gerryhatrick Posted July 1, 2006 Report Posted July 1, 2006 GIs May Have Planned Iraq Rape, SlayingsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 1, 2006 Filed at 6:54 a.m. ET BEIJI, Iraq (AP) -- Investigators believe a group of U.S. soldiers suspected of raping an Iraqi woman, then killing her and three members of her family plotted the attack for nearly a week, a U.S. military official said Saturday. The Americans entered the Sunni Arab's family home, separated three males from the woman, raped her and burned her body using a flammable liquid in a cover-up attempt, a military official close to the investigation said. The three males were also slain. Up to five soldiers are being investigated in the March killings, the fifth pending case involving alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by U.S. troops. The soldiers had studied their victims for about a week and the attack was ''totally premeditated,'' the official said on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. The family had just moved into the home in the insurgent-riddled area around Mahmoudiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad. snip The allegations of rape could generate a particularly strong backlash in Iraq, a conservative, strongly religious society in which many women will not even shake hands with men who are not close relatives. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-I...r=1&oref=slogin My God. Quote Conservative Party of Canada taking image advice from US Republican pollster: http://allpoliticsnow.com
KrustyKidd Posted July 1, 2006 Report Posted July 1, 2006 Bad news for sure. Good that the US takes these things seriously. Quote We're Paratroopers Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded - CPT Richard Winters
newbie Posted July 2, 2006 Report Posted July 2, 2006 Bad news for sure. Good that the US takes these things seriously. And then there's Gitmo. Quote
KrustyKidd Posted July 2, 2006 Report Posted July 2, 2006 And then there's Gitmo. Yep. Gitmo. Start a thread is you wish. This one here is about an event in Iraq that the US is invstigating and is going public with what they hae found so far. Quote We're Paratroopers Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded - CPT Richard Winters
Leafless Posted July 2, 2006 Report Posted July 2, 2006 And then there's Gitmo. Yep. Gitmo. Start a thread is you wish. This one here is about an event in Iraq that the US is invstigating and is going public with what they hae found so far. It certaintly is unfortunate if GI's were actually implemented in this allegation but it is hard to find a war where rape is not common place. War is ugly and brings out the worst in everyone. As a matter of fact most rapes at any time are PLANNED. http://sexualviolence.uchicago.edu/mythsandfacts.shtml Quote
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