A SOLDIER'S PERSPECTIVE
THE WEB'S LEADING MILITARY BLOG SINCE 2004
Note: This post is undergoing a reformat to make it easier to read and to be uniform with the rest of writing at ASP.
More and more women are coming forward to tell stories of sexually assault that happened to them in Iraq. I do not talk about what happened to me and I wont start now. It is in the book and if you really want to know, you can read it there. I am finding that I was not the only one, course, I knew that already. I heard the rumors and stories while I was there of other, Soldier, American Civilian, and TCNthat had endured what I had. But no one wanted us talking about it and so we didn’t, at least not loud enough that we would loose our jobs if we did.
Earlier this month an article came out in the New York Times titled, “Limbo for U.S. Women Reporting Iraq Assaults“. It told the story of Jamie Jones and Mary Beth Kineston. Jamie had been gang-raped by co-workers in 2005 in Iraq and Mary Beth was sexually assaulted by a driver. In the story it tells how these women testified at a Congressional hearing in December about making it easier for victims to sue employers. I wont go into everything in the article, you can go read it yourself.
What I want to bring to your attention is that one woman, Tracy Barker, was also supposed to testify in December and wasn’t allowed to. And even after spending many hours talking to the reported that write this article, was excluded from it. I have spentthe last few weekstalking with Tracy. It is very hard for me to do this. It just causes the return of the nightmares that I thought I had beaten back.
Anyway, after some long talks, Tracy has decided to let me post her story here and in the other places that I blog. Please read her story below, it will horrify you and make you very angry.
In 2004, I started working as a contractor for Halliburton where my original assignment was the Green Zone in Baghdad. Leaving Dubai on Ariana Airlines our plane caught fire and our seats weren’t attached to the floor as the plane whirled around to land back in Dubai. After reloading to another flight we arrived in Baghdad. Upon my arrival, twenty employees and I waited in front of the Baghdad International Airport for a bus for several hours without security. When arriving at the Green Zone I met my two direct supervisors.
Shortly thereafter, Ms. Daniels and Mr. Marcee started to sexually harass and threaten me including the Local National Iraqi Women. When the Iraqi women would turn to me crying for help and advice they would indicate that living under these conditions was still better than living under Sadam Hussein. My supervisor choked a local national by the name of Sunni in the conference room as if to kill her. I reported these events through what was supposed to be confidential program allowing employees to make complaints with Halliburton/KBR by contacting Human Resources in Houston Texas. Halliburton/KBR broke my trust in reporting and giving copies of my complaints back to my two supervisors.
By way of retaliation, the sexual harassment increased and escalated. I was then told to report to Wesley Lane, a Halliburton/KBR Human Resources. I was forced to walk on the street while my supervisor drove in her vehicle behind me. When I arrived at HR to Ms Lane my job was threatened by trying to force me to sign a false statement regarding bad work conduct. When I refused to sign a false statement, I was forced to the living container where I would wait for three days locked up like a prisoner. I was not allowed any outside communication. I was not even allowed to speak with my husband, 1st Sergeant Galen Barker, who has been in active duty serving our country with the Army for twenty three years now.
I was told to “stay there or lose my job.†Food was brought to me as if I was a convicted criminal. When I had to use the bathroom to urinate, Wesley Lane watched meWhen I asked why she had to watch me while I urinated, I was told that Halliburton/KBR did not want me to call the United States again for help. I was not allowed to use the bathroom unless a Halliburton/KBR employee watched.
