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What Happened to Jamie Leigh Jones in Baghdad?
Bob Owens takes a close look at the allegations of a gang rape in Iraq's Green Zone in 2005 by employees of KBR, and finds some omissions and inconsistencies in the ABC News scoop.
[IMPORTANT BACKGROUND MATERIAL: Read the text published until Tuesday at http://www.jamiesfoundation.org/jaime.htm -- the page was taken down after PJM's inquiries on the story. It is provided here as reference]
An ABC News report earlier this week alleging a cover-up of the gang-rape of a civilian contractor in Iraq in 2005 has attracted the attention of the chairman of House Judiciary Committee, who is now pressuring the Justice Department to answer specific questions regarding the investigation.
Jamie Leigh Jones, a military wife and former KBR employee, alleges in a pending civil suit that she was drugged, gang-raped, and beaten by fellow KBR contractors at Camp Hope in Baghdad on July 27, 2005, and that the company and the U.S. government are participating in a coverup.
Chairman John Conyers and Rep. Ted Poe cited ABC News blog The Blotter in their request to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, which began:
A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.
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.
“Don’t plan on working back in Iraq. There won’t be a position here, and there won’t be a position in Houston,” Jones says she was told.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court against Halliburton and its then-subsidiary KBR, Jones says she was held in the shipping container for at least 24 hours without food or water by KBR, which posted armed security guards outside her door, who would not let her leave.
As crucial as it was to initiating a House review of the possible criminal case to be made against Jones’ attackers, The Blotter report is not responsible journalism.
In what the Associated Press described as a preview of allegations to air on “20/20″ next month, ABC News may have exaggerated some elements of the story for dramatic effect while downplaying other facts.
The three-page Blotter story left out significant details of Jones et al. v. Halliburton Company et al., including claims of inappropriate sexual conduct by one of Jones’ former KBR supervisors while Jones was still a 19-year-old working for KBR in Houston.
According to the original civil complaint filed on May 16 of this year, KBR supervisor Eric Iler was accused of sexual misconduct involving Ms. Jones in advance of her decision to go to Baghdad:
12. Between 2004 and July 21, 2005, Jamie was employed by Halliburton/KBR as an administrative assistant in Houston, Texas, at that time, her immediate supervisor, Eric Iler, was aware of Jamie’s sick mother at home following a complicated surgical procedure with a difficult post-surgical course, and utilized his influence over her employment to extract sexual favors from Jamie.
13. Eventually, Jamie obtained evidence of the sexual harassment of her supervisor and demanded that he remove her to another department.
14. Once removed from the oversight of Eric Iler, Jamie was transferred to work for Overseas Administrative Services, LTD, in Houston, Texas, beginning July 21, 2005, she was then transferred to an assignment at Camp Hope, Iraq.
For reasons unknown, The Blotter does not find this previous allegation to be worthy of comment in their article, – nor a subsequent attempt on Iler’s part to follow Jones to Iraq and regain his position as her supervisor as described in the court papers – even though this would certainly seem to further allegations that KBR created the “boys will be boys” environment where sexual harassment was “…excused, if not encouraged.”
There is also the issue of a serious discrepancy between The Blotter story, the civil case documents, and Jones’ own account on The Jamie Leigh Foundation’s web site as to what happened to the rape kit collected by U.S. Army medical personnel in the wake of her assault.
According to The Blotter:
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.
Absent from the original or amended filing, however, was anything that could be construed as a claim of the rape kit being handed over by U.S. Army medical personnel to “KBR security officers” as alleged in The Blotter report.
A chronological account on the Jamie Leigh Foundation web site actually seems to refute such a claim. If the Foundation account written by Ms. Jones is accurate, the U.S. State Department handled, lost and reclaimed some of the contents of the rape kit without any KBR personnel being involved:
May 3, 2007- I was told by the state department that my rape kit was missing. The state department had previously ensured both of my parents that the rape kit had made it back to Washington before I even arrived back to the US. I had my mom call the state department to refresh their memories.
May 4, 2007- The rape kit was found, however the pictures of the bruises and the doctor’s notes from that day were still (and are currently) missing.
May 7, 2007- I was told to sign a release form so that the state department agent assigned to my case could try and recover the lost pictures and doctor’s notes, by giving the signed medical release form to the hospital that I went to in Baghdad and to the doctor that performed the rape kit.
