Attys: Iraq Rape Case (Halliburton) Belongs in Court

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Source: Associated Press

Attys: Iraq Rape Case Belongs in Court
By JUAN A. LOZANO – 3 hours ago

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman who says co-workers raped her while she was a contractor in Iraq should have her case tried in court, not settled in private arbitration, her lawyer told a federal judge Wednesday.

In a federal lawsuit, Jamie Leigh Jones says she was drugged, raped and held against her will in a storage locker while working for KBR Inc., then a subsidiary of Halliburton Co., in 2005.

As part of her employment, Jones agreed to settle claims against the company in arbitration. But she never imagined such claims would include being imprisoned in a storage locker, said one of her attorneys, L. Todd Kelly.

Attorneys for Halliburton and KBR argued that the contract Jones signed binds her to settle all claims — including claims of sexual assault — against her former employer through arbitration.

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jSljVWkGbW8pTmFMhIdc0B6qCgagD8V7MJ8G0

[Lasher]

1. You might be able to sign away the right to file a civil suit.

But to me it is questionable to have this as a condition of employment. However, this case belongs in criminal court. In that case it would be the US government vs. the individuals who drugged, raped, and kidnapped her.

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2. How in the H can Cheney defend his association with Halliburton's manipulation of justice?

Here is to Congressman Ted Poe (Republican) of Texas who took control of the situation and got her out back to the U.S.
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Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR
KBR Told Victim She Could Lose Her Job If She Sought Help After Being Raped, She Says

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

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"We contacted the State Department first," Poe told ABCNews.com, "and told them of the urgency of rescuing an American citizen" -- from her American employer.

Poe says his office contacted the State Department, which quickly dispatched agents from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to Jones' camp, where they rescued her from the container.

According to her lawsuit, Jones was raped by "several attackers who first drugged her, then repeatedly raped and injured her, both physically and emotionally."

Jones told ABCNews.com that an examination by Army doctors showed she had been raped "both vaginally and anally," but that the rape kit disappeared after it was handed over to KBR security officers.

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This to me is one of the most outrageous and credulous crimes in recent history to a woman who is an American citizen and who has had her right to justice taken from her by the Corporate Government run military-industrial complex (mic)*. This is unfortunately a symbol of where we find the United States of America in 2008!

*(wikipedia)

The term "MIC" is most often used in reference to the United States, where it gained popularity after its use in the farewell address of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It is sometimes used more broadly to include the entire network of contracts and flows of money and resources among individuals as well as institutions of the defense contractors, The Pentagon, and the Congress and Executive branch. This sector is intrinsically prone to Principal-agent problem, moral hazard, and rent seeking. Cases of political corruption have also surfaced with regularity. A similar thesis was originally expressed by Daniel Guérin, in his 1936 book Fascism and Big Business , about the fascist government support to heavy industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex

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3. k & r