updated Sat. January 13, 2024
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Aljazeera.com
July 3, 2012
San Francisco, CA - Every politician who has ever uttered the empty slogan "Support Our Troops" should be required to see The Invisible War, a heart-wrenching documentary that exposes the epidemic of rape within the US military and its widespread cover-ups. They should be required to watch the troopsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
July 3, 2012
San Francisco, CA - Every politician who has ever uttered the empty slogan "Support Our Troops" should be required to see The Invisible War, a heart-wrenching documentary that exposes the epidemic of rape within the US military and its widespread cover-ups. They should be required to watch the troopsÃâà...
AlterNet
May 7, 2009
When Specialist Suzanne Swift reported her sergeant for repeatedly raping her over months and then refused to redeploy under him, the army tried her by court martial for desertion and put her in prison for a month. When Cassandra Hernandez of the Air Force reported being gang-raped by three comradesÃâà...
NPR
May 6, 2009
When Specialist Suzanne Swift reported her sergeant for repeatedly raping her over months and then refused to redeploy under him, the army tried her by court martial for desertion and put her in prison for a month. When Cassandra Hernandez of the Air Force reported being gang-raped by three comradesÃâà...
findingDulcinea
April 17, 2009
U.S. Army Specialist Suzanne Swift was coerced into a sexual relationship with a superior officer and sexually harassed during her training in Kuwait as well as in Iraq and at Fort Lewis in Washington. Two days before she was scheduled to be redeployed, she went AWOL (Absent Without Leave), returningÃâà...
Truthdig
August 1, 2008
However, when I mentioned that the mother of Army Spc. Suzanne Swift, who had been raped in Iraq, would be with us, she said she could not meet with anyone involved with an ongoing case. I replied that Swift's case was closed as far as the Army was concerned. Her rapist had not been prosecuted, andÃâà...
Democracy Now
March 21, 2008
former staff sergeant who served six months in Iraq in 2003 with the Florida National Guard. After a brief leave, he refused to return. He was court-martialed and served nearly a year in prison. He is now the chair of the board of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Mike Totten. Former US Army specialist whoÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
January 30, 2008
After Army Spc. Suzanne Swift went AWOL instead of staying in the same unit as the soldiers who she accused of sexually harassing her, the Army court-martialed her when she refused a deal that would have forced her to remain in the military and sign a statement saying she had not been raped.
Bay Area Indymedia
January 3, 2007
FORT LEWIS, WA (January 3, 2007) – Supporters of Spc. Suzanne Swift rallied outside Fort Lewis, Washington this morning to welcome the news that Swift had been released from military prison. 1-swift.jpg. FORT LEWIS, WA (January 3, 2007) – Supporters of Spc. Suzanne Swift rallied outside Fort Lewis,Ãâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
September 17, 2006
Car keys in hand, Army Spc. Suzanne Swift was about to leave her home in Eugene, Ore., for a second tour of duty in Iraq in January when she turned to her mother and said she couldn't do it. With 2 1/2 years to go on her commitment, she opted out. Swift hadn't wanted to go to Iraq when she signed papersÃâà...
Bay Area Indymedia
August 22, 2006
FORT LEWIS, WA (August 19, 2006) – Two dozen supporters of Army Specialist Suzanne Swift gathered outside of the gates of Fort Lewis to demand an immediate honorable discharge for the Iraq veteran. Organizers of “Camp Suzanne” intend to have an ongoing presence across from the fort entranceÃâà...