The page on the Foundation that held Jones’ chronology of events– http://www.jamiesfoundation.org/jaime.htm – has been pulled down since Tuesday.
This happened after Pajamas Media asked Jones’ lawyer Todd Kelly about several claims made on that page Tuesday morning. It is yet unknown whether or not the questions asked about Ms. Jones claims had anything to do with the removal of this page from the Foundation’s web site, or its removal from the site’s navigation. Emails to Mr. Kelly and the site’s webmaster have not been returned. A reference copy of the chronology as it was originally published is provided by Pajamas Media here.
A third claim made in The Blotter is that in the wake of the alleged rape, Jones was, “…held in the shipping container for at least 24 hours without food or water by KBR…”
Shipping containers typically found in Iraq (and elsewhere) are either 20′ or 40′ steel and aluminum boxes with little to no ventilation. On the days Jones was confined by KBR (July 29-30, 2005), the mean average temperature was 100-degrees, with air temperatures over 110 degrees for 6 hours straight both afternoons. It seems implausible that a person would survive such conditions without adequate food and water.
Once again, the allegations made in the civil suit tell a somewhat different story:
a. Immediately following her physical examination, she was placed in a trailer with a bed, a shower, and a sink, but without a television, and was refused phone calls to her family despite repeated requests, which amounted to a false imprisonment;
There are significant variances between the versions of events-and even the mention of key events-told in The Blotter, the civil court documents of Jones et al. v. Halliburton Company et al., and the now-deleted chronological events page known as “Jamie’s Journal.”
Let us hope that the Department of Justice investigation is more thorough.
Bob Owens blogs at Confederate Yankee.
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1. q2600:Sex crimes are among the most seriously-investigated crimes in the military, and the military does have some jurisdiction over civilians on its bases overseas (not to mention the obligations of physicians). I find it difficult to believe that U. S. Army doctors would find evidence of rape (and sodomy, under the UCMJ) and NOT notify CID, release the kit to a civilian agency other than an embassy, AND not keep any patient notes?
Dec 12, 2007 - 6:17 am 2. David Thomson:My bovine excrement detector has gone off. Jamie Leigh Jones’s allegations do not sound credible. I strongly suspect that she is lying. It is very unlikely that a fairly large number of people would conspire against her. Army doctors and other professionals are usually quite unwilling to protect rapists.
The odds are that a reputable news organization should easily find huge holes in Ms. Jones’ story. But this is their way of avoiding the good news of Iraq and instead focus on “the evils of President Bush’s war.”
Dec 12, 2007 - 6:34 am 3. Tony Ryan:“August 18-2007- I optioned my story to be written for a screenplay. The screenplay is currently in development and is being written by Tom Whitus.”
Ah yes, you’d be a fool not to cash in on your story. Did I say “story”? I meant ordeal….
Dec 12, 2007 - 7:24 am 4. RE:My ‘potential fraud meter’ is pegged on this one. Something doesn’t smell right about this at all.
Dec 12, 2007 - 7:29 am 5. Bugs:I think PJM is trying to do the right thing – i.e., get the facts straight. Obviously, we shouldn’t dismiss any accusation of rape. On the other hand, this story seems to conveniently fit a number of MSM narrative templates. There’s a whiff of Beauchamp about it. After that fiasco and the outrage at Duke U., I think everyone – the media, the military, law enforcement, and bloggers – needs to be more thorough in investigating, and cautious in reporting, incidents like this.
Dec 12, 2007 - 7:56 am 6. Yeah Right:It just all unraveled for me when I read on her blog that “I started associating with …. and 4 firefighters”, and the comments on the fake breasts. So a 19 year old fake blond with silicone implants goes to Iraq, starts “associating” with all the hunky guys, then 2 years later plays the victim of Halliburton, for profit.
This pegs the BS meter.
Dec 12, 2007 - 8:24 am 7. Al Fin:There is a lot of money to be made in Iraq. Some people are more creative than others in extracting it.
Jamie saw an opportunity to exploit the political witchunt by the US Democratic Congress against the US military and military contractors.
Smart girl.
