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08-01-2008, 06:15 AM
link (PFC LaVena Johnson Was Raped, Beaten, Set On Fire And Worse - Army Calls It Suicide)
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> PFC LaVena Johnson Was Raped, Beaten, Set On Fire And Worse - Army Calls It Suicide
Nicole and I have both written posts about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of PFC LaVena Johnson, and Democracy Now! had a heartbreaking interview with her family last week. LaVena’s family has worked hard to find the truth about her death and have finally had a breakthrough in the case. Unfortunately, the new details they uncovered are so disturbing that they could potentially make the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories pale in comparison. The above video from Cenk of The Young Turks captures my exact feelings about this horrific case. What you’re about to read will sicken and enrage you.
The Army claims the 5’1” African-American soldier from North County died from a self-inflicted gunshot The Army claims the 5’1” African-American soldier from North County died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound with a rifle on July 19, 2005. Her father, John H. Johnson, Ph.D. of Florissant, said color photos and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the military suggest otherwise.
“Our worst fears were substantiated when we started going through information from the Army,” Johnson said.
He said the pictures and documents from the incident proved that his daughter had been brutalized - raped, beaten, shot and set on fire.
“Someone poured lye in her vagina to destroy evidence,” her father said. “Her body was dumped in a dirty, filthy contractor’s tent. </div></div>
This is a disgrace. Watch the first bit of the video when the guy explains how this can never have been suicide. The Army tried to sweep this under the carpet.
Even more disturbing, from the HJC,
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rep. Harman: “Women serving in the US military today are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq. The scope of the problem was brought into acute focus for me during a visit to the West Los Angeles VA Health Center where I met female veterans and their doctors. My jaw dropped when the doctors told me that 41% of the female veterans seen there say there were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military, and 29% said they were raped during their military service.” </div></div>
One in three?????????????????????
Support the troops?
cnn (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/31/military.sexabuse/index.html)
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> PFC LaVena Johnson Was Raped, Beaten, Set On Fire And Worse - Army Calls It Suicide
Nicole and I have both written posts about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of PFC LaVena Johnson, and Democracy Now! had a heartbreaking interview with her family last week. LaVena’s family has worked hard to find the truth about her death and have finally had a breakthrough in the case. Unfortunately, the new details they uncovered are so disturbing that they could potentially make the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch stories pale in comparison. The above video from Cenk of The Young Turks captures my exact feelings about this horrific case. What you’re about to read will sicken and enrage you.
The Army claims the 5’1” African-American soldier from North County died from a self-inflicted gunshot The Army claims the 5’1” African-American soldier from North County died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound with a rifle on July 19, 2005. Her father, John H. Johnson, Ph.D. of Florissant, said color photos and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the military suggest otherwise.
“Our worst fears were substantiated when we started going through information from the Army,” Johnson said.
He said the pictures and documents from the incident proved that his daughter had been brutalized - raped, beaten, shot and set on fire.
“Someone poured lye in her vagina to destroy evidence,” her father said. “Her body was dumped in a dirty, filthy contractor’s tent. </div></div>
This is a disgrace. Watch the first bit of the video when the guy explains how this can never have been suicide. The Army tried to sweep this under the carpet.
Even more disturbing, from the HJC,
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rep. Harman: “Women serving in the US military today are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq. The scope of the problem was brought into acute focus for me during a visit to the West Los Angeles VA Health Center where I met female veterans and their doctors. My jaw dropped when the doctors told me that 41% of the female veterans seen there say there were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military, and 29% said they were raped during their military service.” </div></div>
One in three?????????????????????
Support the troops?
cnn (http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/31/military.sexabuse/index.html)
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