This morning, I half expected to see news about Jennifer Leigh Jones somewhere. Google News front page, The Washington Post, New York Times, something. No. I shouldn't even be surprised.
I searched Google News, only to find that there are only SIXTEEN (yes, 1-6) hits for Jones's story. I hope that more come up when you click on that link.
Why isn't everyone reporting this? Who has cowed U.S. news media outlets into submission?
This isn't conspiracy theory:
In a statement, KBR said it was "instructed to cease" its own inquiry by the US authorities because they were assuming all responsibility for investigations.
And the U.S. then did nothing about it.
I know people are going to want to argue that this is between several Halliburton* employees and Jones, but this is emblematic of a larger sickness:
Her alleged assailants may well be beneficiaries of a loophole that has in effect left American contractors in Iraq beyond US law. Created in part to prevent prosecutions by the Iraqi authorities, it has meant that armed contractors have never faced legal action for several instances of shooting dead Iraqi civilians.
Welcome to the real Heart of Darkness.
*At the time of these events, Halliburton owned KBR. Because they have now sold KBR (hmmm, suspicious), Halliburton denies any responsibility for what happened to Jones.
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And if people mistakenly think the media is trying to protect the identity of the victim--untrue. One of the victims at least is encouraging publicity of her name in hopes that the Cheney/Halliburton cabal doesn't make this go away without a fight. Without the internet(s) nobody would know anything about anything.
Good point Snarff.
And now there are only 128 hits on Google News.
It's hard to believe this is possible.
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