, even if its vigilante justice, keeps me sane.
    • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 12/10/2007, -1/+9you're a ***** moron
    • badlogik, on 12/11/2007, -1/+7Repeating this only because of house stupid your comment is: Haliburton and our VP are very closely related, considering 1) he was very recently their CEO, and 2) the BUSH administration gave them a NO BID contract.
      • FatherVic, on 12/11/2007, -1/+2so was "Rape Container" part of the bid? Really? I mean, did Cheney who as recently as almost a decade ago was CEO hand pick these people to specifically rape someone so he could cover it up? You ave to present a stronger link to it than someone in the administration who had a link almost 10 years ago...
        • 2bsbc, on 12/11/2007, -0/+2Father, you seem like a nice guy and I am not trying to beat you up; however, you are not looking at this in the "big picture". Corporations invest millions of dollars creating an identity; this identity becomes part of the organizational philosophy, and permeates the thinking of the employees. Sadly, this understanding of the philosophies of a corporation set the agenda of how people behave inside that entity. These people think that they are untouchable, human life and value is reduced in a war zone. Granted Cheney is no longer with Halliburton, but you can be sure that his philosophies are still with the company. You can also be sure that he has a desire to see the company do well because he still holds a financial interest through blind trusts which he is entitled to own.
          • FatherVic, on 12/11/2007, -1/+1Any business owner will tell you that bad image will destroy your company. I don't think that it is in the best interest of Cheney to sanction directly or indirectly a "rape-container" as far as reaping the benefits of Haliburton Profits. Now, covering up said activity is in his interest because if released, this kind of activity will harm his profits. But to bring it home, if a Maid at one of Trump's hotels steals your wallet, Trump is liable, but not responsible. If he covered up the crime, it would not make him bloodthirsty-evil-beyond-all-description as Cheney is portrayed, it makes him an ignorant scrilla-monger and a douche as Cheney most likely is. But again, as far as decision making in a company goes, Cheney has forgone that right. Sure he earns profits and awards contracts to help his business, but he is NOT directly tied to the day-to-day business affairs of the company... so to make the link is, in my opinion, irresponsible.

            and thanks for not beating up on me....
    • zspeed78, on 12/11/2007, -2/+2Despite all the simple minded people above the responded to you, Id like to say that I agree slightly with you. Even if the no-bid contracts are unfair, and our VP is crooked in some ways, I doubt that he single handedly picked, knew, or maybe even ever SEEN the actual employees that did this. You cant pin the actions of 3-10 (I dont remember a number) men of a huge company onto an exCEO.
      Now, trying to hide the story is bad. You can say a lot about that, but even then, its not all him. Things just arent that simple.
  • removesstains, on 12/10/2007, -13/+6Halliburton Stock is gonna go down now, maybe gas will too. Sweet
    • chili555, on 12/10/2007, -7/+5Sorry, HAL up about 1.3% today. Stick to your day job; don't pick stocks.
  • PxCxG, on 12/10/2007, -18/+4If her story is true, I hope the people who did this are brought to justice. However, I think there are reasons to not just jump to a conclusion that we must believe her story without question. After all, the "duke lacrosse" case is a reminder that not every accusation proves true.
    • mikestro, on 12/10/2007, -1/+8Please. Read the article.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 12/10/2007, -0/+6So where is the rape kit?
    • dschrute, on 12/11/2007, -1/+8The Duke case involved a skanky stripper who had already been screwed several times that day. You're comparing apples to oranges.

      I REALLLLY doubt that this girl is going on national television to talk about herself being anally gang-raped just for a little attention. She's not even keeping any of the $$$ she might win in the lawsuit. It's pretty obvious to 99.9% of the people that read this article (from several sources) that KBL is filled with dirtbags. War has always been this way, and it always will.
      • TedLW30101, on 12/11/2007, -0/+0Oh, so you want to compare this to the Kobe Bryant case rather than the Duke Lacrosse case.

        Okay.
  • sabaoth, on 12/10/2007, -2/+3Is just me or the United States (Empire) is much worse than the former British Empire, in fact, the UK kept a healthy relationship with most of their former dominos even after they became independent. Somehow I believe this to be impossible for most places where the US has thrown its weight. Every day the US becomes more of a fascist state where one can commit any crime as long as the right people is known.
    • Tweekster, on 12/10/2007, -0/+0No it just means you don't know your history very well
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