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personally I am againts rape don't know why the neo cons would be pro rape.
problem both parties don'tseem to honor all of the consition both the freedom of speech and freedom to bear arms along with all the other rights!
U.S. troops accused of killing Iraq family
By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer
BEIJI, IraqYahoo News- The U.S. Army will investigate charges that five American soldiers were involved in the killings of four Iraqi relatives, including a woman who had been raped, military officials said Friday. It's the sixth current inquiry into the alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by American troops.
Some of the five soldiers also allegedly burned the body of the woman they are accused of assaulting in the March incident, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
The U.S. command issued a statement saying only that Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commander of coalition troops in Baghdad, had ordered a criminal investigation into the alleged killing of a family of four in Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad.
At least 14 American troops have been convicted in other cases.
The United States also is investigating allegations that two dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed by Marines in the western town of Haditha on Nov. 19 in a revenge attack after one of their own died in a roadside bombing.
"The entire investigation will encompass everything that could have happened that evening. We're not releasing any specifics of an ongoing investigation," military spokesman Maj. Todd Breasseale said of the Mahmoudiyah allegations.
"There is no indication what led soldiers to this home. The investigation just cracked open. We're just beginning to dig into the details."
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he had no additional details on the incident but added that the military routinely investigates all allegations of misconduct.
However, a U.S. official close to the investigation said at least one of the soldiers, all assigned to the 502nd Infantry Regiment, has admitted his role and been arrested. Two soldiers from the same regiment were slain this month when they were kidnapped at a checkpoint near Youssifiyah.
The official told the AP the accused soldiers were from the same platoon as the two slain soldiers. The military has said one and possibly both of the slain soldiers were tortured and beheaded.
The official said the mutilation of the slain soldiers stirred feelings of guilt and led at least one of them to reveal the rape-slaying on June 22.
According to a senior Army official, the alleged incident was first revealed by a soldier during a routine counseling-type session. The official, who requested anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said that soldier did not witness the incident but heard about it.
A second soldier, who also was not involved, said he overhead soldiers conspiring to commit the crimes, and then later saw bloodstains on their clothes, the official said.
He also said the four people killed included three adults and a child, and one of the adults was the woman who allegedly was raped.
One of the accused soldiers already has been discharged and is believed to be in the United States, several U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The others have had their weapons taken away and are confined to Forward Operating Base Mahmoudiyah.
Senior officers were aware of the family's death but believed it was due to sectarian violence, common in the religiously mixed town, a U.S. official said.
The killings appeared to have been a "crime of opportunity," the official said. The soldiers had not been attacked by insurgents but had noticed the woman on previous patrols.
U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment conduct a routine patrol in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq Sunday, May 28, 2006. The U.S. Army will investigate charges that five American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, were involved in the killings of four Iraqi relatives, including a woman who had been raped, military officials said Friday - the sixth current inquiry into the alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by American troops. (AP Photo/Ryan Lenz)
The desecration of the two American troops body, gastly sexual torture, sure points toward retribution for the killing of this Iraq woman. Not saying it's right, just saying it's what likely happened.
personally I am againts rape don't know why the neo cons would be pro rape.
problem both parties don'tseem to honor all of the consition both the freedom of speech and freedom to bear arms along with all the other rights!
This isn't a surprise. Remember when they had a pile of naked half dead iraqis and a lesbian dykie ass marine was pointing at them, laughing at them, and the picture was leaked? Don't hear about that anymore, but now 3 years later we're hearing about rape....you all know this has been going down since day 1 of occupation.
hahahaha, i wonder if any dirty neocons really do defend rape.
its the medias fault for publishing these stories, because if they didnt tell us, we would never know
and rape doesn't happen in a free american society? the russians raped and murdered all the way into berlin during WW2... I wonder if the left was as worked up about it then as they are now... crime is crime no matter who committ's it.. focus on punishing the ones who committed the crime.. don't blame the US leadership for what a individual does.... but thats all the left can do is get wet over stories like this to blame bush for it...
no ... rapes and murders happen in the us all the time...
So rape is all part of spreading freedom and democracy, then.
Bravo, rape apologists.
you're a ing idiot... we're just saying that rape is a part of life.. it happens in all societies... cops in san antonio have raped citizens, but everyone doesn't say, get rid of all the cops in san antonio..
So two out of two neocons in this thread change the subject to "rape happens here and there, rape happens in war"
basically proving what we said before neocons joined us: Neocons approve of rape.
No, you're a ing idiot.
What are we trying to do over there?
What is the only exposure to the US most Iraqis have?
How do they feel about rape?
I don't expect you to answer honestly. Maybe you can try blaming the victims for showing too much cheekbone under their burkas. That's next on the rape apologist hit parade.
You are a waste of space cuz that is totally irrelevant to us troops raping iraqi citizens.
but in neocon parlance i guess it just means "I heart bush, I heart gitmo, I'm patriotic"
learn to read..NO ONE ever said that...
It's not usually the supposed keepers of order doing the rapes, though....
no one likes or approves of rape... but there are bad apples in every organization...
not usually, but it does happen. by police, by priests, by ministers, by teachers...
its just like those people who die at stadium concerts, its bound to happen
Yeah, everybody rapes.
These Iraqis need to get over themselves and just accept foreigners raping their women.
It's no big deal.
Following that logic, we shouldn't get so upset when our soldiers are murdered by insurgents, because murders happen every day in America.
Way to go, rape and murder apologists.
Clan just wants to rationalize rape for all you fine people. Bang up job! Bravo!
He's saying we should clean up rape in our own country before we worry about rape elsewhere.
He says rape happens, get over it.
we don't live in candyland fellas...yes, rape happens...
Thats it Clan, tell us dumb libs to pull our heads out. I commend you on your protection of our troops that have a overwhelming desire to rape. After all, if they weren't there, they wouldn't rape there. It would be here where it belongs.
They raped there so they wouldn't have to rape here?
The real scary part is the army sent this guy back to the U.S. after this incident.
I think we should ask nesterofish what he thinks about this. Something tells me he has an opinion on this subject.
i am not protecting the rapists... they will be tried, i am certain, and then get raped in prison..
but we can't pull out of iraq bc a couple rapists who just happened to be soldiers... we have hundreds of thousands of military people over there working really hard and you can't pull out just bc a couple people...
also CBF, why should anyone even take anything you say seriously... it is obvious that you're just a pothead wasting your life away when you make comments like these when someone says they just bought an expensive bong
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