Selected News Archive
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The Rape and Murder of Abeer
Sexual Abuse and Rape in Iraq
Women in Iraq
Sexual Abuse and the Military
Sexual Abuse and the Military
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Recruiters Accused of Sexual Abuse, Associated Press, 20 August 06
Report following 6 month AP investigation finds that more than 100 young women who expressed interest in joining the military in the past year were preyed upon sexually by their recruiters.
Over 500 Reports of Sexual Assault Among U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News, 27 June 06
Brief interview with executive director of the Miles Foundation, a nonprofit that tracks sexual crimes in the military. Also includes statement submitted by survivor Susan Upchurch to congressional hearing on military sexual violence and harassment.
US Soldier's Rape Sentence Cut Due to Iraq Stress, Reuters, 8 March 06
US soldier who raped a Nigerian woman in Italy given a lighter sentence due to experiences in Iraq, deemed to make him less sensitive to suffering of others.
Scandal Patrol, Ms. Magazine, fall 2004
Report on U.S. military’s response to sexual assault within its ranks.
Sexual Domination in Uniform: An American Value, Peacework Magazine, June 2004
The Abu Ghraib portraits of sexual humiliation and submission have exposed the unbelievably tangled strands of racism, misogyny, homophobia, national arrogance, and hyper-masculinity that characterize the US military.
Betrayal in the Ranks, Denver Post, November 2003
Special Report on sexual assault in the military.
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