Several days later I was transferred from Procurement Department to Billeting. As I went to walk outside a mortar fell upon our trailer and the neighbors from the blast I flew several feet. The noise of the mortar and shrapnel flying I felt as though my life was about to endI found someone with a cell phone and called my husband in panick scared and confused..I kept telling myself that this was the worse it could possibly be and continued to fight to stay and work as a contractorI was later transferred to Basra. Upon my arrival several men were waiting for my convoyI didn’t understand what was happening so I was told that they wanted to see how good looking I was to approve of my transferI didn’t take this serious although it was the camp manager who told this to meI shared the office that I was assigned to work in with Sherman Richardson and other male employees. The office walls had pornography hung all over the place. The pictures contained pictures of prostitutes from Thailand and animals having sex. The visits to the brothel houses while on R & R were visibly displayed through the headquarters office in which I was assignedBecause Halliburton/KBR did not have a Human Resource office in Basra, I sought help from Charles Hermanan whom I understood to be a staff member for the State Department working in its Human Resources department. Mr. Hermanan told me that others had complained to him about Sherman Richardson, including Joyce Watts, the person whose job I was takingMr. Hermanan told me that Ms. Watts left her position due to Sherman’s sexual harassmentMr. Hermanen told me “Sherman will be Sherman†and to my knowledge, nothing was done.
The State Department and Halliburton/KBR conducted private meetings with all the women on camp including soldiers, state department employees, and contractors. These meetings warned us that we were not safe in the camp due to the men’s behavior and attitudeMen being overly horny in a war zoneThere had been several breaks INS of women’s living trailers where their underwear and bras were stolen. There were peeping toms reported by State Department employees. We were told NEVER to walk alone. We were instructed not to mention the meetings to anyone or we would lose our job. Two days later, Halliburton/KBR and the State Department ordered all women’s living quarters to have metal coverings installed over their windows to keep men away. Shortly after the meetings, I was being sexually harassed by Halliburton/KBR camp manager, Craig Grabein. He continuously tried to force me to sleep with him in exchange for safety and other favors. He would not leave me alone and kept knocking on my door at all hours.
After many attempts to get to Kuwait to report this incident to Halliburton/KBR’s Human Resources office, someone kept removing my name from the travel manifest to Kuwait where I could get help. After many attempts, I was finally able to travel. As I arrived in Kuwait, I was followed in a hard car by Halliburton/KBR Logistics supervisorHe began to force me into the hard car along with Halliburton employees and was told I would lose my job if I reported what was going on. I was also informed that I was needed immediately in Basra. We traveled to a staging area in the middle of Iraq. I had been left in the middle of a war zone. I was then instructed that I had to ride with the food truck without PPE equipment. Because I had nowhere to turn or anyone to call for help, I had to ride with a food truck driven by a British soldier who knew I was a US Citizen. I finally reached Basra after a hellish 19 hour ordeal of traveling the route seeing insurgents and starving children. Halliburton/KBR still continued to threaten to fire me if I did not stop reporting the incidents and did not go back to the camp in Basra to continue to work. After I returned all of my things were removed from my trailer, I was informed that the Camp Manager Craig Grabein told two men (Halliburton employees) to go to my trailer and take all of my personal items, including the furniture I had purchased there being left at the staging area and my trailer had been cleaned out..
I continued on a daily basis talking with Deborah Woodhams, an EAP representative with Halliburton/KBR. Because of the order that I was not to travel, we were only allowed to converse on the phone.
On June 21, 2005, I was assaulted by State Department employee (Ambassadors Assistant), Ali Mokhtare. He attempted to rape me after falsifying a work order for a faulty air conditioning unit. Prior to attacking me, he had told me of a horrific story in which Filipino women had been raped in Saudi Arabia and later found dead. Ali had me in a choke hold as he tried to tear my clothing from me as he spoke in ArabicI barely escaped from Mokhtare’s trailerOn my way to security, Mohktare followed me speaking in the name of Ala following me with a flash light. I ran into a female Farsi translator; she asked if I was okay I was cryingMokhtare and this women spoke in ArabicShe stated that Mohktare was a very powerful man and had made threats on me. That night, she disappeared to the United States. I immediately reported this sexual assault to Halliburton/KBR and State Department RSO Bryan Hathway. I was placed in lock up for three days again, refused medical care and was not allowed to communicate with anyone on the outsideI was crying and wanted help but was refused.
