In the fiscal year that ended Oct. 1, 131 rapes and assaults were reported in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Military assault victims face tough recovery

By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated PressPosted :

Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 12:30:52 EDT

Of the women veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who have walked into a VA facility, 15 percent have screened positive for military sexual trauma, The Associated Press has learned. That means they indicated that while on active duty they were sexually assaulted, raped, or were sexually harassed, receiving repeated unsolicited verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature.

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