U.S. Faces New Sex Assault Claim In Japan

Army Serviceman Under Investigation For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Philippine Woman

(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.

[middleman8]

U S military

Over paid

Over sexed

Over there.

[brianbwb-2009]

Close the base, pull the soldiers home, save the money, we don''t need a linchpin that costs more than it is worth, especially if our soldiers take liberties with the local populations as if they were colonial slaves.

The "LBFM" sobriquet or the "poontang" name given to the women in these countries is symptomatic of the lack of regard for these people as human beings, and indicative of a lack of respect.

This gives the lie as to the claim that we are there protecting these people, or their human rights, as we most often are the worst abusers.

[barbaraf4]

*Posted by brianbwb*

Thank you. Your''s is the only post about the article. I don''t know why we always get off on Muslims/slavery/religion topics.

[alphaa10-2009]

brianbwb said, "This gives the lie as to the claim that we are there protecting these people, or their human rights, as we most often are the worst abusers."
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People do not realize we have stationed combat troops on Okinawa since the end of WW2, and the Japanese of today are not the same polite people who resigned themselves to their emperor''s wish and surrendered some 63 years and three generations ago.

Here and there, the old stereotype of pushy, chauvinist, expansionist Japanese- The Ugly Japanese-- re-emerges. When a US sub surfaced off Hawaii during routine tests, it happened to collide with and sink a Japanese tour boat. Insensitive to the fact this obvious accident happened within miles of Pearl Harbor, some intensely nationalist Japanese hotheads demanded the US sub captain apologize to Japan.

And recently, Japanese whaling vessels were caught by Greenpeace using explosive harpoons for whaling, and killing baby whales with clear disregard for international convention on whaling.

All to suggest American post-Cold War troop deployments in the area need to be reevaluated more often. Some 50,000 US Marines on Okinawa is not a credible deterrent to any large-scale movement of armies. And clearly, Okinawans no longer consider US troops to make a valuable contribution to either their security or economy.

[alphaa10-2009]

barbaraf4 said, "Thank you. Your''''s is the only post about the article. I don''''t know why we always get off on Muslims/slavery/religion topics."
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I posted, too-- I cannot believe we still hear stories about soldier abuse, etc. It drives the Pentagon crazy, because they know sooner or later it will happen again. Meanwhile, this is only the investigative phase, and there may be another angle to it. In any case, this has happened before, and much too often.

As for the monomania about Islam, the poster "terrorislam(insert latest number here)" is on a mission. He imagines he is Paul Revere, alerting sleeping, Aryan Christians to the Islmaic hordes ready to storm ashore.

Amazingly enough for a guardian of liberal democratic values, he falls into the trap laid by bin Laden and others of his tribe, who want a sharp geopolitical polarization between religions. This, they believe, is the only way to unite Muslims across the world. In effect, terrorislam# works for bin Laden, himself.

It is worthy noting terrorislam likes to call violent Islamic theocrats "fascists", as though calling them "Nazi" (and has done that, too). He has been reminded the rest of the world defines fascist differently, as closer to the Bush oligarchy (of which he may imagine himself a part), but this brings embarrassing inferences.

[joyous88]

this has been going on for years, just one case after another, the Japanese don''t want us there,

why are we still occupying Japan, it makes money for the republicon contractors thats why,

we will be in Iraq forever as well and for the same reason.

[antoniof123]

Corruption can only exists at the lower ranks if it is tollerated at the higher ranks.

[antoniof123]

Now that said if he is found guilty; take him out and shoot him.

[ajaxtheleast]

NEW *** ASSAULT CLAIM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
PATENT OFFICE ''*** ASSAULTS'' DEPARTMENT.

[easeup-2009]

Just logged on--have the libs blamed Bush for Pearl Harbor yet?

[jochitragman]

I have memories of Okinawa. 1967, I spent 5 weeks
on Okinawa as a young Marine. Camp Hanson. We had to go on "liberty" as groups of three or four Marines because if ya went out to Kin Village alone you would
be attack by groups of local young people.

[berkeleyusmc]

For those who have difficulty remembering, US bases in Japan were established during the administration of a president from the Democrat Party.

