Latest KBR scandal: contractors accused of sexual harrassment at British Embassy in Iraq.
Latest KBR scandal: contractors accused of sexual harrassment at British Embassy in Iraq.
The latest in a long, long line of scandals plaguing Iraq contracting company KBR, today the Times of London reports that British employees of KBR working in the British Embassy in Iraq have been accused of sexual harassment. One Iraqi woman, a cleaner at the embassy, says that the KBR employee offered to double her pay if she slept with him; when she refused, she was fired:
The Iraqis accuse the embassy of leaving the abuse unchallenged and failing adequately to respond to complaints against several British managers for KBR. The company was allowed to conduct its own inquiry, an arrangement criticised as a very serious conflict of interest.
The complainants — the cleaner and two male cooks who worked in the embassy canteen — say that some KBR managers groped Iraqi staff regularly, paid or otherwise rewarded them for sex and dismissed those who refused or spoke out.
All three Iraqis lost their jobs in the Green Zone. Two KRB employees who worked in the embassy spoke out in support of the women; a few days later, KBR sent them home on paid leave and later fired them. The women also say KBR never interviewed them when conducting their internal review.
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They are just winning over Iraqi hearts and minds all over the place,huh? Also showing them they are part of the "morals and values" party.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pmWhy aren't the people whose butts are in the chairs of the White House press room questioning Blondie about this? Why isn't the State Department being challenged? Why aren't we demanding an explanation from Condi for all these sex scandals?
The continual flow of multiple outrages cannot be ignored. Yet we seem to be doing a d*mn good job of doing just that.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:13 pmLet me guess, the conservative credence dictates that these women should fend off potential rapists/sex fiends and protect themselves from retaliation, without help from the government.
WOW! Personal Responsibility (tm) is an exciting conservative challenge.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:13 pmWhat's your point, dufus? If Ward is guilty he needs to be sent up the river. You sound like a rush limpball fan, when you can't justify the fleecing of America by bush/co you blame a "librul". Maybe it's Clintons fault too? IDIOT!
May 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pmGee....cheating on taxes and sexual harrassment and that's just today's threads. Good to know our government continues to give them a no bid contract so they can rape our treasury along with the women abroad. The American way, huh?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pmYou can't get yourself thrown out of here enough in a single day, can you blackdudeleftrightafricanmexicanetcetc?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pmKill -- Bribe -- Rape
KBR, our no contract source for pissing off the world...
May 8th, 2008 at 4:16 pmdammm. No bid contract source, the bastards have me so pissed I can't even type!
May 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pmI knew I smelled troll dung. I guess I'll flag this LOSER and move on.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pmWhat specialist said.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:19 pmMeanwhile the State Department has no comment. Maybe Waxman's Oversight Committee could issue arrest warrants for Rice, et. al. Maybe someone at State could start working for the U.S. rather than spend their day figuring out how to protect KBR and the rest of the traitors with their off-shore headquarters.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:19 pmYou're pissed off, RU, that means you're HUMAN.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:20 pmRUC: If you're not pissed, you haven't been paying attention.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:23 pmI get angry everyday over bush/co and his spineless enablers. I'm looking at you Nancy and Harry!
McWars Says:
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Let me guess, the conservative credence dictates that these women should fend off potential rapists/sex fiends and protect themselves from retaliation, without help from the government.
WOW! Personal Responsibility ™ is an exciting conservative challenge.
No, McWars most of the mouth-breathers think that women have a certain place, and that be in the home barefoot and pregnant. See it's there fault they get raped...JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE!
May 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm>>The company was allowed to conduct its own inquiry, an arrangement criticised as a very serious conflict of interest.<<
Hey, criticze us when we do something wrong, not when we conduct "business as usual".
Haven't these Iraqi's learned what "democracy" means yet?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pmKBR. The company was allowed to conduct its own inquiry, an arrangement criticised as a very serious conflict of interest.
Privatization is such a wonderful thing! No bid contracts. No laws to contend with - no punishment for wrong doing, no need to pay taxes.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pmWill it ever end in our life time?
>>..See it’s there fault they get raped…JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE!<<
Geez, all KBR has to do is build a compound, cut off communication from the outside world, call it a "religion" and they can enjoy the "freedom" of rape all they want.
Yes, I'm kidding - for the wingnuts, I am not offering up ideas for your local lunatic fringe populace.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pmspecialist f Says:
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McWars Says:
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Let me guess, the conservative credence dictates that these women should fend off potential rapists/sex fiends and protect themselves from retaliation, without help from the government.
WOW! Personal Responsibility ™ is an exciting conservative challenge.
No, McWars most of the mouth-breathers think that women have a certain place, and that be in the home barefoot and pregnant. See it’s there fault they get raped…JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE!
No the Iraqis know how to treat their women. They do not need lessons.
Saying "I divorce thee" three times, as men in Muslim countries have been able to do for centuries when leaving their wives, is not enough if you're a resident of Maryland, the state's highest court ruled yesterday.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:42 pmYesterday, the Court of Appeals rejected a Pakistani man's argument that his invocation of the Islamic talaq, under which a marriage is dissolved simply by the husband's say-so, allowed him to part with his wife of more than 20 years and deny her a share of his $2 million estate.
Republicans gave this company how many no bid contracts?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:42 pmThis is the effect of "getting guvmint of our backs." This is the result, people. No protections, rampant sexism, no retirement, no severance, being fired on the whim of a bigot (ie, being castigated for doing what's right).
May 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pmSo very sick, so very sad. I fear we only see the tip of the proverbial iceberg. So when will the corporate media even mention this?
May 8th, 2008 at 4:49 pmRemember folks, America is being run by 'No Vote Cheney Plus' mercenaries, as well.
Private interests began running America in Jan., '01...we've never been the same.
KBR rapes Iraqis.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pmBush rapes America.
And Bush & Co., & the Repubs just keep giving these guys money for all the offenses they incur. Women & intelligent men take note.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm2008 KBR Rapefest -- World Tour
(Let's hope they don't run into Deal or No Deal).
May 8th, 2008 at 4:58 pmAh, republican morals at their finest. Will the corporate owned Media report this, I think not, for they too are part of the 'Ol' Boys Club'. The CEO's probably demand video tape of this crap for their amusement.
Kill-Burn-Rape...another fine example of Bushco around the world.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pmBut beyond KBR, do I understand correctly that they are accusing the embassy of their complicity ? That is, the State Department ?
Bad enough the actions of KBR, but by not investigating it, it sounds like the govt of the USofA is complicit.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:09 pmPrince Eric of DarkWasser strode into the room, the ebon tapestries rippling in an ill draft.
"Where's my next human sacrifice coming from!" He bellowed.
The mages and sychophants attending him cringed.
Is there no one in the Kingdom of Blood and Rage who knows how to rape, pillage and plunder besides ME?
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May 8th, 2008 at 5:25 pmThat is a sure way to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. At least that is how somebody with their head up their arse might think. Abuse of this nature happens when those doing the abuse feel safe regarding their abusive ways. Lack of accountability has been the hallmark of the Bush administration since the day they stepped into office. Think not? What ever happened then to those that floated the false story that the Clinton's trashed Air Force One. He probably works for Fox News today.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:37 pmIt never stops with these corrupt,lawbreaking, parasitic scumbag, lowlife contractors, does it?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm