John Stewart, Al Franken, Haliburton, and Gang Rape in Iraq

I can't say enough about this topic. Alex Leo of the Huffington Post wrote a story about an incident that happened in Iraq a few years ago:

"In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The rape occurred outside of U.S. criminal jurisdiction, but to add serious insult to serious injury she was not allowed to sue KBR because her employment contract said that sexual assault allegations would only be heard in private arbitration--a process that overwhelmingly favors corporations.

Former SNL alum and new junior-senator (D-MN) Al Franken proposed an amendment that would deny government contracts to defense companies that asked for rape disclaimers. The amendment passed but 30 senators, all Republicans, voted against it. You can read Alex Leo's story on the matter here.

Wow. I could go on a rant about how outraged i am, but I think Jon Stewart said it best. Take a look at this:

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