Far worse than the Foley Page Scandal, is the ongoing story about sexual harassment and murder.
Suzanne was sexually harassed by 3 of her employers, but instead of any action being taken she is now herself accused of a crime.
21 year old Hannah was the mother of a one year old son when she was killed.
Shocked? So was I.
Update: Title Changed as suggested in comments.
Okay, I'm appealing to purient interests...because I don't have a Foley/young male page scandal for you. I apologzie.
While I can certainly appreciate all the moral outrage of kossacks about the Foley scandal, I hope you will please save a little of your outrage for the events that are happing daily in Iraq.
It's 100 times worse than the GOP page sex scandal.
When Hannah L. McKinney reenlisted in the Army early last year after giving birth to a son, she told her father in Redlands that the military would never send a young mother to Iraq.
But in November, with her son only 1 year old, McKinney shipped out to Iraq as a private first class with the 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion based at Ft. Lewis, Wash. She was a clerk responsible for ordering spare parts.
The 20-year-old was killed the night of Sept. 4 after she left a guard tower at a logistics base in Taji, north of Baghdad, to go to the latrine and was run over by a Humvee...Her husband, Chris McKinney, 21, a fellow private first class at Ft. Lewis, said he has been told the Humvee driver was intoxicated and is in custody, facing disciplinary action. (LA Times)
(Photo credit: redlanddailyfacts.com)
Spc. Suzanne Swift, 22, was charged with refusing to go back to Iraq with her unit.
(Seattle Times) - A Fort Lewis soldier who says that sexual offenses by three superiors left her unwilling to return to Iraq was charged by the Army with missing a troop movement and being absent without leave.
The charges announced Wednesday against Spc. Suzanne Swift, 22, carry the risk of a court-martial trial and imprisonment. But Army officials also are considering less severe actions, such as a restriction of privileges or a letter of reprimand and discharge.
There's also an excellent article on the subject in the Chronicle. (Photos shown are also from the San Francisco Chronicle.)
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Please, take action. Call your representatives and Senators and demand that a phased withdrawal from Iraq commence.
Read It Gets Worse: Bush's Slimiest War Lie Yet by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse or this diary by StevenD for the truth about Iraq.
Thanks.
(based on and with exceprts from an earlier diary)