AWOL Army Specialist Suzanne Swift was sexually harassed

Democracy Now
Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Sexually Harassed Soldier is Arrested After Refusing to Redeploy to Iraq
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/15/1410258
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Police in Eugene, Oregon have arrested 21-year-old Army Specialist Suzanne Swift for refusing to return to fight in Iraq. Swift served in Iraq for a year but decided she could not return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq. We speak with her mother, Sara Rich.

Police in Eugene, Oregon have arrested a 21-year-old Army Specialist for refusing to return to fight in Iraq.

The soldier, Suzanne Swift, served in Iraq for a year but decided she could not return. And like thousands of other soldiers, she went AWOL. Not only did Swift feel the war lacked purpose, she said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

Swift remained AWOL until Sunday night when the Eugene police knocked on her mother's front door. She was arrested and taken to the county jail. Then she was transferred to Fort Lewis in Washington. She has been forced to return to her unit but is barred from leaving the base. No charges have been filed against her yet for deserting.

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They have enslaved an entire generation to fight their war for oil and profits.

One tour of duty in Iraq, and they call her a girl.
Totally pissed me off, even though that crap usually rolls off my back.

... sexually harrassed?

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the strrong feeling I get.

the board found 4 of my 5 claims to be completely true and proveable, it went to a special officer board and they found zero of zero to be true.
Even though he came to my room in the middle of the night and my roommate was there, he was a captain so he did nothing.

(so the saying goes)