Dec 12, 2007 - 9:18 am 8. Phelps:I think you are wrong about shipping containers in Iraq. They are often built out as living quarters, with air conditioning, windows (if security allows it — i.e., little danger of mortar attack) electricity, and furnishings. Take a look at this — and remember that in her own timeline, she asked to be moved to a container before the alleged assault. Take a look at this and the entry for “CHU” before you jump to hotbox hole conclusions.
Dec 12, 2007 - 9:47 am 9. Andrew:So apparently Pajamas and the commenters do not believe this woman was raped. Say what you want about the inaccuracy of the ABC news blotter report, I am sure that Pajamas does not want to be held up to the same factual scrutiny that major news organizations are. The fact is we have seen these contractors in Iraq are capable of evil things. Would any of you feel safe if your own beautiful young daughter was in that situation? Of course not. Many of these contractors are mercenaries who exploit the fact that they are outside of the law. Our government’s recent reliance on contractors to do the job of the government is a tragedy.
Dec 12, 2007 - 9:52 am 10. Cernig:Bob, at his own blog Confederate Yankee, writes:
“For those of you who might expect me to be trying to debunk the case… don’t.
Though there are some inconsistencies with certain aspects of the case and the way it has been reported, absolutely nothing seems to contradict the key claim that she was savagely, brutally raped. Nothing contradicts the fact that she has not be able to find justice for 2 years.
I think she’s a brave young woman, and hope that she can find both emotional and physical healing.”
I think, personally, it would have been useful if he’d added that to his post here.
Dec 12, 2007 - 9:53 am 11. Larry Hamm:1. sexual harassment policies of all large U.S. companies outline the steps to take if it happens. All large American corporations take violations very seriously. It is interesting that her law suite does not mention the steps she took within said policy.
2. Halliburton put me in the container. She worked for KBR. Why not KBR put me in the container, that later turned out to be a trailer. Could it be the ongoing vilification of Halliburton?
3. If you drug a woman and have sex with her, why do you need to get rough, make her bleed, demolish her implants? Isn’t she asleep??
I do not know what happened, if she was raped, the rapist needs to be charged.
Why did she wait two years to do anything about it??????
Dec 12, 2007 - 10:20 am 12. scarshapedstar:“Shipping containers typically found in Iraq (and elsewhere) are either 20′ or 40′ steel and aluminum boxes with little to no ventilation. On the days Jones was confined by KBR (July 29-30, 2005), the mean average temperature was 100-degrees, with air temperatures over 110 degrees for 6 hours straight both afternoons. It seems implausible that a person would survive such conditions without adequate food and water.”
Erm… don’t our troops endure similar conditions day after day in tanks and humvees?
How do they survive?
Dec 12, 2007 - 10:30 am 13. Andrew:Dear Larry Hamm.
Perhaps you missed the part where she had her parents get a hold of there Congressman immediately (Republican Ted Poe). If I were you Larry I wouldn’t share my opinions about rape with any women you know.
Dec 12, 2007 - 10:38 am 14. Cannoneer No. 4:I was locked in a container
She may very well have been quartered in a shipping container, air conditioned and modified for use as a living space. I spent 13 months sleeping in a “can.” Better than a tent. The door probably was locked, from the inside. Standard physical security measure.
with no food,
Food in the living spaces attracts mice. What eats mice? Sawbacked vipers under the bed are no fun. At chow time she goes to the DFAC, escorted by her supervisor or a KBR Security officer.
no way to call my parents,
There are MWR and AT&T and KBR Phone Trailers in the IZ. She would probably have had to walk to one of them, with her escort. But it would not surprise me if she whined until her escort let her use his phone.
I did not have access to soap, toiletries, a tooth brush, or any of my belongings.
Her stuff was all at the crime scene, in the same building where her alleged attackers were quartered. I’m sure KBR Security was sorry for the inconvenience.
I was unable to leave, therefore I was imprisoned.
That is a very common accusation made by employees awaiting disposition and transportation. One does not just up and leave the IZ. There are procedures that must be followed for scheduling, manifesting, accountability, and follow on transportation. Having lost what could have been a good gig, many are impatient to cut their losses and get the hell out of there. Understandable. KBR Security in the IZ most likely provided her with close supervision /personal security to ensure safety and prevent any more incidents. It is unlikely that she was restricted to quarters, though she was probably instructed to stay away from firemen.
placed under armed guard by Halliburton.
