The US State Department and vice-president Dick Cheney have hosted two sets of top level meetings with representatives of ExxonMobile, ChevronTexaco, ConocaPhillips and Halliburton-the company Cheney ran before he stood for election.
A senior state official said that the US had "crafted strategies that will allow us to secure and protect those fields as rapidly as possible". According to a report by Deutsche Bank experts, "ExxonMobil's status as the largest US oil company gives it major weight with the US government. "The company may find itself in pole position in a regime-changed Iraq."
V. INJURIES AND HARM SUFFERED BY THE PLAINTIFFS
48. Plaintiff John Doe I resides in Village E, which is located near the Arun Project area. In January, 2001, while riding his bicycle cart to the local market to sell his vegetables, he was accosted by soldiers who were assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113. The solders shot him in the wrist, threw a hand grenade at him and then left him for dead. Plaintiff suffered severe injuries as a result of this attack, including the loss of his right hand and left eye and several severe wounds to his body. This unprovoked attack was in furtherance of the TNI's policy of genocide towards the people of Aceh, and constituted torture for which Defendants remain liable.
49. Plaintiff John Doe II resides in Village F, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about August, 2000, while riding on his motorbike, he was stopped on the road by soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113. The soldiers put his motorbike in their truck and then beat him severely on his head and body. The soldiers then tied his hands behind his back, put a blindfold on him, and threw him in their truck and took him to what he later learned was Rancong Camp. The soldiers detained and tortured him there for a period of three months, all the while keeping him blindfolded. Plaintiff John Doe II sustained severe injuries as a result of the beatings inflicted by the soldiers, who also tortured him using electricity all over his body, included his genitals. After approximately three months, the soldiers took off his blindfold, took him outside the building where he had been detained and showed him a large pit where there was a large pile of human heads. The soldiers threatened to kill him and add his head to the pile. Plaintiff John Doe II eventually was released and he went back to his home. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers came to his house. Plaintiff John Doe II escaped from the soldiers, but the soldiers burned down his house. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
50. Plaintiff John Doe III resides in village G, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about July, 2000 he was riding his motorbike to visit a refugee camp that is located near “Point A” of the Exxon Mobil LNG complex. The refugee camp houses people who have been displaced by the destruction of their homes by the Exxon Mobil security forces. As he approached the camp, soldiers from Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113 shot him in three places on his leg. He fell down and lost consciousness. The soldiers took him to a police or military camp and tortured him for several hours while he continued to bleed from the gunshot wounds. The soldiers broke his kneecap, smashed his skull, and burned him with cigarettes. The soldiers then took him to the police headquarters in North Aceh, and the police took him to the hospital for treatment. When his wounds were treated, he was returned to the TNI Unit 113 soldiers. The soldiers kept him in custody for approximately one month and tortured him regularly. After one month, Plaintiff John Doe III was released, but only after a local human rights organization bribed government officials to secure his release. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
51. Plaintiff John Doe IV resides in Village H, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about July, 2000, while he was traveling to a nearby village, he was accosted by soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113. The soldiers beat him and then handcuffed him and blindfolded him. They took him to Post 13 where they continued to torture him by beating him and threatening to kill him. The soldiers accused him of being part of GAM, an Achenese separatist movement. Plaintiff John Doe IV told the soldiers that he is not a member of GAM. The soldiers nevertheless threw him to the ground and, using a soldier's knife, carved the letters “GAM” into his back. The soldiers kept Plaintiff John Doe IV in custody for several weeks, regularly torturing him and severely injuring him. He was eventually released after a local human rights organization bribed the soldiers to secure his release. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
52. Plaintiff John Doe V resides in Village I, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about August, 1990, he was taken from his home by soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113, who took him to a building located inside the Exxon Mobil compound. He was interrogated and tortured there for several days. The soldiers burned him with cigarettes, beat him severely, and shocked him with electricity. As a result, Plaintiff John Doe V sustained severe injuries to his head and body. Plaintiff John Doe V eventually was released, but in or about December, 2000, TNI Unit 113 soldiers came to his house and burned it down. At that time, the soldiers also physically beat his son and broke his son's leg. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
53. Plaintiff John Doe VI resides in Village J near the Project Arun area. In or about November, 2000, he was accosted by soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113, who took him into custody and accused him of being a member of GAM. Plaintiff John Doe VI told the soldiers that he is not a member of GAM. The soldiers nevertheless took him to their camp and tortured him for several hours. Among other things, they beat him all over his body with large blocks of wood. After he was tortured, the soldiers took him back to his village and ordered him to identify all villagers who were members of GAM. Plaintiff John Doe told the soldiers that he did not know who was a GAM member and repeated that he was not a GAM member. The soldiers then beat him again and shot him in the leg. They took him to a hospital for treatment, where he stayed for approximately one week. When he was ready to be released from the hospital, the soldiers took him to the police headquarters in North Aceh. He was kept in custody and tortured for four months, causing him to suffer additional severe injuries. At that point, the leader of his village took up a collection from the villagers and raised enough money to bribe the police into securing his release. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
54. Plaintiff John Doe VII resides in village K, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about January, 2001, he was accosted by soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113. The soldiers kicked John Doe VII and took him to an office inside the Exxon Mobil compound. There, they beat him with the butt of a gun and a hammer, causing him to suffer severe injuries. The next day, the soldiers released him. Defendants are liable for the acts described herein.
55. Plaintiff Jane Doe I resides in Village A, which is located near the Arun Project area. In March, 2001, when Plaintiff Jane Doe I was pregnant, an Indonesian soldier assigned to Defendant Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113 forced his way into Jane Doe I's house wielding a rifle. He threatened to kill her and her unborn child with his gun. The soldier then beat and sexually assaulted Plaintiff Jane Doe I.
56. Plaintiff Jane Doe II resides in Village B, which is located near the Arun Project area. In or about December, 2000, while her husband, John Doe VIII, was working in his rice field, Indonesian soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113, came to Village B and burned several homes and stores. The soldiers also opened fire on the field where Jane Doe II's husband was working and killed him. His murder was an unprovoked but intentional act of genocide and murder.
57. Plaintiff Jane Doe III resides in Village C, which is located near the Arun Project area. In September, 2000, Indonesian soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113 kidnapped Plaintiff Jane Doe III's husband, John Doe IX, at gunpoint. He has not been found since he was taken away by the soldiers and Plaintiffs allege that he has been killed by Exxon Mobil TNI Unit 113 and to have become yet another of the soldier's victims who have been “disappeared.” His apparent murder was an unprovoked but intentional act of genocide and murder for which Defendants remain liable.
58. Plaintiff Jane Doe IV resides in Village D, which is located near the Arun Project area. In December, 2000, soldiers assigned to Exxon Mobil's TNI Unit 113, without provocation, shot and killed her husband, John Doe X, while he was working in the field near their home. His murder was an unprovoked but intentional act of genocide and murder for which Defendants remain liable.
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