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KBR Gang Rape Was Not An Isolated Case Of Sexual Assault

thinkprogress.org — "There ’s something you can do. We do not think this is an isolated case of sexual assault against American citizens in Baghdad by coworkers. We want the other victims to notify my office immediately."

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  • aman78, on 12/14/2007, -5/+40Of course it wasn't. For anyone who thinks that those videos are only times it happens is a delusional fool.
    • rolosworld, on 12/14/2007, -1/+10what videos? their talking about the raping of Jamie Leigh Jones! not about abu
  • quaxon, on 12/14/2007, -28/+19what else would you expect from the types of scum that sign up to go over there (contracters and military as well)? The biggest incentive for people to go do work in iraq whether it be through a private firm or the military is to quench their thirst for blood in a legal way, where they will never face any prosecution for their crimes. ***** the contracters, ***** the troops, and ***** this war.
    • haiduz, on 12/14/2007, -19/+8youre a tool
    • hardwickj, on 12/14/2007, -5/+12You are ignorant and a fool. I have been against this war from the start, but I also am prior military. Thanks to that, I can reassure you that while there may be an extremely small percentage of reckless, criminal types in the military who are deployed in Iraq, many of them would just as soon do this sort of thing back home as they would over there. The only difference is when it happens here, it rarely makes the news.

      These same people exist out in the commercial world as well. They are scum, there is no denying it. But do not be so ignorant as to pretend that everyone in the military is one of these people.

      From my numerous friends in the military and formerly myself, I can also tell you that one of the primary reasons soldiers go on over (outside of being ORDERED to go, which gives you little or no choice and is by far the largest reason any soldier goes over) is for the money. Many soldiers in the military barely make enough to get by, but by deploying to a high risk zone such as the middle east, their pay can be effectively doubled or tripled thanks to the numerous pay incentives given for such regions.

      For some soldiers, as much as many of them actually hate being there, it is their only means of "getting ahead".

      So in response to your inexcusably ignorant and false comment, we can and should expect our soldiers overseas to represent our country in the best way possible. Unfortunately, just like back here at home, not everyone is willing or capable of doing so, and it gets noticed far more over there.

      As for the contractors, I can't say the same. Many are companies who are being handed contracts by our government for little or no bidding/competition. Many of these companies actually do little or nothing to ensure their employees "behave appropriately." And in virtually all cases, the employees choose to go (they are not ordered to go by the military) and they choose to go for one reason, BIG $$$. It's a sad world when the contractor emptying out the local sewer or driving a semi-trailer gets paid significantly more than the numerous soldiers risking their lives to escort him/her.
      • cyberscape2, on 12/14/2007, -4/+1Good call.
      • tsotha, on 12/14/2007, -4/+1I'd rather be a soldier than a contractor in Iraq, even with the lower pay. I wouldn't want to be defenseless when the headchoppers come calling. Contractors get paid a lot for the same reason oil rig workers and lobstermen get paid a lot - it's a dangerous job, and if they didn't pay well nobody would do it.
  • hiphoc, on 12/14/2007, -1/+44The crazy part was that she was fund in the belly of a ship. What the *****??? I have been hearing about Halliburton and Dyncorp kidnapping people for a while but this is crazy.

    Here is the Link from the Chicago Sun Tribune about how Halliburton is involved in human trafficking.

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi ...

    Also in this video about 50 seconds in Rumsfeld gets grilled as to why Dyncorp gets Govt contracts when they have been busted trafficking women and children.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eootfzAhAoU
  • diizy, on 12/14/2007, -2/+23Its disgusting, rediculous, I could go on. The sad result of a war fought by corporations.
  • jaymzdean, on 12/14/2007, -2/+17The U.S. government and it's corporate sponsors must be stopped or else you're going to end up paying for their sins.
    • BeefBaron, on 12/14/2007, -11/+1World aint fair, nothing you cant do about it besides complain and protest. Short of flying a plane into their various corporate HQ's, you're pretty much screwed in doing anything to change the system.
      Also, enough of the "notify your congressmen" digg posts people. They dont care about you whatsoever. They do care about their corporate sponserships and fat salary.
      • Logicexe, on 12/14/2007, -3/+1Insert obligatory "Ron Paul will fix all" rebuttal.
    • aurorion, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2Yep... The people at the receiving end of Bush's policies are going to really hate all Americans, for not speaking out enough against Bush, for not voting him out of power, and perhaps most of all, for paying taxes that contribute to all the actions of the Bush administration.