I have never heard of an armed Halliburton security guard. If there were armed guards involved perhaps somebody took threats of retaliation from the accused seriously, if there were any threats.
The role of the Army in this incident would probably be limited to the CSH if she was on the USMI contract. State is the client for United States Mission Iraq
Dec 12, 2007 - 11:20 am 15. David Thomson:“Her stuff was all at the crime scene”
No, that should be alleged crime scene. Why are we to take her word for what occurred? Has she named anyone? If not, why not? How much money has she received for her story? I don’t think the young lady has anything to lose. Regardless of the evidence, she will continue to claim a conspiracy has taken place. I can cynically imagine her soon collecting major speaking fees at our leftist institutions.
Dec 12, 2007 - 12:07 pm 16. austin:19 year old civilian girl is drugged, raped, sodomized, assaulted, and wakes up with one of her attackers.
Most girls would be nearly hysterical and the first thing they would want is to be taken to a secure place – either LEO, hospital, or relatives.
But left in a container?
Why was she not immediately MEDEVACED to a CSH? Why was she not immediately given the means to contact family? Why was she not immediately given water and food or access to same?
Why were the firefighters not fired on the spot for violating KBR alchohol and other policies? Why did KBR not declare jurisdiction locale for all its contractors as a condition of employment? If she was isolated from the “crime scene” then where is the sealed crime scene container?
What comes out of this is that there is no KBR procedure for handling crimes against contractors by contractors. The simplest thing to do would be to liason with the CID and have contractors subject to the UCMJ.
Dec 12, 2007 - 12:40 pm 17. Dan:I think the last sentence should be changed to “Let’s hope the Justice Department investigation happens at all.” This is not a news story about guilt or innocense or whether a crime has taken place. It is about the lack of investigatory authority. Nobody seemed to have pick up the ball in this case. These are serious charges and two years later we still are not assured that they will ever be investigated properly.
Dec 12, 2007 - 1:06 pm 18. Tom W.:“Many of these contractors are mercenaries who exploit the fact that they are outside of the law.”
Words have meaning. None of the security contractors in Iraq conduct offensive operations, therefore they are not mercenaries.
Yet liberals will persist in calling them mercenaries, because it’s holy writ, like the equally retarded statement “Bush lied.”
When someone calls a security contractor a mercenary, you can safely dismiss that person’s opinions as the worthless ravings of a crank, the way you can dismiss the sewage of Holocaust deniers.
Dec 12, 2007 - 1:39 pm 19. Strangely Enough:“When someone calls a security contractor a mercenary, you can safely dismiss that person’s opinions ”
Kind of like when they use “collateral damage” instead of “killing civilians, including women and children.”
Dec 12, 2007 - 2:17 pm 20. ibfamous:i have read all of these replies and can only comment that you are a bunch of sad alleged-human-beings. its not so much that you immediately dismiss her story – thats what courts are for – its the hate by which you do it. here’s a question… how does a womens story about an alledged rape come back to liberals and whether or not bush lied?
Dec 12, 2007 - 2:23 pm 21. gcblues:was on my way to flame Andrew, and saw tom beat me to it. suffice it to say there is less support for his assertions than those of the subject of the article …. and hers are minimal. keep the powder dry and let the story unfold before you ask people to walk the plank
Dec 12, 2007 - 3:48 pm 22. Drew:This rape can’t be proven until Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanninty, Glenn Reynolds and Ace have all inspected this young ladies private parts. If they find that she is ideologically pure and has been violated, they will consider that such a story may have occurred as she tells it. I mean,we have got have standards in the GOP nation…
Dec 12, 2007 - 3:54 pm 23. gcblues:gop nation?
moonbats are out. one only needs to see posts by drew and andrew to understand how losers like Bush get elected. the alternative dems are even worse
Dec 12, 2007 - 4:26 pm 24. Nemo:Shipping containers are often converted into living space. This article makes no real argument against the rape claim. The person who wrote the article either has an agenda or has never been in a deployed environment for an extended amount of time.
Dec 12, 2007 - 5:03 pm 25. athena:The female contractors I worked with carried knives on their belts to ward off rape.
