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NOBODY’S RECRUITS: “YOU HAVE TO BE FEARFUL OF YOUR FELLOW SOLDIERS”

Kelly Dougherty of Iraq Veterans Against the War testifies in "Before You Enlist" (view the film online here): "When you're a woman, specifically in a combat zone, not only do you have to be afraid of the supposed insurgents and the enemies and the Iraqis, but then you also come back to the base and then there you have to be fearful of your fellow soldiers."

U.S. military men sexually assault one-third of fellow female soldiers

Three years ago, an American soldier LaVena Johnson of Missouri bought candy, soda and lip balm one night near her base in Iraq. She went to meet friends to go jogging. But she never made it — her body was found the next day in a burning tent with a broken nose, black eye, and [...]