[xlib]

"US faces, etc, etc"-interesting choice of words cbs. That''s right, indite the entire military, all of our military. Good job.

Still nothing on obama''s wife and her "finally proud of my country remark". Not one word.

[xlib]

jhv6379-so I can only imagine that you are one of those libs who only holler "old news" when it''s one of your own?? Typical hypocritcal lib.
DOes frank still run his male escort serice from his DC office? Any more news on MA governor top aide, mcgee, and his charge of assaulting a young boy at a Florida resort?? Oh yea, you didn''t see that on this site.
Too bad about studds but I''m sure he took the image of his party appaluading him to his grave. Talk about rape, I do believe there has only been one president accused of rape. It was a real nice job the media did on vilifying the women who were abused by your bubba. Guess madame clinton doesn''t consider women abuse by her hubby worthy of her feminism leanings.
Anything else you want to talk about???

[xlib]

joyous88-so I imagine when a dem is in office or the dems control Congress we pull out of other countries? Do you know how stupid and ignorant you sound?

[excoachken]

I can''t blame this one on Bush, except that he has lowered our standards for acceptance into the armed services. Because he has so overtaxed and depleted our military so that it cannot protect us, even when they are inducting street criminals because of not reaching recruitment quotas. On second thought, I CAN blame this on the Cowardly Cowboy with more veracity than he can say, "Mission Accomplished!".

[easeup-2009]

"I can''''t blame this one on Bush, except that he has lowered our standards for acceptance into the armed services. Because he has so overtaxed and depleted our military so that it cannot protect us, even when they are inducting street criminals because of not reaching recruitment quotas. On second thought, I CAN blame this on the Cowardly Cowboy with more veracity than he can say, "Mission Accomplished!".

Posted by exCoachKen at 10:03 AM : Feb 21, 2008"

The previous President had gutted the military to balance the budget. That is a FACT.

[missingamerica]

I can''t blame this one on Bush, except that he has lowered our standards for acceptance into the armed services.

Posted by exCoachKen at 10:03 AM : Feb 21, 2008

The charged Marine was a Staff Sargeant. Even at the faster promotion rates that accompany wartime service, his rank suggests that his enlistment preceded the loosening of standards.

When I was in the Army, one of my assignments included a tour on Okinawa, where I was stationed on a Marine base.

The Okinawans - and later also the Japanese, after we returned the island - have long had justifiable reasons to resent the yearly or better rapes of their young women.

"Justifiable", as in "they happened".

[missingamerica]

Re: Philipino woman and the Army soldier story: "after the alleged attack after meeting with a serviceman in a hotel".

That one sounds fishy to me - particularly after the pre-arranged meet in a hotel. I for one would not rule out:

"That will be $500, G.I."

"$500?!??!? You said $100 before we started!!!!"

"You want I should call police, GI?!?!? You want I should say you rape me, GI?!?! You want go to Okinawa jail, GI?!?!?"

"**** you and the horse you rode in on!!!!"

"Help!!! Rape!!!! (I show you, GI.)"

[jersupporter]

middleman8 - under educated, under qualified, under the bus. Just another *** that should be forced to serve his country. Wait for the next handout bubba. The Democrats are coming to save you.

[cbsblogger]

Why are we funding the defense of Japan after 60 years? I agree with Ron Paul bring our troops home and start using that money to take care of our own nation.

[mcvet]

middleman8 - under educated, under qualified, under the bus. Just another *** that should be forced to serve his country. Wait for the next handout bubba. The Democrats are coming to save you.


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Posted by JERSupporter at 11:11 AM : Feb 21, 2008
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Do you fascist REALLY think this kind of thing helps you? YOU freaks have been attacking any American who dares appose you or your "Party" for way to long. It''s time it stopped. If you can''t come up with an honest response to someone''s opinion just shut your mouth... the ways of McCarthy have no place in this nation today. Sieg Heil Bush!!

[mcvet]

"US faces, etc, etc"-interesting choice of words cbs. That''''s right, indite the entire military, all of our military. Good job.

Still nothing on obama''''s wife and her "finally proud of my country remark". Not one word.


