 righthand says: and would you believe, she then committed suicide? The Department of Defense statistics are alarming - one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military. Now, even more alarming, are deaths of women soldiers in Iraq and in the US following rape. The military has characterized each death of women who were first sexually assaulted as deaths from "noncombat related injuries," and then added "suicide." The families of the women whom the military has declared to have committed suicide strongly dispute the findings and are calling for further investigations into the deaths of their daughters. Specific US Army units and certain US military bases in Iraq have an inordinate number of women soldiers who have died of "noncombat related injuries," with several identified as "suicides." 94 women have died in Iraq. 12 US civilian women have been killed there. 13 military women have been killed in Afghanistan. 12 civilian women have bee Of the 94 US military women who died in Iraq, the military says 36 died from noncombat related injuries, which included vehicle accidents, illness, death by "natural causes" and self-inflicted gunshot wounds, or suicide. The military has declared the deaths of the Navy women in Bahrain, which were killed by a third sailor, as homicides. Five deaths have been labelled as suicides, but 15 more deaths occurred under extremely suspicious circumstances. 8 women soldiers from Fort Hood have died of "noncombat related injuries" on the same base, Camp Taji, and 3 were raped before their deaths. Two were raped immediately before their deaths and another raped prior to arriving in Iraq.... Appalling...  "Be All That You Can Be - A Sex Assault Victim & A Cover-Up Poster-Girl" The buck stops at the Commander-In-Chief. What a great guy. hello |
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