April 15, 2012

1. “Rape victims say military labels them ‘crazy’

Anna Moore enlisted in the Army after 9/11 and planned to make a career of it. Moore was a Patriot missile battery operator in Germany when she was diagnosed with a personality disorder and dismissed from the Army.

Jenny McClendon was serving as a sonar operator on a Navy destroyer when she received her personality disorder diagnosis.

These women joined different branches of the military but they share a common experience:

Each received the psychiatric diagnosis and military discharge after reporting a sexual assault.
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Schroeder says a fellow Marine followed her to the bathroom in April 2002. She says he then punched her, ripped off her pants and raped her. When she reported what happened, a non-commissioned officer dismissed the allegation, saying, “‘Don’t come bitching to me because you had sex and changed your mind,'” Schroeder recalls.

Moore says she was alone in her barracks in October 2002 when a non-commissioned officer from another battery tried to rape her. When she filled out forms to report it, she says, her first sergeant, told her: “Forget about it. It never happened,” and tore up the paperwork.”

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/14/health/military-sexual-assaults-personality-disorder/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

2. “A Rare Admission From Israel

Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged that Iran didn’t say they will wipe Israel off the map.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31072.htm

3. “Iceland Forgives Mortgage Debt of its Population”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31078.htm