==Accusations of gang rape==
In 2007, a 22 year old female Halliburton/KBR employee stationed in Iraq said she was drugged and gang-raped by her co-workers, and then imprisoned in a shipping container for 24 hours without food or water and warned that if she sought medical treatment outside of Iraq she would be fired. While imprisoned in the container, Jamie Leigh Jones, who is originally from Houston, Texas, convinced a sympathetic guard to loan her a cell phone. She called her father in Texas and told him what happened, and that she was being held against her will. Her father called Representative Ted Poe (R-Texas) who arranged for representatives to free Jones from the container and help her get out of Baghdad to safety. Jones filed a federal lawsuit over the attack, but after two years the Justice Department has not brought any criminal charges in the matter, and Congressman Poe is unable to get any answers from the State Department or the Justice Department on the status of the investigation into the attack. <ref>Ross B, ABC News [http://abcnews.go.com/blotter/Story?id=3977702&page=2
Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR: KBR Told Victim She Could Lose Her Job If She Sought Help After Being Raped, She Says] December 14, 2007</ref> A federal judge has set a trial for Feb 7, 2011. <ref>Associated Press [http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9282190 Judge Sets 2011 Trial Date for Iraq Rape Case] December 8, 2009 </ref>
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