To Whom It May Concern:
Todd Kelly is currently not checking emails to the Jamie’s Foundation website address. He can be reached through contact information found at http://www.justiceseekers.com. Nothing was changed on Jamie’s website: her journal remains accessible and unedited. Nothing was changed in response to your inquiry, nor is anyone even aware of it. Thank you, however, for your meticulous reading of the filed civil suit. Sensational news media have been misquoting statements left and right.
Dec 12, 2007 - 7:26 pm 26. q2600:Interestingly, despite what some of you seem to think, none of my four reasons for not whole-hearted adopting this woman’s accusations have anything to do with the current POTUS. Rather, they are as follows:
1. The presumption of innocence.
Dec 12, 2007 - 10:19 pm 27. skeptic:2. My prior experience in the USMC, U. S. Army, and civilian contracting fields.
3. The case of Elizabeth Warnick.
and
4. The following release:
http://www.cmrlink.org/social.asp?DocID=276
Very interesting post, and comments thread with a few notable exceptions. I learned some things, which I confess is a difficult thing for me to say about PJM.
I have to agree, though, that there is a world of difference between questioning whether certain facts in the story were overblown for publicity purposes (not an uncommon litigation strategy) or exaggerated by reporters for news pop (also not uncommon), and suggesting that the victim is a slut who is now lying in the hopes of getting a big payday. Bob Owens hinted at it, and some comments ran with it.
I think it would be a shame, and much to PJM’s discredit, if the legitimate issues (such as skepticism about KBR destroying evidence) are lumped in with assertions that have no basis in fact and are cruel to boot.
Dec 12, 2007 - 10:39 pm 28. brian586:She had implants? Case closed, she was asking for it.
You people are unbelievable. The contortions you must undergo daily to rationalize your world views could get you hired by cirque du soleil.
Dec 13, 2007 - 5:32 am 29. Al Fin:Had there been any reality to this rape accusation, it would have been adjudicated long since.
There is a always a need for protection from rape by Islamist males who uniformly believe women to be asking for rape if they are not wearing head cover or ankle-concealing burkhas.
As more Islamists move to Europe and the western world, that danger increases for all women–not just those in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the nether places.
Dec 13, 2007 - 7:09 am 30. Bob Owens:“Nothing was changed on Jamie’s website: her journal remains accessible and unedited. Nothing was changed in response to your inquiry, nor is anyone even aware of it.”
Athena. The page has been restored in an unedited form, but it had previously been not only pulled down, but removed from the web site’s navigation. It was if it never existed, as anyone who went to the web page yesterday or the day before could readily attest.
skeptic, I was very careful not to editorialize about Jones, but merely state facts as known. I never “hinted” at anything.
Dec 13, 2007 - 7:11 am 31. Larry Hamm:Andrew:
What does her parents calling a politician have to do with what I posted?
Democrat or Republican have NOTHING to do with this situation.
I gave NO opinion about rape. As a matter of fact, I hate Rape, it is repulsive to me. I do not watch movies nor TV that have rape scenes in them.
My opinion in this case, was that, if it happened, the people that did it should be in jail.
p.s. (it is not President Bush’s fault)(it is not Halliburtons fault)
it is the fault of the people that did it, if it was done. They should be in jail)
Dec 13, 2007 - 10:36 am 32. David Thomson:“…and suggesting that the victim is a slut who is now lying in the hopes of getting a big payday.”
I’m guilty as charged—and not even slightly apologetic. The young lady’s story simply does not add up. The holes are large enough to drive a truck through. We are also not obligated to assume that an “evil” corporation like KBR and the United States government are guilty until proven innocent.
Dec 13, 2007 - 10:37 am 33. chris:anything that makes someone you support look bad is BS, eh? so if and when her story is confirmed, everyone who is victimizing the girl here will be back to apologize a thousand times over, right? i wont hold my breath
and did anyone notice that halliburton wants to handle this through arbitration instead of civil court? if they are right and she is lying, why wouldnt they want the facts to be aired in public? im not going to condem anyone yet, but my guy feeling is you people will be wrong on this one – just like youve been so wrong on SO many other things. it really is sad
Dec 13, 2007 - 11:45 am 34. Tony Ryan:Rape is a heinous crime and as far as I’m concerned any man guilty of rape should have his “family jewels” sawn off with a rusty knife.