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Posted by Xlib at 09:51 AM : Feb 21, 2008
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Has it crossed you VERY small and insignificant little mind that MOST of us UNDERSTAND what Obama''s wife meant and see NO need in continuing trying to create a wedge issue with it? Just because YOU practice FASCISM does NOT mean the rest of us do!! Sieg Heil McCarthy!!

[mcvet]

The previous President had gutted the military to balance the budget. That is a FACT.


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Posted by easeup at 10:15 AM : Feb 21, 2008
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No that is NOT a fact and the PROOF is in the fact that we conducted SEVERAL successful actions under his watch as well as Sir Lies-A-Lot used the SAME military to attack Afganistan AND Iraq. IF you check the facts as well the fascist were in charge of Congress at the time. Yes they shut the government down over disagreements with Clinton but NONE of them over the MILITARY... all were because Clinton wouldn''t let them cut taxes without showing spending cuts to pay for those tax cuts. It''s all there in the Congressional Record swastika breath!! Now let''s let the fuhrer hear you... he needs to know you bootlickers are out here for him. Ready? SIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER!! Good little Nazi!!

[jwind11]

Do you fascist REALLY think this kind of thing helps you? YOU freaks have been attacking any American who dares appose you or your "Party" for way to long. It''''s time it stopped. If you can''''t come up with an honest response to someone''''s opinion just shut your mouth... the ways of McCarthy have no place in this nation today. Sieg Heil Bush!!


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Posted by MCVet

why are you in another story about ***? as i told you in other board, you are not qualified for this subject...you have to have experience in it to be

The ethics of the military class - lack of freedom, in other words, discipline, idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, and drunkenness...
Leon Tolstoy "War and Peace" Pg. 933
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It ain''t pretty, and we don''t like it, but it is true! We would much rather maintain our denial about certain realities of the human condition. Four years in the Navy taught me very well how true it is. Maintaining large numbers of our young men at these huge bases overseas in peaceful countries is insanity. Except for those exploiting the "economic" benefits (domestic and foriegn) - they don''t want us there. And we could sure find better things to spend all that money on!
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He who speaks the truth better keep one foot in the stirrup...
Turkish admonition....

[cusefanjapan]

The military is just like society as a whole. There are criminals and bad people in it. Let me say to those of you who are just reading a story and don''t really know anything except for what you read, don''t let these stories prejudice you. They are always looking for anything to use against the U.S. military here. The VAST majority of service personnel are exemplary guests. I have served here in Japan and still live here. Ask yourself this: Why has it been over a week and the previous incident still hasn''t been changed from "alleged" rape? Does it really take that long to find out if the girl was raped? I am not condoning what the guy did but still...she got on his bike of her own accord. If he abducted her, they should throw the book at him. But those kinds of crimes, rapes and sexual assaults happen here on a daily basis. Check the Mainichi Shimbun''s English website and see for yourself.The crime rate for the armed forces is at or lower than the level for Japanese. They just need a scapegoat and politicians here, like in the States, are shameless opportunists. Take it from someone who knows: Service members, by and large, are doing an outstanding job.

[jersupporter]

Do you fascist REALLY think this kind of thing helps you? YOU freaks have been attacking any American who dares appose you or your "Party" for way to long. It''''s time it stopped. If you can''''t come up with an honest response to someone''s opinion just shut your mouth... the ways of McCarthy have no place in this nation today. Sieg Heil Bush!! Posted by MCVet
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You MCVet has some serious problems. I will not argue nor attempt to explain anything rational to someone who continues to post incoherent jibber jabber. Perhaps some encouragement may help, so I will simply say - think before you speak.

[cusefanjapan]

I also believe the US should make Japan foot the bill for defending them. Newspaper editors and politicians here are always whining about the burden they have. Give me a break! We need to let them revise their Constitution and make them spend more of their GDP on the military and have them send their soft boys out to stand in the face of China, Russia and Kim Jong Il. I will say this: outside of Okinawa, this has generated very little buzz. Most people understand how things work and that it''s impossible to completely wipe out crime. Okinawa has the biggest burden and they really want to get rid of the military. I can see their point because Okinawa is too beautiful an island to be taken up by so much military. And the people have a historic distrust/dislike of the military due to the devastation of WWII and the lies fed them by the then-military government which caused many to commit suicide. The only problem for them is if the military leaves, what will they survive on. There and in my town, the US military accounts for a huge part of their economy. Okinawa is the poorest prefecture in Japan and believe me, the landlords, bar owners, shop owners, etc. do not want to see the military go. Their livelihood would suffer seriously.

