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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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Rapists in the ranks - the horrors experienced by women soldiers from their 'colleagues'
... 41% of female veterans seen at the clinic say they were
victims of sexual assault while in the military, and 29% report being
raped during their military service.
'The stories are shocking in their simplicity and brutality: A female military recruit is pinned down at knifepoint and raped repeatedly in her own barracks. Her attackers hid their faces but she identified them by their uniforms; they were her fellow soldiers. During a routine gynecological exam, a female soldier is attacked and raped by her military physician.
Yet another young soldier, still adapting to life in a war zone, is raped by her commanding officer. Afraid for her standing in her unit, she feels she has nowhere to turn.
These are true stories, and, sadly, not isolated incidents. Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq.'
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