'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Text Fwd: US Soldier jailed in South Korea on robbery, attempted rape charges

* Text fwd from Kyle Kajihiro on March 1, 2011

Stars and Stripes
Soldier jailed in South Korea on robbery, attempted rape charges
By Ashley Rowland and Yoo Kyong Chang
Published: February 28, 2011

SEOUL — A Camp Casey soldier remains in a South Korean jail charged with robbery and attempted rape after allegedly breaking into the home of an elderly Korean couple Saturday morning, according to Dongducheon police.

The 20-year-old soldier — whose name and rank have not been released — entered the home around 9 a.m. Saturday and allegedly beat the 70-year-old husband and his 64-year-old wife with a piece of lumber before attempting to rape the woman, according to a police spokesman who declined to be identified.

The couple remained in the intensive care unit of a local hospital on Monday with injuries sustained in the beating, police said. The police spokesman said the soldier, who has been in the military less than a year, is being held in a facility in Yangju.

Police arrested the soldier a few hours after the incident based on the couple’s description and bloodstains on the soldier’s shoes and socks, police said. The soldier denied his involvement in the attack, but later confessed after police told him they had found his wallet and identification card inside the couple’s house, located about 150 yards from Camp Casey, according to the spokesman.

Police said the soldier, who has been in stationed in South Korea for about three months, was drunk at the time of the attack.

2nd Infantry Division officials did not immediately return phone calls and e-mails seeking comment. However, 2nd Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Michael Tucker said in a statement released Monday that senior leaders had visited the family, and 2ID would continue working closely with South Korean police as they investigate the incident. “We deeply regret this deplorable incident and offer the family and the Korean people our most heartfelt sympathy,” the statement said. “This behavior is absolutely not in keeping with the high standards we expect of our Soldiers.”

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