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Once Hidden, Iraq Rape Numbers Emerging
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The New York Times' Jim Risen today gives us a new detail on rapes in Iraq: The Army says it has investigated 124 reported sexual assaults and rapes in Iraq involving Americans between 2005 and 2007.
We confirmed the numbers independently.
Those 124 investigations are only a fraction of the investigated sex assault cases from Iraq, however. Other outfits have also investigated rape allegations in Iraq, from the State Department to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and we don't have numbers on those investigations.
We know that over 2,200 rape/sex assault claims involving servicemembers were probed in 2006, but we don't know how many were in Iraq.
February 13, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (6)
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Shouldn't there be discussion as to why Americans condone rape inside our own prisons? It's like a joke when people talk about the possibility of going to prison- but there is nothing funny about it. Prison itself is bad enough. Why should prisoners live in constant fear of abuse from other prisoners?
Posted by: Max | Feb 13, 2008 2:10:20 PM
The American way of course.
Karma is going to be a bitch though when she catches up. :)
Posted by: Rabbit | Feb 26, 2008 10:37:59 PM
Obviously, the Bush administration is yawning at these incidents and considers it the cost of doing business in Iraq. Moral of the story: if you are a woman, forget about the commander-in-chief giving you any kind of protection.
Posted by: skyreader7 | Feb 29, 2008 9:26:09 AM
The number of rape incidents versus the number of prosecutions just about says it all.
Posted by: Dave Mende | Mar 1, 2008 2:56:20 PM
Could you explain these phrases to me?
"once hidden"
"only a fraction"
Posted by: Cincinnatus | Mar 5, 2008 9:58:17 AM
Mr.B. Ross what happened to the press in this country they lost the nerve to unearth what hapenned at white water and how many people along the way got killed because someone was connected to organized
crime.
Why is it that we turn our attention to completely different venues and nothing is being solved?
Posted by: Ted Pert | Mar 9, 2008 2:41:49 PM
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