So here’s the deal–the President uses the Iraqi “rape rooms” as one of his assorted excuses for totally destroying Iraq and killing an untold number of people, but when American contractors rape female compatriots, don’t wait for the Pentagon to invade and rescue their own countrywomen. Instead we get this,
“The Defense Department’s top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped by her co-workers.”
“In letters to lawmakers, DoD Inspector General Claude Kicklighter said that because the Justice Department still considers the investigation into (the Jamie Leigh) Jones’ case (against Halliburton/KBR) open, there is no need for him to look into the matter.”
Kicklighter did agree however,
“to explore “whether and why” a U.S. Army doctor handed to KBR security officials the results of Jones’ medical examination, a so-called “rape kit,” which would have contained evidence of the crime if it had occurred.”
Excuse me??? For whom exactly is KBR working? Because they are not officially a part of the military, this becomes merely a civilian matter? Here’s hoping that Senator Bill Nelson who asked Kicklighter to look into the matter does not take no for an answer.
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