However a huge percentage of rape victims, male and female, find it exceptionally difficult to confide in their ordeal with close family or friends let alone report the incident to the police. I was just taken aback that this woman wants to make a movie out her ordeal. In the abysmal “celebrity at all costs” culture that exists today it would not be unheard of for someone to embelish their experience a little, use a few lefty jems for sale-ability (army = evil, hallibuton = evil) and hey-presto a terrible tragedy is suddenly a career move! That kind of dilutes the sympathy vote a bit as far as I’m concerned.
Dec 13, 2007 - 12:08 pm 35. NoOneYouKnow:“August 18-2007- I optioned my story to be written for a screenplay. The screenplay is currently in development and is being written by Tom Whitus.”
“Ah yes, you’d be a fool not to cash in on your story. Did I say “story”? I meant ordeal….”
Why shouldn’t she “cash in,” since she probably has a lot of medical bills to pay that Halliburton has no doubt been contesting? The rape was two years ago, and she’s probably trying to get past it — so why not? After all, Bush’s America is all about cashing in.
“Sex crimes are among the most seriously-investigated crimes in the military,…” HAHAHAHA! Whew, good one! The military is notorious about covering up rapes, threatening and court-martialing victims, promoting rapists, ignoring statistics, etc. More wingnut self-delusion.
“There is a lot of money to be made in Iraq. Some people are more creative than others in extracting it. Jamie saw an opportunity to exploit the political witchunt by the US Democratic Congress against the US military and military contractors. Smart girl.” Good thinking. She went national with allegations that she’d been raped, knowing what nasty insinuation and accusations wingnuts make with such allegations, to help the Dems and make a profit. ‘She’s not a rape victim, she a predator herself.’ This is why so many wingnut men have to pay for it (when they’re not toe-tapping in bathrooms).
“Words have meaning. None of the security contractors in Iraq conduct offensive operations, therefore they are not mercenaries.” Wow. Words have meaning. That’s deep. But where is it written that mercenaries have to be hired for offensive operations to be called mercenaries? The Vatican’s Swiss Guard, who defend the Pope, are some of the most famous mercenaries in the world, and the Vatican hasn’t invaded anyone lately. Also, considering the way that Blackwater’s bozos have been shooting up Iraq, they’ve been doing plenty of attacking. According to Webster’s New College dictionary: “1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain. 2. Hired for service in a foreign army. 3. One who serves merely for monetary gain. 4. A professional soldier hired by a foreign country.” Or a corporation, which is solely about the profit motive. Doesn’t say anything about ‘attacking’.
“Had there been any reality to this rape accusation, it would have been adjudicated long since.” Well of course it would. Considering how politically corrupt Bush’s Justice Dept. has become, any prosecutor would have jumped on the opportunity to prosecute Dick Cheney’s company, especially since the administration sees its mercenaries as central to its plan for Iraq. Also, the wheels of justice always spin really, really fast.
I’m not even going to address some of the more ludicrous accusations made here, because the men who made them won’t try to understand my points.
Dec 13, 2007 - 12:38 pm 36. Mekan:My opinion is not going to be popular, but this is one of the reasons I don’t want to see women in a non-secured combat zone.
Should we be civilized enough to treat women with dignity and civility? Yes, but we aren’t. The military’s job is to prosecute the war. Their effort is not focussed on these affairs and women add to a complicated logistical situation.
If this happened I hope those the committed the crimes are shot as traitors. May justice prevail and my prayers are with the lady.
Dec 13, 2007 - 3:25 pm 37. q2600:“The military is notorious about covering up rapes, threatening and court-martialing victims, promoting rapists, ignoring statistics, etc. More wingnut self-delusion.”
Perhaps, NoOneYouKnow, you could provide some credible examples of cases which made the military “notorious.” That is, real-life examples (which must somehow have escaped my notice during ten years as a garrison military policeman), rather than Hollywood propaganda.
Dec 13, 2007 - 10:14 pm 38. Hall Burton:I believe what happened to Jamie was legit. I was a Halliburton employee for several years and a similar incident happen to a relative of mine. Nothing was done about it and Halliburton wanted to use my brother-in-law as a sacrifice in an Angolan prison for hitting a local (working for Halliburton) that tried raping my sister. No investigation was done and Halliburton only paid for my sister and kids to get out of the country. They also cut of all communications so they could not call out. Someone needs to make them pay for their mistakes, they are not GOD.
