First of all, I want to express my admiration for the strength and courage, not to mention the tenacity, exhibited by Jamie Leigh Jones. Miss  Jones is the young woman who was raped by KBR employees in Iraq, locked in a shipping container, drugged, and kept under armed guard so she could not leave. She is one of several young women who have been raped by government contractors in Iraq, most of whom have remained silent.  KBR has a clause that does not allow for prosecution but demands binding arbitration for their employees.  Because of the silence of the other victims, the young Ms. Jones had no idea the danger she was in when she decided to work in Iraq.  Her rape was so severe that she had to undergo reconstructive surgery.  She had to endure four years of litigation in order to bring her case to trial, and then it was only a civil trial.  She refused to remain silent despite taking on one of the biggest corporate bullies in the nation. She had to fight the injustice that kept the other young rape victims in Iraq in silence. Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment that future government contracts not be allowed to include binding arbitration in such criminal matters. Thirty senator voted against the amendment.  Here is a list of those men who voted to protect the right to rape and denies protection to the citizens of this country:

Jeff Sessions                     Richard Shelby

John Kyl                            John McCain

From the State of Georgia:

Those thirty senators may be smiling in the above photos, but this American citizen had tears streaming down my face when I heard Ms. Leigh’s testimony.  I was unable to prosecute the men who raped me. Ms. Leigh was unable to prosecute the men who raped her, but she did not let that stop her.  As a rape victim who has since found my voice, I applaud Ms. Jones.  I thank her for the non-profit she has started to help other women. I thank her for stopping this horrific denial of basic justice and civil rights to American citizens.  And as an American, I sincerely apologize for the above senators, all of whose conduct I find seriously flawed and deeply shameful.  You, Ms. Leigh,  deserve much better. This should have been a resounding voice for justice; instead it was a dismal squeak for corporate interests over those of the American citizen.  I wonder how any of these men would feel if it were their daughter, wife, or sister that had been so brutalized.

The above is a WALL OF SHAME. These men are Republicans for Rape.   I am voicing opposition to the lack of representation as an American woman and to the complete sell-out to blatant self-interest and corporate protectionism.

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