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General Staff document: Large rise in number of rapes in IDF
By Amir Oren

Incidents of reported rape of women soldiers increased significantly in the first six months of last year, as well as the use of date rape drugs, a secret General Staff document reveals.

Reported rape incidents rose significantly in the first six months of 2006 - 10 reported rapes of female soldiers on duty and 18 of off-duty female soldiers - compared to six reported rapes on duty and 13 off duty throughout 2005.

The rape incidents of women on duty mostly took place during Saturday while the rapes off duty mostly occurred during or after going out or partying on Friday or Saturday night, the document says.
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Use of the "date rape drug" - a transparent liquid devoid of taste or smell typically dropped into the victim's drink - has also increased, according to the document. The drug causes temporary amnesia, among other side-effects, "after which the victim finds herself in a dark alley with no recollection of what happened."

Due to the rise in rape incidents, the IDF has instructed women soldiers to drink from closed containers and avoid isolated places like bathrooms, as well as hitch-hiking and being alone with male strangers.
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  1.   Army stuff 04:05  |  JJ 23/01/07
  2.   Rapes in IDF 05:09  |  Made Brani 23/01/07
  3.   THIS SHOULD NEVER BE ALOWED TO HAPPEN 05:43  |  Eli 23/01/07
  4.   Large rise in number of Rapes in IDF 05:51  |  robin 23/01/07
  5.   Protect Women: Don`t Have Them Serve 06:17  |  Yishai Kohen 23/01/07
  6.   o dear : from the president office to the army camps 06:18  |  Sam (UK) 23/01/07
  7.   #4 Sam (UK) A precedent has been set 06:39  |  * BEN JABO 23/01/07
  8.   Sever permanent punishment! 07:25  |  Neil Golan 23/01/07
  9.   Sad 07:48  |  Jon 23/01/07
  10.   sam the geek from UK 07:53  |  Emmanuel 23/01/07
  11.   sam the geek from UK 07:56  |  Emmanuel 23/01/07
  12.   they probably took their President as example 08:22  |  Carolina 23/01/07
  13.   Sam from the UK,what Zionism has to do? 08:25  |  Hastaroth 23/01/07
  14.   #4 I agree with you 08:26  |  Hastaroth 23/01/07
  15.   #4 I agree with you (corrected message) 08:33  |  Hastaroth 23/01/07
  16.   Rape is not only man-made! 11:24  |  Avi Steinberg 23/01/07
  17.   UK has far more rapes than Israel 11:32  |  DB 23/01/07
  18.   JEEZ, FROM LAND THIEVES TO RAPISTS 14:09  |  PETE 23/01/07
  19.   #18 Pete - Did you train very long 15:16  |  * BEN JABO 23/01/07
  20.   Talking about Rapes - UN set`s the standards 17:09  |  * BEN JABO 23/01/07
  21.   Rapes 05:48  |  Mannstein 24/01/07
  22.   anyone else see the irony? 07:19  |  shaktiNYC 24/01/07
  23.   Roofies are a conspiracy 12:18  |  Eric Vaughan 24/01/07
  24.   #21 Mannsetin 18:07  |  * BEN JABO 24/01/07
  25.   GHB, not roofies 12:33  |  uri 26/01/07
  26.   Re: shaktiNYC 21:48  |  Sarah 19/08/08
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