E-mail to the Chairman of the Committee
from Samer Muscati
As Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee,
I am hoping that you can initiate an investigation into a horrible
scandal that has occurred at the British Embassy in Baghdad with
the complicity of the FCO.
Basically, British KBR managers were abusing
their Iraqi female staff. One of these women was fired after she
did not perform sexual favours. The Embassy conducted an initial
investigation and interviewed that woman along with two other
local KBR employees. They were all credible, their statements
were consistent and they had no motive to lie. The Deputy Ambassador
believed them and concluded that there were significant grounds
to warrant a further investigation.
Unfortunately, the FCO instructed KBR to conduct
the investigation even though their own managers were implicated.
The result was a sham. The Iraqis who spoke out were fired and
a whitewash ensued. On top of everything that has happened, the
ambassador recently awarded medals to the KBR culprits.
This abuse of KBR is systemic and widespread;
US Congress is currently investigating sexual assault by KBR against
female American contractors in Iraq.
Please let me know how I can get this matter
investigated before Parliament.
To give you a little information about myself,
I am a Canadian lawyer who worked out of the British Embassy in
Baghdad for a period of 18 months.
21 April 2008
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