Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up

Guide Note: 22-year-old Jamie Leigh Jones has filed a lawsuit against Halliburton and its former subsidiary, KBR, alleging that she was gang raped in the Iraq Green Zone and then locked in a shipping container for 24 hours with no contact with the outside world. The incident, which occurred in 2005 according to the lawsuit, may never go to trial due to a loophole in U.S. law preventing prosecution of contractors serving in Iraq.

Fast Facts:

1. Jones says she was told not to contact anyone about the incident and threatened
2. Furthermore, Jones alleges that a rape kit was performed, but that it disappeared after being turned over to KBR

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Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up News

• Google News: Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up

• ABC News: Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR (December 10, 2007)
  • Jones says that, after she reported being raped by multiple men in the Green Zone, that she was kept under guard in a shipping container and told not to seek medical treatment outside of Iraq.

Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up Background

• Official Site: The Jamie Leigh Foundation
  • According to the website, the Jamie Leigh Foundation "is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping United States citizens and legal residents who are victims of sexual harassment, rape and sexual abuse while working aboard for federal contractors, corporations or government entities."
• Justia: Jones, Et Al v. Halliburton Company et al

Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up Blogs and Commentaries

• TheAtlantic.com: Matthew Yglesias: It's the Strategy (December 10, 2007)
• Shakesville: Nobody Could Have Predicted Halliburton Was Pro-Rape (December 10, 2007)
• Google Blog Search: Halliburton Gang Rape Cover Up

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