      The one thing Bush has succeeded in doing is making USA the most hated nation in the world, and creating a generation of suicide bombers and terrorists, who hate America and wish all Americans no good.
  • sabaoth, on 12/14/2007, -1/+7This is sad. I'm glad my country don't go to war often... I mean, never.
    • boflaade, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1What country?
    • rmd34, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1I don't mean this to be offensive... but your country must not have anything of value or some kind of super alien technology that keeps everyone else at bay.
      • sabaoth, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1I live with a beautiful wife, plan to have a child soon, have a well paid tech job and usually I'm happy and at peace. What else can you ask for? Have Hollywood? Maybe a prison in Guantanamo Bay? Or perhaps family members flying to a useless war far away of their homeland?

        Thank you very much, I prefer my life to your so called valuable country. (And, BTW, I'm kind of happy we don't have such "values" over here, like oil, or would be in risk of an US invasion)
  • SuperMoses, on 12/14/2007, -0/+16I don't even want to know how many cases there are against Iraqi citizens
  • Vlux, on 12/14/2007, -0/+17Geez America. Grow a spine and throw these people out. I'm Canadian and even I'm sympathetic as to what these neocons are doing to your country.
    • tsotha, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2Doesn't Canada have oil? Hmmm.
    • Dukeye, on 12/14/2007, -1/+6Believe me, a lot of us want to. We're working on it...despite stolen elections, controlled media/propaganda, Congress (except a select few) controlled and inept, we are waking up our friends and family, supporting freedom candidates, and spreading info through the internet. By the way, with the SPP a reality, you 'nucks are in this too...unless you want to use the amero for currency?
      • patpl22391, on 12/14/2007, -2/+2What a silly silly man you are.
        • DeadRepubs, on 12/14/2007, -0/+0What a stupid righty propogandist you are.
    • zegneverx, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2I believe people should stop categorizing themselves as being countrymen. I don't care what country you are from. Look at the facts, and judge the situation based on what you know. We are all people. I am sympathetic of anyone who is mistreated.
  • wakananda, on 12/14/2007, -0/+27This massive private army of professional killers, trained to be literally above the law, is coming to YOUR neighborhood in the next "National Emergency." The next young women raped will be OUR DAUGHTERS. I despise the simplistic "evildoer" rhetoric of this regime, but Blackwater is evil if anything is. It's a cancerous threat to our nation, and it must be destroyed quickly and decisively, to avoid a protracted battle.
    • pintomp3, on 12/14/2007, -0/+9they've already been deployed in the states, in new orleans. there is no disaster that corporations cannot profit from.
    • tsotha, on 12/14/2007, -7/+0My friend, the only thing coming to your neighborhood is nice young men in clean white suits.
    • effedup, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1These guys come to my neighbourhood then you can call me an insurgent
    • bbqribs, on 12/15/2007, -0/+0Too bad we have anti-gun Democrats trying to get into power. Clinton is anti-gun, and Obama has said that he wanted a ban on handguns. They'll disarm us first, and then ***** us over royally.. and we'll have let it happen, all in the name of "protecting children."
  • mrzack, on 12/14/2007, -11/+5I KNEW IT!!! 9/11 = INSIDE JOB!!!
  • RHandler, on 12/14/2007, -1/+27I'm waiting for O'Reilly or Ann Coulter to say she was asking for it.
    • rz8472, on 12/14/2007, -1/+10Hey just because O'Reilly defended the Nazis for war crimes in Malmedy and the Japanese Empire for waterboarding doesn't mean he won't treat this incident with the utmost respect.

