Posted on 02/06/2004 11:32:15 AM PST by areafiftyone
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld orders review of alleged sexual assaults on female soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait by other soldiers. Details soon. Just breaking!
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, alarmed by a spate of reported sexual assaults involving U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites) and Kuwait, has ordered a probe into whether the Pentagon (news - web sites) has done enough to prevent such attacks and help victims, officials said on Friday.
"Sexual assault will not be tolerated in the Department of Defense (news - web sites)," Rumsfeld said in a memo released by the Pentagon.
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