Iraqi girl - raped by 3 US soldiers, Feb 2010

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Baghdad girl - kidnapped and raped by three US-Soldiers in February 2010

"I was in the garden with my younger sister, we were washing the clothes. Three Soldiers came into our garden, as I saw them coming to our house holding guns I got scared. My little sister started crying, I was holding her. She was screaming.

My parents came outside, asking the soldiers what they wanted. One of the soldiers pointed a gun at my father, while the other one was pulling me by my arms and telling me I should come with them. I asked them why. My dad told them, you can´t take her with you, she is innocent she is just a young schoolgirl please don´t take her to prison she never did anything, I swear to god she is innocent. My mom started crying, then.

They told my parents if they move while we are leaving they will shoot my younger sister. The soldier pushed me, dragged me by my arms, it broke my heart as I was hearing the hysterical crying of my mother. I was scared, I did not knew where they will take me, what do they want from me? They pushed me into a car. Inside the car one of the soldiers touched my breasts, I said "please stop this, what do you want from me?"

We got out somewhere, I didnt knew this place. We got into a dark room, it was looking scary. One of the soldiers started beating me, I was screaming and asked him why he is doing that to me, the other one was ripping of my clothes, beating me. Then they raped me. All three of them raped me in all possible ways. After they finished I was laying on the ground, my whole body was paining.

They beat me and strangled me while they raped me. I was begging them please let me go, they were laughing and spitting on me. Then they raped me again. They were beating me, I thought I would die, I thought they would kill me. After some time they left the place, left me into my own puddle of blood. My whole body was paining and it wasnt easy to move, but i realised i was alive, I tried to find a way out of this dark scary room.

When I got out it was already night. I didnt knew where I was. I was looking for a car to take me back to my place. A middle aged women and her son took me to my home. When I arrived home, with my clothes burst, my mom was crying and shouting hysterically "you see what they did with her? You see what they used her for? They brutally raped her and then throw her away like a dog!!"

I started crying..."Please Mom help me......i am so ashamed of myself..please help me please make me forget all this....." I told the story to my parents. They decided to report it to the police the next day. I could not sleep the whole night. I was scared and my body was still paining, i was wondering how can another human do such horrible things to someone? What did i ever do to them?

The next day we went to the police. As i told them my story in tears, the only thing they had to say was " That is very normal in war, at least they let you live" I can´t describe what I felt in that moment, but I was shocked. My father started shouting, he wanted to beat the police officers, the security hold him back, punched him in the face and told him if he wouldnt stop they will send him to prison. My mom was walking away with me, both of us were crying.

I don´t understand this cruel world anymore. I just want to die. Why is no one helping me? Why do people who commit such things don't get jail?

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Bringing freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people...

[major.tom]

...greeted as liberators and child rapists. Is it any wonder why Iraqis continue to resist the occupation? Sadly, this is but one small tale among millions of other victims of maiming and murder.

I hope those police who shrug and say way it goes end up against the wall when the revolution, which is surely on the heels of the U.S. retreat, finally comes.