Iraq-bound U.S. soldier alleges rape at Kuwait post

Iraq-bound U.S. soldier alleges rape at Kuwait post

(EXCERPT) By The Associated Press

Tacoma, Wash. - A female soldier reported she was raped at a desert
post in Kuwait where her unit was preparing for its mission in Iraq, a
military official said Sunday.

Maj. Vic Harris, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Kuwait,
confirmed that the female soldier was with the Stryker battalion at
Camp Udairi, where the rape allegedly occurred Saturday.

"We can't give any specifics because the incident is under
investigation," he said.

Detectives with the U.S. army's Criminal Investigation Division
cordoned off the area around a cargo container next to the shower
trailer where the alleged assault occurred, the Tacoma News Tribune
reported in Sunday's editions. The Stryker brigade, also known as the
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, was trained at Fort Lewis, Wash.

"The soldier is being provided with medical care and emotional
support," brigade spokesman Lt.-Col. Joseph Piek said in a statement
released Saturday in Kuwait.

Agents from Camp Arifjan, another army post near Kuwait City,...

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