IRAQ: US soldiers get away with rape?

US Army documents released in early May have revealed that a US military "investigation" into the alleged rape of two Iraqi women by US soldiers was shut down for lack of evidence — without contacting the alleged victims. It is alleged that the women were attacked by four soldiers guarding a mall. One of the soldiers interviewed by "investigators" said, "I know the women were Iraqi. I however don't know if they were raped, or were prostitutes, or were just looking for sex." Suzanne Goldberg, the journalist who broke the story for the British Guardian, explained that the investigation record consisted entirely of "not very rigorous" interviews with soldiers.

From Green Left Weekly, April 6, 2005.

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