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Roundup of Rage - Jamie Leigh Jones

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 10:22am

Jamie Leigh Jones, I am so sorry for everything that happened to you. Jamie was drugged and raped by her Halliburton co-workers in Baghdad. She was beaten so badly that her breast implants ruptured inside her. She was unable to prosecute her assailants (!!!), so has sued in civil court. She has also started a foundation. Check it out and donate if you can.

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15 responses for this post

  1. Maggie on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 11:04 am

    I can’t read your roundup of rage anymore. I’m so upset. I don’t even know what to say. I’m so angry.

  2. ali on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    i’m with maggie. there are no words…except that i wish they’d find the attackers. and release their names to the public. if they won’t take ‘em to jail, bring ‘em back to texas.

  3. freakgirl on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    I know. I’m angry, too. That’s why I want everyone to know about this.

  4. Rona on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    I can’t believe human beings locked her in a FUCKING storage bin. Beyond words.

  5. ali on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    and that’s what we do to our own. imagine our “no torture” policy for our “enemies”.

  6. freakgirl on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    My brain shuts itself off for self-preservation purposes when I try to think about that, ali.

  7. Megan on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Jesus. My stomach hurts. I guess we need an Unsubscribe-Me.org for U.S. citizens, too.

  8. ken on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    Wow, I don’t even know where to begin. That is such a sad story. I wish we could find the names of her attackers and post them up on a billboard somehwere with their pictures and the caption: These men are brutal rapists. SO terrible.

    I have a friend who was ‘roofied’ by a co-worker on a business trip in a hotel bar and then raped so badly she will most likely never be able to conceive. I don’t know if there’s a more virulent strain of hatred than the one I have for those types of people.

  9. freakgirl on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    Ken, my sympathies to your friend. I can’t imagine anything more horrible.

  10. Bianca on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Seriously every time I read the RoR i end up sick to my stomach.

    This is so horrible beyond words. It’s like you know these things happen but it still shocks to read about when it does.

    I sincerely hope she is able to find some peace one day #

  11. ali on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:43 am

    i hope she gets enough money to live quite nicely on without ever having to work again. can you imagine…her fear…of everything?

    jeez…and her father? get a call from overseas saying - i’m in a storage container? for fuck’s sake…..

  12. Maggie on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 11:08 am

    I’m glad that her father new just what to do. I’m thinking about it again, and I can’t believe there are humans like this out there. These people are sociopaths.

  13. peter on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    I’d like to think that there’s a special (and particularly unpleasant) place in Hell reserved for rapists. I think I hate very few actions more than rape, but hurting a child immediately comes to mind. With things like this happening, it’s hard to believe that stories like the one below also make the news:

    http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap.....32264.html

    I mean, c’mon. What does she expect?

  14. freakgirl on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    Peter, usually I just try to ignore the inflammatory and off-topic things you post, but I’m speaking up. Everyone, EVERYONE, whether or not you approve of their career choice, deserves a workplace with an atmosphere of respect. This woman was being sexually harassed by HER SUPERIORS.

    I find your “what does she expect” comment both sexist and ignorant. I guess Ms. Jones is a victim because she didn’t work in a strip club. But the woman that worked in a strip club was asking for it. Nice.

  15. freakgirl on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    Comments are now closed due to trolls.

    If you have anything you need to say, feel free to email me.

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