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August 4, 2008
After rape victim used cell phone to call for help, KBR bans use of personal phones in Iraq.
By Amanda Lang
This weekend, defense contracting giant KBR announced it would ban the use of personal cell phones by its employees in Iraq, citing no specific reason. Though KBR has not indicated the ban is related to the numerous allegations of rape by female KBR employees, the ban could endanger future victims. Apparently one KBR female victim used a borrowed cell to alert her father in Texas after KBR locked her in a shipping container.
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This weekend, defense contracting giant KBR announced it would ban the use of personal cell phones by its employees in Iraq, citing no specific reason. Though KBR has not indicated the ban is related to the numerous allegations of rape by female KBR employees, the ban could endanger future victims. Apparently one KBR female victim used a borrowed cell to alert her father in Texas after KBR locked her in a shipping container.OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.