Saturday 8 October 2011

Two US soldiers accused of raping a young girl in South Korea (Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam---Two U.S. soldiers raping teenage girls in separate incidents in South Korea, after which U.S. military officials apologized to Saturday as they tried to ease growing public anger has been charged.

Army Brigadier David Conboy, serving the U. S. Army Garrison in Seoul issued a statement apologizing for "pain" of allegations that a U.S. soldier, a young girl in his rented room in Seoul in September 17th caused raped. The sound - a private in his early 20s - was questioned by police but has not yet been arrested.

Another U.S. private was arrested on suspicion of raping a girl, Sept. 24 in a city north of Seoul.

The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, Kurt Campbell, apologized Friday for what he described as "tragic and unforgivable was raped a week ago." It was not clear which of the two events, referred.

The alleged attacks prompted small protests near the embassy U. S. in Seoul, while Korean internet buzz expressed their anger. Saturday, a small Labor Party called for limiting the movement of U.S. soldiers outside their bases.

The United States has 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.

General James Thurman, commander of America in Korea said Friday he instated a curfew after "incidents in recent months." He did not specify his remarks, but said the curfew will last 30 days.

U.S. officials are skeptical about an anti-American sentiment that could be revived in countries where troops are stationed.

In 2002, invited the acquittals of two U.S. soldiers whose armored vehicle overturned and killed two South Korean schoolgirls during the formation of protests against the U.S. military presence in the country.

In 1995, the rape of a Japanese woman 12 years caused by U.S. service members in Okinawa, one of the largest anti-American demonstrations in Japan.About 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan in a second post-war stationed security pact.

Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44826697/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/#.TpDxrZuPWlo

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