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A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow employee while working for a U.S. contractor in Iraq told House lawmakers Wednesday that her case is far from unique.

A Texas congressman agreed, saying several other women have come forward with reports of sexual harassment and assault while employed in Iraq for Halliburton's former subsidiary, KBR.

The women have given lawyers and Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, accounts similar to the allegations of Jamie Leigh Jones of Conroe, Texas, who says[i] she was raped in July 2005 by a co-worker who drugged her. She said she awoke groggy and con[b]...

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A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow employee while working for a U.S. contractor in Iraq told House lawmakers Wednesday that her case is far from unique.

A Texas congressman agreed, saying several other women have come forward with reports of sexual harassment and assault while employed in Iraq for Halliburton's former subsidiary, KBR.

The women have given lawyers and Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, accounts similar to the allegations of Jamie Leigh Jones of Conroe, Texas, who says she was raped in July 2005 by a co-worker who drugged her. She said she awoke groggy and confused the next morning, bleeding and bruised. She said a KBR representative kept her in a shipping container for a day so she wouldn't report the assault.

"This problem goes way beyond just me," Jones told the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime, terrorism and homeland security.

Poe said three women -- including Tracy Barker, who submitted written testimony of her account and was at the hearing -- had contacted him.

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Poe and Jones said they have been unable to find out whether her assault was investigated or anyone held accountable. Jones said photos, doctors' notes and physical evidence were taken when she went to the Army hospital the day after the rape.

The doctors gave the evidence to KBR security, she said. A State Department official told Jones in May the photos and notes were missing.

Jones said she was held against her will after she finished a doctor's exam that confirmed she was raped.

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"The U.S. government has to provide people with their day in court when they have been raped and assaulted by other American citizens. Otherwise we are not only deprived of our justi[b]...

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Poe and Jones said they have been unable to find out whether her assault was investigated or anyone held accountable. Jones said photos, doctors' notes and physical evidence were taken when she went to the Army hospital the day after the rape.

The doctors gave the evidence to KBR security, she said. A State Department official told Jones in May the photos and notes were missing.

Jones said she was held against her will after she finished a doctor's exam that confirmed she was raped.

"The U.S. government has to provide people with their day in court when they have been raped and assaulted by other American citizens. Otherwise we are not only deprived of our justice in the criminal courts but in the civil courts as well. The laws have left us nowhere to turn."