I snuck to a phone booth to call my husband crying trying to get helpI was caught by Camp manager and then ordered to my living container for another dayMy husband was then trying to make his way to Kuwait to meet with and old co worker of his who worked for Black Water to rescue me from Iraq.
That night after the attack our camp generator had gone out on the campMy roommate was in Kuwait for trainingI was alone and the camp was blackWe had no air and I was frightenedI hid under my bed with a knife and cried myself to sleep with fear until I feel asleepAfter the three days of lock up, I was ordered back to work byCraig Grabein and Bryan Hatheway and ordered to wear the same clothes I was wearing the night Ali Mokhtare had sexually assaulted me. I was told by Bryan Hatheway to enter the DFAC at a certain time so he could watch and see how men reacted to my clothing and appearance. I asked Hatheway why I was being ordered to wear the same clothing, and he told me that the State Department wanted to see if I was intimidating to men. I was denied medical treatment and was told if I tried getting medical treatment that I would compromise the investigation.
After trying to schedule a convoy to get me out of Basra so I could go home, Halliburton and the State Department kept taking me off of the manifest list so I would not be able to leave. I was distraught, stressed, scared and depressed. I was still refused medical care. I would pace back and forth in my trailer and had cramping in my legs I begged to leave for medical care but still was refused
I was informed that a physician by the name of Dr. David Pakkal from the State Department happen to get stranded in our camp due to hostile attacks and bombings. Someone in the camp alerted me to his presence and I was able to speak to him to let him know what had been going on and what was happening with me. Two days later, Dr. Pakkal was able to add me to the manifest and ignored the orders of Halliburton/KBR staff that were refusing to allow me to leave. That evening I was given sleeping pills by Halliburton medics to what I was told ease the stress form the attempted rapeThe morning of the convoy, I awoke finding the camp manager sexually assaulting meThe convoy was leaving in an hour I ran and left everything immediately reported to Dr Pakkal who took me in the convoy and to Human Resource Manager Rick Hopper in Kuwait, where I spent several hours filing a reportAfter that I was escorted to Medics where I was handed a paper of leave and told to go to the airport. I believe Dr. Pakkal saved my lifeWhen Dr Pakkal was asked later he stated that there had been so many women contractors raped in Iraq that he couldn’t remember one from the next.
After returning home to my husband and children, I continued to go through the proper channels of Halliburton. I was contacted by Lynn Falango, a State Department investigator with the Diplomatic Security Service. Ms. Falango stated the Mr. Mokhtare had issued a sworn statement admitting to my version of what happened with himI was told that he would be prosecuted and stripped of his security clearance. I was also told that I would be informed of the investigation. After that phone call I never heard from Ms. Falango until October 2005Ms. Falango called me on a Saturday from her home and stated that the assault was being covered up and that I needed an attorney because the State Department was hiding what happened. Ms. Falango then stated that her supervisor had instructed her not to speak to me again and the case was taken from her after she tried to get Mr. Mokhtare prosecutedShe then hung up the phone.
Two months after I was home, I was surprised to receive a phone call from another rape victim, a person whom I had never met or spoken with beforeShe told me that she had been gang raped. I asked how she had received my contact information, and she told me that Ms. Lynn Falango, the State Department investigator who now took on her case was passing out my home number to rape victims from IraqI had been the first to come forward about the assaults and now heard of her. Since I had been sexually assaulted and attacked months prior, Ms. Falango felt I could help this victim. .
On November 20, 2005 I received a phone call from Attorney Advisor, Henry Norcom, who worked with the Civil Rights Office of the State Department. The State Department offered me $3,500 petty cash to drop the allegations against Mr. Mokhtare. I refused. I was then told that my case was closed and not given any more information. Since that time, I have worked through Congressman Bob Etheridge’s office just to get information from the State Department on the case involving Mohktare.