      (Wow, I couldn't type that out with a straight face)
    • pintomp3, on 12/14/2007, -1/+7that's ok. limbaugh will call her a phony victim.
      • tsotha, on 12/14/2007, -9/+0She might *be* a phony victim. How do you know she's telling the truth? She's changed her story a couple times now. With each telling it becomes more lurid, more horrifying. The Justice department looked into it and decided not to file charges, and not because of some "loophole", either. There simply isn't enough evidence to support her version of events.

        We've had a bunch of phony atrocities in Iraq, along with a few real ones. Let's let the professionals do their jobs.
        • netant, on 12/14/2007, -0/+91) Where has it been reported, you duplicitious sack of excrement, that she has changed here story a couple of times?

          2) How is it that she can be lying, when it took a congressman and state department officials to literally extricate her from the shipping container?
          • Lilitou, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1Not to mention, of course there "wasn't enough evidence". Her rape kit "mysteriously" disappeared.
    • TheCash, on 12/14/2007, -8/+1Have you even listened to O'Reilley or read one of his books, or do you just watch clips on youtube that were probably taken out of context? Just asking, not passing judgement yet.
      • DeadRepubs, on 12/14/2007, -1/+0No,Why would he it decreses your braincells and makes you a xenophobic right-wing retard (See definition of republican).
  • rigg419, on 12/14/2007, -5/+2Am I the only one who thought the headline (KBR) referred to that guy that plays for Green Bay?
    • cocreator10, on 12/14/2007, -1/+4Yes
    • lateralus, on 12/14/2007, -2/+2Especially since KGB, not KBR, is the guy that plays for the Packers.
      • moin1097, on 12/14/2007, -3/+3I thought the KGB was the soviet secret service.
  • cocreator10, on 12/14/2007, -6/+1FTW Found Totally Wanting. FTN Never Again.
  • sestalker, on 12/14/2007, -0/+15Am I the only one that feels like something radical needs to happen? When I say radical I mean Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Etc. Civil disobedience for sure. And certainly without a doubt if the elections turn up like sour milk again.
    • tsotha, on 12/14/2007, -4/+1So you're okay with elections as long as your side wins, huh? That's very principled.
    • unfilterthought, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2Careful...they probably are monitoring you now.
    • thecatcantalk, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1Careful...BushCo. now has an honest-to-God secret police force which is allowed to disappear any U.S. citizen down the Memory Hole, at any time, anywhere, for any reason, on the President's say-so. And they probably ARE monitoring you now. That's why the TSA keeps detaining air travellers whom are U.S. Congressmen ( e.g., Rep. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., 5 times last year), retired generals, active-duty soldiers returning from leave, little old ladies; it's not incompetence, it's supposed to scare the hell out of us. If you really believe you're being spied on by fanatical whackjobs in uniform, then you'll be too scared to stand up to the bastards...which is what they're counting on.
  • rz8472, on 12/14/2007, -2/+10Bush will veto any law that results from this because he's a petulant child only interested in protecting his own interests.

    That, and I wouldn't be surprised if Minority Leader Mitch "It's OK that our troops are dying over there because they're professionals" McConnell filibustered.
  • fromonesource, on 12/14/2007, -3/+9You should all watch the movie Endgame. There is a reason these groups are not apologetic for the human suffering they cause.
    http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/3883485/EndGame-B ...
    • moin1097, on 12/14/2007, -8/+9You're advocating the theft of that movie.
      • Tweekster, on 12/14/2007, -5/+2Yeah it isnt worth stealing
      • Observant1, on 12/14/2007, -1/+4the movie is given freely by the producer who SAYS make copies and hand them out. it is free to watch on youtube and google video as well. so much for your idea of "theft".
  • Tweekster, on 12/14/2007, -12/+3It isnt rape, its surpise sex.
    Or strangers with benefits
    • ufia, on 12/14/2007, -4/+2Is it rape when the baby is clinically dead?

