U.S. Faces New Sex Assault Claim In Japan

(AP)  An Army serviceman is under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a Philippine woman in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, the U.S. military and Japanese officials said Thursday.

The investigation, apparently at the preliminary stages, was disclosed amid a rising furor over a recent series of crimes blamed on American troops, including the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old.

Details in the latest case were hazy, but it involved an alleged attack at an Okinawa hotel earlier this month, officials said. A report by Japan's Kyodo News agency said American military authorities had taken the servicemen into custody.

"They are investigating charges of that," said Sgt. Terence Peck of U.S. Forces Japan. He refused to provide additional details, referring calls to the U.S. Army.

The woman, also unidentified, was taken to a hospital after the alleged attack after meeting with a serviceman in a hotel, said Takashi Ariyoshi of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Okinawa police refused to provide further details.

The U.S. military on Wednesday imposed tight restrictions on U.S. troops in Japan to crack down on the crime spree, limiting some 45,000 military personnel, civilian employees and their families to bases, workplaces or off-base homes indefinitely.

The restrictions went beyond a midnight curfew already in place for enlisted Marines on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, where most of the 50,000 U.S. troops in the country are based.

The order, which focused on Okinawa but also affected Marines throughout Japan, was issued after a string of crimes blamed on American servicemen stoked long-simmering sentiment against the U.S. military presence.

The move was part of a broad campaign in the past week by the U.S. to soothe rising anger over the alleged crimes - most prominently the suspected rape of the 14-year-old - that threatened to erupt into widespread protests against the American presence.

The furor began with the arrest last week of 38-year-old Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott in the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa. Hadnott admitted to investigators that he forced the girl down and kissed her, but said he did not rape her, police say.

The tensions have been compounded in recent days by allegations of other less serious crimes, such as drunken driving, trespassing and counterfeiting. Japanese leaders have deplored the behavior and accused the U.S. military of lax discipline.

Okinawa is considered a linchpin in the U.S. military posture in Asia, and Washington is eager to quell rising negative sentiment against American troops. U.S. military officials have apologized profusely, and Ambassador Thomas Schieffer traveled to Okinawa last week to smooth relations.

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SchoolCrazy NO GUN USED HERE!

[pupeta-2009]

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein



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Posted by terrorislam0 at 03:59 PM : Feb 21, 2008
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This is why we should have been preventing the genocide in Darfur instead of stealing oil from iraq. Now there are about 250 thousand people exterminated, but because they are not white europeans, nobody really cares. Some christian president we have....he did what jesus would have done.....absolutely nothing.

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"I think it''s clear that in March, when the invasion took place, the evidence that had been brought forward was rapidly falling apart," Hans Blix, who oversaw the agency''s investigation into whether Iraq had chemical and biological weapons, said on CNN''s "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

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Blix described the evidence Secretary of State Colin Powell presented to the U.N. Security Council in February 2003 as "shaky," and said he related his opinion to U.S. officials, including national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

"I think they chose to ignore us," Blix said.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke to CNN from IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

ElBaradei said he had been "pretty convinced" that Iraq had not resumed its nuclear weapons program, which the IAEA dismantled in 1997.

Days before the fighting began, Vice President *** Cheney weighed in with an opposing view.

"We believe [Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. I think Mr. ElBaradei, frankly, is wrong," Cheney said. "And I think if you look at the track record of the International Atomic Energy Agency in this kind of issue, especially where Iraq''s concerned, they have consistently underestimated or missed what Saddam Hussein was doing."

Now, more than a year later, ElBaradei said, "I haven''t seen anything on the ground at that time that supported Mr. Cheney''s conclusion or statement, so -- and I thought to myself, well, history is going to be the judge."

No evidence of a nuclear weapons program has been found so far.






This is what he said. The chief UN inspector that you say that supported an invasion.

[pupeta-2009]

terroislam aren''t you supposed to be ranting about the serbians and christian orthodox people? they just burned your flag and invaded your embassy. You got a lot of work to do, start making up stories about the new enemy. Don''t forget to pack food and water in case jesus shows up. He doesn''t take people without their prozac nor their guns. Go live your american dream.

[pupeta-2009]

No son, you are wrong. Here is the proof.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/21/iraq.weapons/

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The war is illegal, it is based on lies, even the weapons inspectors said that Colin powell''s demonstration was not proof of weapons of mass destruction. Even the moron that runs the country has already admitted there are no weapons of mass destruction. Cheney was also lying when he said that they had proof that the iraquis were buying things to make a nuke from the nigerians. Stop blaming Al gore for the war, assume your responsabilities, this happened under Bush, Al Gore didn''t send the idiots to Iraq, it was the republican party and the morons such as yourself who bought into it. Kudos to haliburton, and the oil companies for making 51% of the retards fall for it, you sure did a good job brainwashing them.

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yeah and invading Iraq was doing something..... save the cheap cliches for the morons that educate themselves by watching stupities like saving private ryan and john wayne movies. Don''t forget to say thank you to the *** for helping you guys out in iraq right now. If the japanese read your comments I''m sure they will think twice about their "ally" in the future.

[Hartru]

...Anal retentive personality....
Definitition: Someone who clings to sh**.

The crusades happened a very long time ago....

Attempting to justify the criminal actions of one our soldiers by illuminating the actions of the Imperial Japanese Army....Over 60 years ago...
Well.... I''m not sure that''s a drum that we want to bang.

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I agree that japan should apologize and even compensate the victims of the rape of Nan King, the same way the US should be apologizing to Vietnam for dropping agent orange on top of their heads plus the raping etc... The US should also apologize for slavery, for putting their native population in reservations, for participating in world war one, for supporting dictatorships, like reagan''s old pal noriega, that killed hundreds of thousands in Latin america, the middle East, asia Etc....as you can see your argument goes nowhere.