After I filed a charge of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation with the Houston Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Commission determined that there was cause to believe these eventsEven though Mohktare had admitted to assaulting me, Mohktare has still not been prosecutedIt is my understanding, however, that Congressman Bob Etheridge has sent a letter to the Attorney General asking for the case to be reopened.
On December 18, 2007, I was told that I was needed in Washington for a Congressional hearing. I had just given birth to twins prematurely and my new born twins were in Neonatal ICU due to certain complications. Prior to this call, I had not been informed that a hearing was planned or occurringI had two hours notice before my flight left. In my view, Congressman Bob Etheridge tried very hard to get me a chance to testify in front of the committee but as I arrived I wasn’t able to testify for Homeland Security due to schedulingWe were also told that no one wants our story out.
Unfortunately when 2020 did a story on me it only told of the attack by Ali MokhtareIt never covered my story and law suit against Halliburton/KBR and being locked in a container 2 times after being sexually assaulted.
On January 30, 2008 I was ordered by Judge Miller in Houston Texas to go to arbitration comments recently in the media that sexual harassment up to assault is a reality in today’s work placeI have a pretrial hearing against Ali Mokhtare April 11, 2008 in Arlington Virginia and a full trial in JuneMy attorney is Stewart Hoffer of Houston Texas.
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LT Nixon
Ugh. This article is truly sad. I’ve been in the Green Zone for almost 9 months and using the excuse that “Guys will tend to be overly horny” to abuse women is an abomination. These contractors are paid 6-figure salaries by the US taxpayer and they need to conduct themselves sans criminal behavior. Ms. Tracy, on behalf of Green Zone males I formally apologize. I’m the supervisor of some civilian contractors and I assure you this type of harassment would never be tolerated under my watch.
javaqueen
Tracy Barkers husband is 1st Sargent Galen Barker, he’s been in the Army for 24 years and he is on the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachut Team stationed at Fort Braggs N.C.
sue
This story just sickens me. I have many friends who pretty much run the gamut in rank who are serving and have served in Iraq and not one of them would have tolerated such behavior from any of their men.
Kbob
The State Department as well as KBR need to be held accountable. Every State Department employee that is involved in the coverup should be prosecuted and fired. The same thing should happen to the KBR employees involved. These women should sue the pants off both KBR and the State Department. I realize it is very difficult to sue the government but there are lawyers who will take her case. I am ashamed that our State Department as well as a large American company are so callous and treat citizens and employees this way.
David
This is disgusting. Your friend has my prayers.
David
wordsmith
The State Department as well as KBR need to be held accountable. Every State Department employee that is involved in the coverup should be prosecuted and fired. The same thing should happen to the KBR employees involved. These women should sue the pants off both KBR and the State Department.
Agreed. Absolutely disgusting and shameful. We need our best and finest out there. Scum like this should be locked away.
Donna
This is just digusting behavior on the part of these people. They should all be prosecuted and put in prison. They are criminals plain and simple.
My prayers go out to you Tracy and to you Cindy and all who have been affected in this way! This sounds like a horror movie or something and should never have happened!!
AFSister
I am HORRIFIED by this story… simply horrified.
KBR\Halliburton and the US should be held accountable, and I hope you never relent in your pursuit for justice.
Joel
No one should have to go through that kind of thing and the company and the U.S. should be held accountable for the human rights violations she endured!
http://sexualharassment-alltruth.blogspot.com/
contractor
How truly good it is that you are fighting this abuse and dangers against women. It was so dangerous for U.S. women in Iraq by a few men who had no legal consequences for what they did to us. It is so wrong for the sexually exploited/harmed to be treated as they were (are?). It is so very frightening to live hour-by-hour in fear of your own co-workers, nowhere to turn, only retaliation for utilizing the only available “authorized channels”… which threatened and did everything they could to discredit us, covered up what happened, caused loss of trust, made daily life absolute hell and night time a fearful nightmare of horror in remembering what they did to us, fear to fall asleep, constant fear and dread not knowing what else they would do to us. And worse. I applaud you for bringing this atrocious scandalous treatment of women in Iraq to public attention. We may always have the scars to our physical bodies and inability to ever trust again, but the brave such as you hopefully will succeed in making it safer for future women. I hope and pray you succeed. Do be careful and always vigilant. They have millions of citizen tax dollars already garnered to further their “corporate” life luxuries and protect their contract awards. If the corporate elite valued women as human beings and, I believe, “zero tolerance” policies would have been upheld, instead of what really happened on a daily basis over there.
