[link to www.truthout.org]

I know it's an old story, but those women are still dead and more being raped. I saw on another board (my current resentment) someone defend this as 'basic training'- being raped by your own troops - and of course the lap dog chiming in with locquacious sycophany.

What does the general public think?

This link contains shocking pictures, but it's about Project Phoenix in Vietnam. And the extension of that type of psy-ops in Iraq. Is it only an outrage when men are raped?

[link to www.vialls.com]

"During the last year the U.S. administration has hired more than 40,000 'independent contractors' for Iraq, with more than 20,000 of these being armed mercenaries operating uder exactly the same remit as the notorious Operation Phoenix in Vietnam. The sole mission of Phoenix personnel was to terrorize the Vietnamese into submission using 'whatever means necessary' Though the remit is chillingly non-specific, two personal friends who were directly involved in Phoenix all those years ago, tell me that they still break out in a cold sweat at least once a week, and will probably suffer from nightmares the rest of their lives."

Exporting freedom to the rest of the world.