Tim Kelly, your “enhanced affection” is classic.  Ever consider a job as the White House press spokesperson?

Surprise, Surprise… “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.”  Boy, that really surprises me
that these sick, disgusting, mercenary, bottom feeders would discard the evidence.  To bad it wasn’t as easy to discard the evidence with
Clinton.  Our “leadership” in office today are no different than the crack dealers on the corner, except that they wear nice suits.  I wouldn’t
trust any of these so called leaders of the free world anywhere around me or my family.  An evil ora follows them wherever they go, and 99% simply cannnot be trusted.

Bush gave a speech the other day, or I should say damage control about the NIE about IRAN’s nuclear ambitions; one of the reporters ask Bush about the young girl that was gang raped in Saudi Arabia, and his recent phone call with one of the Sheiks over there, and if the topic of this girl came up and what was being done to protect this girl.  Supposedly the men who rapped this girl are getting off scott free and she is to be given 200 lashes and put it jail for going public with the allogations.  Bush gave some bullshit answer about they know where we stand on this issue, but continued to skate all around the question, and quicky went to another question.  This kind of thing is happening all the time, and our supposed “christian leaders” turn their head and look the other way.  Makes me really think, What Would God Do?,  What would the Devil Do?  Which side do you think our so called “leaders” are on?

purplewolf, the rape victim analogy you provide is a good one, though for those who were dumb enough to vote these suckers into office, it would be more like the victims of date-rape.

Tony Soprano would know what to do if it were his daughter. Not that I’m a violent sort but it would seem the only justice available here is a baseball bat to the knees. However, having two daughters of my own may cloud my vision in this matter.

“The best criminals hide under the cover of respectability.”

For some unexplained reason, comments on this subject have been closed at Huffington. As for Haliburton,Blackwater,etc., these are criminal organizations and need to be tackled under the RICO statutes.

Well, Idree5, I hope you will forgive my laugh when it’s your turn in the barrel.

“Wake up people” you said. I wonder what you’ve fixed?

As for me, not much accomplished, other than signing petitions, emailing congresscritters, no calls, not from half a world away. But, you continue to take the high moral ground, someone needs to do it, yeah.

Is anyone else surprised that the forensic evidence, naturally, is missing? Perhaps this was another reason Halliburton has decided to leave the US and make Dubai it’s new home. Out of the long arm of the law? No need to worry there Dicky boy, the law is broken and not working right, right now.

Why is it that rape victims end up being the ones to again be victimized by the very ones who are a part of the violation? Nothing much has changed in the way the law handles the American rapists especially when done to an employee, especially one in a foreign country. So this is how the “West” shows the middle east how we punish our rape victims. I guess she was lucky she was not stoned to death, lashed, imprisoned, fined or publicly beheaded.

EC, the rope is for our congresspersons who try to get us to stay there.

No incumbents in 08.

And what makes you think, Patrick, that the Americans will leave?  Another provision forced down the Iraqi throats prevents the members of Iraq’s parliament from asking us to leave.  The bases we have built are permanent.  The embassy we are building is the world’s largest.  Given the executive orders now in place that would permit dubya to declare a national emergency, suspend the constitution and cancel the election in the event of a new terrorist incident on U.S. soil, I am not even certain that Bush/Cheney regime intends to ever leave office, let alone Iraq.  And if Clinton, Obama or Edwards gets elected and is true to their word, we will still be there in 2013.

Re: #119328 by Ernest Canning

EC, I’ll bet that constitution lasts less than 5 minutes after the last American leaves.

Meanwhile get some rope.

Tried and sentenced by the local government?  Patrick you do understand that part of the Bremer edicts, later written into the Iraqi constitution by Ambassador Khalizad was a law immunizing all coalition forces and contractors from Iraqi law.  That is why Blackwater security guards, so far, have gotten away with murder.  The same immunity that applied to Blackwater applies to these jerks from Halliburton as well.

There is only one thing surprising about this, and that would be the fact that her dad was able to get such quick action from Poe’s office, and maybe that isn’t even a surprise. The only other surprise is that we’re even hearing about it, especially since it doesn’t involve her being raped by black or latino men, or those dreaded ‘others’ – the ‘foreigners’ – the Iraqis, but rather her own all white and only white co-workers at HALLIBURTON, located of course in Texas.(at least until last year when they moved to Dubai.) It might be interesting to find out how many non-Texans are employed by Halliburton. 

So, that’s really the only sort of unusual element to this story, just that any Texas politician, (or even citizen) would actually challenge the almighty Halliburton, (and in public) even in defense of one of its own.

As for loopholes, I don’t think that’s a good term for the vacuum of legalities in which Halliburton and Texas in general, operates. They are nations unto themselves, and they don’t operate under standard legal structures that the rest of the world recognizes. So, this is unusual in that she was able to reach her father, and that he could reach Poe, and that he could then instruct the Embassy to rescue her. If she’d been from any other state,(outside the good ol’ boy network) even that wouldn’t have happened, and she might still be in that container.

Thanks Condolizza for the immunity.  What was the idea behind it?  Is it due to incompetence?  We see nothing is being done.

And an aside.  Now we know why Pelosi impeachment is off the table is because she reviewed those torture tapes and said nothing about the abuse. Should have been in combat Nancy.  The armed forces would have let you know what torture is.  You might have even experienced it in your special service training (Seals etc.) to prepare you for what barbarians do to their prisoners of war.

Well, first of all, that link to the ABC news item comes out on page 2 of a 3-page article. Very sloppy, Truthdig.

Quote ABC, page 3: “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.”

Obviously, they are not just “overlooked when their own employees are physically raped”, #119307 by Ernest Canning, and something else has been cultivated, not just happened.

Quote ABC: “...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…... Halliburton, which has since divested itself of KBR, says it “is improperly named” in the suit…”

Another one of Cheney’s achievements now coming home to roost, uhh…...!!! Still, that could have been the ultimate reason for Halliburton breaking its links with KBR “...its contracting, engineering and construction unit as a part of the company for 44 years…”   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

Cheers To Courageous Jamie!.........Strive On!

The tormented agony of demons is relieved
only when human beings are suffering..

All war is always hell.
As we think so we become.
Yearn for peace.
Please.

I hope they’re tried and sentenced by the local government who I’m sure hate Americans.

If her father got on the next plane and capped those assholes, it would surely be justified, fuck loopholes.

The more we integrate women in the front line military units and with contractors who support them, the more these episodes will occur.

With Bush, Cheney, the neocons, Blackwater and war profiteers busy literally raping the nation of Iraq, it is no wonder they overlooked when their own employees are physically raped as well.

The wild wild west the moron has created in Iraq just continues to amaze me.I guess she will be brought to Guantanmo and tried by Saudi judges and if she is lucky get only 120 lashes.Remember the W in GWB stands for women.The funny thing is that the Sainted Laura Bush never speaks out for women’s rights when it is in some sort of conflict with the moron’s friends.I have always questioned her judgemet because when the preacher asked do you take this chimp to be your husband she said yes.