Hawk_eye

The US military has confirmed that it is investigating an allegation that an American soldier raped a female detainee in Iraq.

Claims of sexual misconduct by US military personnel surfaced last year during the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, but this is the first known case of a soldier being accused of raping a detainee.

A Pentagon spokesman says a number of allegations have been made and investigated.

He says one of them is still under investigation, while another has been closed for lack of evidence.

The spokesman says he did not know when or where the rapes are alleged to have occurred.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitem...02/s1309580.htm

Not good!

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Bluesman

Nope, not good; , it is really bad.

But to keep it in perspective, it is one or two isolated cases from an extremely well-disciplined force that is behaving remarkably well in a foreign country.

And it stands in stark contrast as an isolated case that is being prosecuted, as opposed to an officially-approved and well-developed national policy of rape and torture against the former regime's own citizens that has been obliterated by that same almost-perfectly restrained and under-control victorious force.

But you're right - anybody that is of a mind to criticize us are not likely to take notice of those facts.

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Confed999

I'm glad it's being investigated.

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lemontree

It may turn out to be a fabricated case.

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Ironduke

I saw pictures posted on PDF some time ago, one woman was a light-skinned white woman with dyed black hair, the other one was possibly Hispanic, with her hair dyed blond. Definitely not Arabs, but many believed the pictures over there.

Hawk_eye

Thanks for the input, only the investigation can tell, however one thing is for sure, most arab women have very fair skins and who is to say the other could have coloured her hair, however sometime rape cases are fabricated and i am willing to give those guys doing a tough job the benifit of the doubt! However if it turns out to be true, so much for the hearts and minds policy. First the two british soldiers and now this, i am sorry to say but the impression has already been made!

Ray

Hawk,

Yes Arab women are fairskinned too.

A rape has been allegedly committed. It can happen anywhere and by any troops. Try as one might, one cannot control all.

The important thing is that it is not being allowed to be buried. If found guilty, I am sure the man will be punished as would anyone in civil life.

It is also a truism that no country would like to be slurred by bad hats. A country will try to keep its image as pristine as possible.