denny
I am a Vietnam Veteran – a proud Marine. In those capacities, and as an even prouder U.S. citizen, it is sad for me to see the way any woman serving in a civilian or military capacity has been treated in Iraq. It is sad to see men of a civilized and magnificent country such as the U.S., turn to the traditions and actions of uncivilized animals – just because they are a few thousand miles from home – just because they are MEN. They certainly overshadow the marvelous work the majority of Americans are doing in the middle-East – and are allowed to get away with it. It is shameful that Tracy Barker was assualted, turned to the very people whom she trusted to protect her, only to be assaulted again. And then abused by the money and influence of a large corporation – abused by our political system, abused by a judicial system, abused by a system that must automatically assume the protector role – a system that hides State Department connected employees, abused by the lack of action by our Department of Justice (or department of injustice), abused by some who initially professed to represent her and her legal interests, abused by the majority of Congressional representatives who refused to assist because she wasn’t a resident of their state (including New York Senator Hillary Clinton- whom some wanted as the leader of this country – get real), and the list goes on to include some media – afraid to tell the entire story – I dare the media to tell the complete story without outside interest or censurship. And yes her plight was abused by some of the very women who found themselves in the same unfortunate and terrifying position as Tracy. Even they took advantage to gain an edge for themselves. If the real truth were ever told – it would set you back on your heels. I guess I should also tell you that I am Tracy’s father. I find it shameful that she or any woman is forced to repeatedly defend herself against assailants/predatory animals and then defend themselves to a system that should have protected them in the first place – a system that allows criminals to hide behind their rights while violating the rights of others. A system that I and many military men and women (including Tracy’s husband) have served to protect. Not only have I been proud to be a Marine but I am also proud to be the father of Tracy and her two sisters. The hurt and stress this ordeal has done to her and her family is unexplainable and is UNACCEPTABLE. I thank God her family is made up of the very ingredients that make a good strong supportive family. They represent the true “together” American family. Those who have failed Tracy and the other ladies assaulted in Iraq have absolutley no idea who they are dealing with when it comes to the American family. One way or another Tracy will receive justice – one way or another her family will help her find justice – and one way or another this old Marine will help her get the justice she deserves – in spite of failed systems, failed government agencies, failed legislators and yes failed lidigators. My suggestion is that the likes of the Mokhtares of this world should walk cautiously and keep looking back over their shoulder for the folks who are fed up with them treating and hurting our children in the manner they have done. Every dog has his day and in time that day will come. They are many old dads in this world – they are many in numbers and they are pissed. Demand that our government and judicial folks get off of their numb political butts and stand with the victims – for once – instead of the criminals. For once do something right. Semper Fi Tracy – I am very proud of you and your fellow victims.
ayoung
Thank you for being so strong.
You alone changed a lot of peoples lives by coming forward. God will bless you. Congrats on the twins!
ishtar
I am an iraqi woman. If this happened to an American citizen and wife and daughter of marine officers, I tremble to think of what is happening to Iraqi workers on the US and Uk bases in Iraq. Please if any of you have any infomration of sexual assaults on Iraqi women, I would like to know.
ishtar
It is a sad story
Michael T. Conway
I am Ms. Barker’s legal counsel. We do not know who you are. Do not hold yourself out as being authorized to speak for Tracy Barker.
/s/ Michael T. Conway, Esq.
Marcus
If you have a problem with contect posted, contact the site administration. It is very clearly posted above.