[sophiewack]

darkmeat....why don''t you go read a little history, you are seriously messed up in the facts department...moron

[pupeta-2009]

I think japan should exercise their democratic right and kick the US''s arse out of there. Who would want criminals living around them. The war ended in 1945, they have no business occupying that country anymore.

[luvny-2009]

All we see any more ae bad cops and military, what the heck is going on!

[pupeta-2009]

Yeah, don''t forget to post a link where they talk about the massacres and rape of the native american nation by your imbread grandpa terrorislam. While you are at it, don''t forget to tell us how christians invaded muslim lands, raped, killed thousands, and they are still doing it in iraq and afghanistan. You are right payback is a b itch, don''t forget to remember that when they do the next 9-11 on us.

[pupeta-2009]

comfort women, rape, murder....... hey dude are you describing what the US soldiers did in vietnam? don''t forget the drugs also while you are at it.

[pupeta-2009]

you poor ignorant soul, the crusades were started by christians from catholic france, spain and england. the first crusade was in 1095. Go read something don''t end up like becoming another dumbf..k bush. They killed raped and murder, all of it approved by pope urban II (this is the number 2, since you are a fu...ing ignorant)

[pupeta-2009]

terrorislam, the moors invaded Spain in 791 but spain wasn''t christian at the time, they were visigoths, meaning they followed aryanism, which has nothing to do with christianity, they lost the empire because there was fighting between visigoth factions and one of them aided the muslims in the invasion. The spaniards should be thankful, since when the moors invaded, the rest of europe was in the dark ages,all there was was lawlessness (kind of like the US navy now in Japan), poverty, starvation, diseases, supersticion, and fear of everything (republican paradise). Thanks to the early muslims, not the fanatics that came in the second muslim invasion (those were more like the taliban, A.k.a as freedom fighters by imbeciles that vote for bush and reagan), christians, jews and muslims lived side by side, they had one of the few universities in all of europe in Toledo, irrigation system, palaces, and agricultural advances. The rest of europe was naked , running and screaming. When Spain became completely under control of christians, in 1492, the first thing they did was expell all the muslims and jews from the peninsula, and went back into the times of intolerance and lawlessness.

[pupeta-2009]

yeah, and mecca is where? in missouri? dude you don''t even know basic third grade geography, let me guess, "no child left behind". It''s in Saudi Arabia!!, a muslim country. Now you are going to tell us that they were christians also before the muslims were there?

[pupeta-2009]

Hey moron terrorislam, early christianity started in 325 with the council of nicea, that''s were the emperor ((emperor coming from the word empire))constantine said that anybody practicing a different religion from christianity would be executed, and they killed thousands in the name of christianity. He said this while in Constantinople, Turkey, go to Turkey and ask them what religion does the majority practice over there. this should give you an idea who was in whose land first.

[myidoncbs]

"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."

And these guys are supposed to be America''s "best and brightest"?

[myidoncbs]

terrorislam0, you are one VERY ignorant and confused person. Your racist hatred is going to come back to you someday, buddy, so you better start getting ready for it.

[pupeta-2009]

muslim crusaders?? wow, I didn''t know you were that stupid and ignorant, the word "crusaders" come from the word "cross" a crusader is somebody that fights for the cross, muslims can''t be crusaders you retarded imbread!. I guess you didn''t know that the "cross" is the sign of the christians, not muslims. You call yourself a christian and yet you didn''t even know that, I would call you ignorant,but that is only for someone that doesn''t know something, in your case, you are just stupid because here you are claiming to know something you obviously don''t. Go read, the bible is not the only book written you moron.

[pupeta-2009]

"The Jews proved obdurate; their doctrine had no place in it for Arab prophets or messiahs. " by terrorislam.



Nothing could be further from the truth....I have a Ph.d in this stuff and you are misinforming the public. Muslims, jews and Christians lived side by side in Spain, and even when the Turks took over in the middle east with no problem. The problem came when christians invaded places like jerusalem, they had no tolerance for anybody, including jews.

