SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2004
Pentagon alarmed over sexual assaults
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WASHINGTON: Defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ordered an investigation into the treatment of servicewomen in the Gulf war zone who report sexual assaults by their male colleagues, the Pentagon said.
"I am concerned about recent reports regarding allegations of sexual assaults on service members deployed to Iraq and Kuwait," Rumsfeld wrote in a memo to David Chu, the Pentagon's undersecretary for personnel and readiness.
In the memo, dated Thursday, Rumsfeld ordered a review of military procedures for medical care for assault victims, as well as a way to guarantee privacy of victims.
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