White Rose
Mr. Conway,
“A Soldier’s Perspective†is a blog that I am a co-author on. My personal blog is the one that is on the Cindy in Iraq web site (It is down right now due to a change in software.) This post on “A Soldier’s Perspective†is a repost of an entry I made on my blog that Tracy gave me permission to do.
Cindy
Michael T. Conway
My client gave you permission to do nothing. Your website is unauthorized and your collecting money for my client, if any, is a unauthorized. Take down your website immediately.
/s/ Mike Conway, Esq.
White Rose
I think you had better have a talk with Ms Tracy about this. She and I spent several hours on the phone talking about this. She is the one that wrote AND emailed her story that is posted here. I asked her if it was ok to post it on my personal blog, cindyiniraq.com, and other places that I write. At that time, she did NOT have a problem with it. If she is telling you different, then you are being lied to by your “client”. Besides, I know you have read this very same post on my personal blog AND commented on it. The post and your commnets are not back up right now due to the fact that I am having to input them manually since I have redone my web site, but it will be in the next few days.
IF, for some reason, Tracy wishes to no longer have HER WORDS about what happened on this blog or my personal blog, then please have HER call me and ASK me to pull them down.
As for money, NO ONE is collecting money for HER and they NEVER have. You SIR, should read the post and look around the site more before you go off half cocked like you have!! The donation button on this site is for donations for various projects that we support for the Troops. So do NOT order us to “take down the site”. The post can be removed, IF Tracy will bother to pick up the phone and ASK NICELY!
mrsdkcrowd
Mr. Conway,
Your client did give permission prior to you being hired. I can vouch for this if needed along with many others who have talked with Tracey over the years. I even believe somewheres on one of the blogs her sisiter and hubby made comments to this post due to it was posted in many many places on the internet, try searching internet radio “the peoplelspeak radio” Maybe now she can use some of her money to put into the ” War Zone Workers foundation”
Marcus
Once again, contact the administrators of this site (CJ or I) if you have a problem. You obvious have no clue. I’ll just contact you myself and tell you to piss off.
Marcus
Know what, I’m not going to waste my time. As an attorney, you should know how to properly contact a website’s administration. Do that we’ll go from there. Once again, email address are up on the right.
White Rose
I now have the post back up on my web site. There are a total of 3 post now on the topic of Tracy Barker. Here are the links:
http://cindyiniraq.com/2008/02/sexual-harassment-assault-in-iraq-tracy-barkers-story/
http://cindyiniraq.com/2008/06/accused-of-victimizing-another/
http://cindyiniraq.com/2009/11/woman-awarded-3m-in-assault-claim-against-kbr/
Please check the comments section of the first to see your own comment.
CJ
“Mr. Conway” we don’t do threats well here. I think you know how to contact site administration. Of course, you’re a lawyer and may not understand simple tasks. If that is the case, please ask and we’ll make it easier to contact us.
mrsdkcrowd
Maybe he can contract Tracy ex attorney Mr. Hoffer to find out what Tracy did concent to. Hell ask her who all the attorneys were that she publically announed she had for the Warzone workers foundation….