[pupeta-2009]

I don''t like fanatic muslims as much as fanatic christians like yourself terroislam. People like you, reagan and bush, not long ago talked about these nuts as if they were "freedom fighters" you were the ones who befriended people like Saddam and dictators all over the world. After 9-11 all the sudden your "friends" were wolves in sheep''s clothing, you were wrong then, just as you are wrong now. You are right about one thing, payback will be a b itch, especially when Obama wins the elections here and our troops come back defeated in 2009 like promised, just like they have been since 5 years ago. It is through democracy that people like yourself are defeated. Enjoy it.

[pupeta-2009]

Yeah and in christianity there were no slaves? thats why all the blacks in the cotton plantation in the 19th century in the christian god fearing nation called the US were on vacation trip right? you are a total moron. Slavery existed in christianity and islam as well, just like piracy. You are so full of sh...t

[Syndicate]

pupeta: it would appear your Phd is not worth the paper it is written on. I like the fact that the only place you can find were they peacfully coexisted was spain. Surley something a little closer to mecca or medina would have better illustrated your point. Your interpretation of crussade is acurate but does not reflect the modern usage of the word. Yes a musslim can go on a crusade just like an atheist can crusade against "in god we trust". Your Phd must me from an Islamic institution. My employer will not recognize a foriegn degree obviously for good reason.

[pupeta-2009]

During the roman empire there was a polytheist society, meaning that christians existed alongside other religions. The problem was that christianity didn''t accept other religions nor respected anything outside of christianity. This is why they were outcasts in Rome. After christians took power, the catholic church exaggerated all the perseccussions and made themselves martyrs in order to attract more followers. So all this bull...t about christians being victims and persecuted was an exaggeration with an agenda behind. It is true that in some muslim nations, and communist nations today they are persecuted but to say that christians didn''t persecute nor exterminate populations that didn''t follow them is even more true, since they killed by the thousands, especially during the crusades, tue conquest of america etc....Go buy a book and read, like I said before, the bible is not the only book nor a "masters in divinity" a real degree.

"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."

And these guys are supposed to be America''''s "best and brightest"?

Posted by MyIDonCBS at 02:31 PM : Feb 21, 2008
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I don''t think so.. It seems to me that we shouldn''t get "perception", which is usually engineered, shaped, moulded, massaged, or otherwise subject to all sorts of manipulations, with the truth, which is usually harder to find, but once found, stands on it''s own two feet, without need of "belief" or support of any kind.
I don''t know about the "brightest", but the best (as far as I''m concerned) are those dodging IEDs and car bombs, not those enjoying sandy beaches and getting in trouble in some peaceful, serene backwater.

[pupeta-2009]

Cbscrash I consider the source. I understand that terroislam is a moron that needs to be educated, probably a high school kid, but you are moron that thinks to know something and you obviously don''t. Crusade spells with one "s" like you are "stupid". Like I said before about the origin of that word. It comes from the French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both ultimately from Latin crux, cruc-, cross, take a guess what the word cross implies, I''m not going to tell you. The modern meaning (something that terrorislam didn''t obviously know) I could care less, I''m don''t tend to respect much modern interpretation of things but know you just learned where it came from first. Feel free to join the other idiot and go look for your weapons of mass destruction your old friend hid, you don''t have long until we bring both of your dumb arses back.

[pupeta-2009]

Terrorislam, I''m not going to sit here and explain to you the history of the world and it''s religions, go to school or read a book, there are good people and people everywhere, obvioulsy by your nick "terrorislam" it''s very clear you have a biased opinion based on moronic comments and basically a bunch of lies you made up. Stop watching fox news, those guys get paid to say whatever the neocons want you to know. Stop listening to the fat drugaddict rush limbaugh, thats a man on drugs trying tosupport a habit, he will give blow jobs for a buck in order to maintain his habit very soon, like the hobos in the street. The fact here is, a US uniformed man raped another chick in japan, this is the second one in the last 2 weeks and obviously the press cannot ignore this kind of news, it has to be reported, since they represent the country abroad, and we are the ones flipping the bill, we pay their salaries, their weaposn and are expected to do exactly what we tell them. Raping people is not one of them.

[pupeta-2009]

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.