      /eww bad taste humor, I know
  • Dukeye, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3It will be interesting to see what comes of this, since these contractors are in foggy legal territory. If they aren't held liable for the deaths of innocent Iraqis, how will they be held accountable for this? This may actually be a new low for the military-industrial complex.
    • buckrogers1965, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2The good news is if any contractors know any filthy rapists then they are covered by the same loophole if they frag the bastard just before they come home.
      • netant, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3The corporation won't tolerate it.
        1) Its bad for morale, therefore bad for recruiting.
        2) If they overlook the peer frag, they may have to worry about managerial fragging.
  • MikeFallopian, on 12/14/2007, -5/+0Spot the difference between the headline and the article text.
    Headline: "KBR Gang Rape Was Not An Isolated Case Of Sexual Assault"
    Text: "We do not think this is an isolated case of sexual assault"
    The accusations are pretty damning by themselves, there's no need to sex them up (so to speak) with innacurate headlines.
    • aurorion, on 12/14/2007, -0/+1CNN and Fox do the same, so why not Diggers?
    • f54280, on 12/14/2007, -0/+2Learn to read, lesson 1:

      READ THE ARTICLE FULLY

      "According to ABC’s Justin Rood, Nelson also sent a letter to Defense Secretary Gates describing “recent reports that at least two women who worked in Iraq under contractors for the Department of Defense were sexually assaulted by male coworkers.”"
  • TheCash, on 12/14/2007, -5/+1Wait.... so some representative throws the media a bone to get some air time in a politically charged environment, and this is a headline? After reading the headline, I thought there might actually be some proof or something. Pft... silly me. This is the internet afterall.
  • LeeSharpe, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3Here's hoping the dishonourable bastards responsible for raping this woman became casualties of the war. After all, it's pretty unlikely they'll ever face trial. Contractors don't fall under Iraqi jurisdiction and after reading this article and Jamie's homepage it doesn't sound like much evidence remains.
    • aurorion, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3I don't think being casualties of war is punishment enough for them. If they die in war they will be probably remembered as martyrs who fought and died for USA.

      I hope their identities are made public though. It would be nice to see what their American neighbors do to them.
  • Foxcow, on 12/14/2007, -2/+9The only reason that this has gotten any attention is because it was a white american woman.
  • Yage2006, on 12/14/2007, -1/+4Ya there is something people can do . Form a mob and go the the KBR HQ and burn the frick'n place to the ground.
    • thecatcantalk, on 12/15/2007, -0/+1Dude, that's incitement to riot. Think about what you're saying.
  • theelectricafro, on 12/14/2007, -0/+4This is what happens when you start hiring illegal aliens and aggrivated fellons for your military. It is bad enough that you send soldiers with good intentions into an evil war, but when you send soldiers with a history of violence what do you expect?

    BTW HIPHOC is right about the kidnapping corporations. Spend two minutes google searching it and grab a bucket to throw up in.
  • momsshizzle, on 12/14/2007, -4/+1Ok, as long as it wasn't an isolated case then it's ok. Pics?
  • crazyc, on 12/14/2007, -8/+4Statistically 9 out of 10 enjoy gang rape...
    • aurorion, on 12/14/2007, -1/+2Just because you enjoy it does not mean you are in majority...
      • thecatcantalk, on 12/15/2007, -0/+2He just moans louder, thinks that makes him the majority. Bastard hogs the men's room for hours.
    • chan0429, on 12/14/2007, -1/+3Horrible, but I can't stop laughing. That's so bad. We're horrible human beings.
  • Sevzi, on 12/14/2007, -5/+0What the hell does this have to do with corporations, Bush, or even the damn war? We are animals. We eat meat. We rape. Get over it.
  • slantyeyed, on 12/14/2007, -0/+3It's a finicky bunch here. One minute Lou Dobbs is Satan, the next, he's actually participating in good journalism?
  • Herostratus, on 12/14/2007, -1/+3When will the masses lose their apathy and take to the streets with torches and pitchforks
  • mhmdkhamis, on 02/06/2008, -0/+0Here's hoping the dishonourable bastards responsible for raping this woman became casualties of the war. After all, it's pretty unlikely they'll ever face trial. Contractors don't fall under Iraqi jurisdiction and after reading this article and Jamie's homepage it doesn't sound like much evidence remains.

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