Denise
If any one of you remember the “War Zone Workers Foundation” was meant to be for the help of of rape victims in the military, working abroad, children, those in Tracys position. This was a kind gesture to be built for Tracy by Jana. The only people on this foundation were to be family members and as Jana had stated she would create it and than it was Tracys. Than all of the sudden every one wanted in on it and wanted to advertise all of their personal views, insults and jokes. Every single one of you lost site of what it was originally created for. So Tracy and I pulled out because that was not the purpose or goal of the War Zone Workers. All of the sudden after we pulled out none of you wanted to do it anymore. You had the floor to do anything you wanted but not one of you wanted to go forward and ruined everything and destroyed the true purpose. As for collecting money based on Tracys story even if Tracy sat on the phone and told you hher story to you not once did she authorize you to collect money using her name nor did she ever agree to be affiliated with you in regaards to any funds. In fact you are very lucky she has not served you with a law suit as of yet requesting that money in full or even to stop. How ever I bet the IRS would be interested in knowing what you are doing. Her attorney is correct and if I were you I would speak to an attorney immediately and seek advice on this matter because what you are doing as far as using Tracys story and than asking for money is against the law when you do not have a signed consent form from Tracy. you are advertising Tracys story on the front cover. Do not respond in arguing. Respond after you speak to a lawyer with your lawyers name and number and what he/she says. I guarantee they wil indeed tell you to remove it immediately and be prepare to give that money to Tracy and or split it with all stories up to the time Tracy discovered the money. As for your responses you need to do spell check consent is spelled incorrectly and as for her previous attorneys they have nothing to do with the fact she may have given you her story or the fact that you are benefiting from her life story without permission and what that means is you are making money off of Tracy without her consent, contract not once did Tracy say yes you can request donations based off my life story. Did she say yes you could post my story and request donations based on her life story????? I doubt it. Get an attorney immediately they will tell you this will be most likely become a tort claim.
White Rose
I did not want to go there, but Tracy made some false statements and that is why we did nothing with the foundation. In Tracy’s interview with The People Speak Radio, she stated that she and Jana Crowder, now former owner of the web site “American Contractors in Iraq“, had created the War Zone Workers foundation. In that interview Tracy states that the foundation had lawyers and doctors already signed up to help. That statement was false, we had not gotten that far yet. We were still trying to get the 501c3 set up. Also, the foundation was not to be built FOR Tracy BY Jana. It was to be created to fight for the right of all civilian contractors working abroad. Tracy and I were to head up the sexual assault section. I wont speak for others, but after that interview I decided I did not want to be involved with someone that would make such false statements.
Again, as for collecting money on this site, the donation button is in the sidebar and shows up on every page of the blog. You state that we are “advertising Tracys story on the front cover”. I think you should go to the top of the page and click on the home button and you will see that the only thing on the front page about Tracy is in the comment section in the sidebar that shows the latest comments. No where do I see ANY links or buttons that say we are collecting money in Tracy’s name. The only donation button on the site plainly states it is for the “Grisham Legal Fund”.
I have made the statement that if Tracy will call me and ask me to pull the post, I would do it. But I will not crumble under the threats and slander brought on by you and others.
Marcus
Good lord what in the world are you talking about? The only money we collect on ASP goes to support charities and most recently CJ’s legal fund.
I find it funny how someone who can’t write a coherent comment decides to give us a spelling and grammar lesson.
mrsdkcrowd
Tracy made statments that were untrue which tainted the foundation reputation. We did not have doctors nor did we have many attorneys. I could not take donatioins for a foundation that were based on lies. Listen to the interview before you respond to me with futher inaccuracy.
People Speak Radio
http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/2008/tracy-barker/
Do you honestly think I would Just GIVE Tracy years of my hard work and pay for a website for her?
I have yet have found a donation link or button about recieving funds on behalf of Tracy. If you could please provide a link to what you are talking about because I would sure love to see this one.
I do see the link to support this website, but again, you do seem confused about this and that.
Ian Butler
I think it’s the worst ever example that we can’t have even from history. The American soldiers are playing with the innocent Iraqis. They are just making them the target of their curse. There are now many reports in the market about the barbarism of the American Army. I just feel sorry for this behavior of the American Army.
William Bancroft
Guys,
There is something you need to know. Tracy made all of this up to get money. If you think I am kidding, you can aske any one of her sisters, her father, her step-mother and anyone that knows her. The court never found anyone guilty due to lack of evidence. She has been a liar all of her life and her own family has nothing to do with her. By the way, she built a mansion with the money she got from all the lawsuits, comtemplating about opening up a porn store in Yuma, (yup) and stole personal things from her mother before she passed away last Christmas. YOu can check it out yourself.