Dec 14, 2007 - 4:01 pm 39. Rick:Just a side note to consider in the matter of the container mentioned. In the Green Zone (now the International Zone) as well as several other camps in the Baghdad area its not uncommon to see shipping containers transformed into living quarters, with air/heat and with a bathroom installed. Also having dealt with KBR security and other employees of KBR it should be noted that they are not allowed firearms. Security for them is provided by the US Military and DOD/DOS contractors. So it would be interesting to see who the alleged armed guards were. Triple Canopy and Global Security are two of the main contractors that provide security in the IZ.
Dec 17, 2007 - 7:19 am 40. GottaBeKidding:For those of you armchair warriors who have never served in combat, much less Iraq, let me tell you, as a woman who served eight months there, I find Jones’ allegations completely credible. The military does not want to prosecute any sort of rape case. My supervisor joked constantly about what he would do to me when we were alone. My commander punished ME for reporting his threats, saying it was “just a joke” and I was “crazy”. After months of ostracism, continued threats, constant “punishment” details, and being denied the promotion I was scheduled to receive, I was a nervous wreck. Only the actions of a morally upright group of soldiers kept me safe, sane, and alive.
Dec 17, 2007 - 5:18 pm 41. Lacey:Have you read the story of rape victim Tracy K Barker
May 2, 2008 - 9:20 pm 42. Anne:go to http://www.tracykbarker.com it seems the abuse continues after coming home to the United States
It’s really horrifying to see how beautiful women are feared and hated by “men”…as I see in this blog. How much they are blamed and reviled for being their victim; for not being strong enough to fight back. It has been reported that one in three women in the armed services has been sexually assaulted. What ever happened to the REAL men who would do the right thing and protect a woman in that situation? They certainly are not behind the desks of the military or the government…or at her place of work.
This woman is being raped again by the adolescent opinions found in this blog.
May 12, 2008 - 5:58 pm 43. Hey Jamie Leigh Jones husband is famous too!:Yellow Rose Of Liars!
Name:JOSEPH KALLAN DAIGLE
Generation:
DOB: 07/20/1983
Birth State:
Age: 24
Case Number: 04-192208
AKA: DAIGLE,KALLEN,
Date of Birth AKA:
Address: 2428 CHANTILLY
CONROE
TX
77384
Hair Color:
Eye Color:
Height:
Weight:
Race: W
Sex: M
Skin Tone:
Scars/Marks:
Military Service:
Charge Category: Criminal
Charges Filed Date: 01/28/2004
Offense Date:
Offense Code:
Offense Description: FALSE REPORT TO PO/LAW ENF EMPLOYEE
NCIC Code:
Counts:
Plea: G
Conviction Date:
Conviction Place:
Court: CCL1
Sentence Date:
Probation Date:
Disposition: FAL RPT TO PO/LAW ENF EMPLOYEE
Disposition Date:
Court Costs: 241.00
Arresting Agency:
Case Type: MB
Fines: 500.00
Source Name: Montgomery TX District and County Courts
Source State: TX
Name:JOSEPH KALLAN DAIGLE
Generation:
DOB: 07/20/1983
Birth State:
Age: 24
Case Number: 6927585
AKA: ,
Date of Birth AKA:
Address:
Hair Color: BRO
Eye Color: BRO
Height: 510
Weight: 130
Race: W
Sex: M
Skin Tone:
Scars/Marks:
Military Service:
Charge Category: Criminal
Charges Filed Date:
Offense Date: 12/16/2003
Offense Code: 37.08
Offense Description: FAL REPORT TO POLICE OFFICER/LAW ENFORCE EMPL
NCIC Code: 2179
Jul 19, 2008 - 9:49 pmCounts:
Plea: G
Conviction Date:
Conviction Place: COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO 1 CONROE
Court:
Sentence Date:
Probation Date: /1
Disposition: DEFERRED
Disposition Date: 09/10/2004
Court Costs: 216
Arresting Agency:
Case Type: MB
Fines: 500
Source Name: TX Dept of Public Safety
Source State: TX