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[braam]

Thanks for the link.
See also:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/7/23/suicide_or_murder_three_years_after
Brace yourself.

b.




carol inskeep wrote:
>
> LaVena Johnson was a 19 year old private in the Army, serving in Iraq, 
> when she was raped, murdered, and her body was burned--by someone from 
> her own military base. Despite overwhelming physical evidence, the 
> Army called her death a suicide and has closed the case.^1
>
> For three years, LaVena's parents have been fighting for answers. At 
> almost every turn, they've been met with closed doors or lies. They've 
> appealed to Congress, the one body that can hold the military 
> accountable. But, as in other cases where female soldiers have been 
> raped and murdered and the Army has called it suicide, Congress has 
> failed to act.
>
> Will you join Mr. and Mrs. Johnson in calling on Congressman Henry 
> Waxman, Chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to mount 
> a real investigation into LaVena Johnson's death and the Army's 
> cover-up^2 ? Will you ask your friends and family to do the same?
>
> http://www.colorofchange.org/lavena/?id=2706-620203
>
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