I read the article- twice now.
“She tried to sue KBR and they said you have a mandatory arbitration clause in your contract. She tried to fight back and said this is ridiculous. She took it to court and they have been fighting her for three years.”
It says nothing about preventing criminal prosecution, and in fact I’d think such a clause would be illegal.
This is about her suing civilly, not about a criminal prosecution. Apples and oranges.
Coin-operated politicians, acting at the behest of corrupt contractors, have set up a situation that shields politically favored criminals from both Iraqi and American law (basically, by playing a shell game of asserting that American law doesn't apply because the bases are in Iraq, and Iraqi law doesn't apply because the bases are run by American authorities).
This is the sort of thing that makes it easy to paint the US as simply a greedy imperial power rather than a nation acting to defend legitimate interests.
Legal experts say Jones’ alleged assailants will likely never face a judge and jury, due to an enormous loophole that has effectively left contractors in Iraq beyond the reach of United States law.
“It’s very troubling,” said Dean John Hutson of the Franklin Pierce Law Center. “The way the law presently stands, I would say that they don’t have, at least in the criminal system, the opportunity for justice.” I said there is a legal loophole which prevents criminal prosecution, but I believe the case needs to be prosecuted criminally and I think she should sue Haliburton, maybe next time this won’t happen if they pay out much dollars.