Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Rape and Sexual Harassment of Women in the Military
Last week, Col. Janis Karpinski told a panel of judges at the Commission of Inquiry for Crimes against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration in New York that several women had died of dehydration because they refused to drink liquids late in the day. They were afraid of being assaulted or even raped by male soldiers if they had to use the women's latrine after dark.
The latrine for female soldiers at Camp Victory wasn't located near their barracks, so they had to go outside if they needed to use the bathroom. "There were no lights near any of their facilities, so women were doubly easy targets in the dark of the night," Karpinski told retired US Army Col. David Hackworth in a September 2004 interview.
It was there that male soldiers assaulted and raped women soldiers. So the women took matters into their own hands. They didn't drink in the late afternoon so they wouldn't have to urinate at night. They didn't get raped. But some died of dehydration in the desert heat, Karpinski said.
http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2006/01/women-in-uniform-die-to-avoid-rape-by.html
And now, Suzanne Swift is facing a possible court-martial for desertion. Isn't it horriffic to know that the men in the military get away with raping the women in the military. Not to mention Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl raped by U.S. soldiers who murdered her, her parents, and per baby sister. This behavior seems to be very consistent within the U.S. military. So here is something women face when they join: increased chances of sexual harassment and rape by their fellow military men, and if they speak out and want it to stop like Suzanne Swift, you may get court-martialed. In other words: Suzanne Swift faces a court martial for not putting up with her fellow military men sexually harrassing and raping her (coercion into sex IS RAPE!). Here is the latest article if you're interested.
--ej
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091906F.shtml
The latrine for female soldiers at Camp Victory wasn't located near their barracks, so they had to go outside if they needed to use the bathroom. "There were no lights near any of their facilities, so women were doubly easy targets in the dark of the night," Karpinski told retired US Army Col. David Hackworth in a September 2004 interview.
It was there that male soldiers assaulted and raped women soldiers. So the women took matters into their own hands. They didn't drink in the late afternoon so they wouldn't have to urinate at night. They didn't get raped. But some died of dehydration in the desert heat, Karpinski said.
http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2006/01/women-in-uniform-die-to-avoid-rape-by.html
And now, Suzanne Swift is facing a possible court-martial for desertion. Isn't it horriffic to know that the men in the military get away with raping the women in the military. Not to mention Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl raped by U.S. soldiers who murdered her, her parents, and per baby sister. This behavior seems to be very consistent within the U.S. military. So here is something women face when they join: increased chances of sexual harassment and rape by their fellow military men, and if they speak out and want it to stop like Suzanne Swift, you may get court-martialed. In other words: Suzanne Swift faces a court martial for not putting up with her fellow military men sexually harrassing and raping her (coercion into sex IS RAPE!). Here is the latest article if you're interested.
--ej
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091906F.shtml
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