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| US defence department says sex abuse is rampant in military |
| 2010-12-30 |
I hope this is wrong.
[Turkmenistan News] - US troops have been involved in a multiplicity of sexual abuse complaints according to a new report.
Statistics and testimonies from military personnel have revealed that sexual assaults recur with each new intake of soldiers.
Over 3,230 complaints were recorded in 2009 according to the US Department of Defence.
The report says there was an 11 percent increase in sexual assaults in fiscal 2009 compared to the previous year.
The report claims one in every three women complains about being sexually assaulted while serving in the US military.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that sexual abuse happens in the US military at rates twice that of the civilian average, meaning women who join the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than they are of being killed by enemy fire.
Somehow I doubt being killed in the line of fire would be anything like a close second. |
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