European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 272007 stars and stripes Page 13 in the world report us troops used brothels after Wii by Eric Talmadge the associated press abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in world War n has a Little known sequel after its tacit approval from the us occupation authorities set up a similar Comfort women system for american troops an associated press review of historical documents and records some never be fore translated into Amer ican authorities permitted the official Brothel system to operate despite internal reports that women were being coerced into prostitution the americans also had full knowledge by then of japans atrocious treatment of women in countries across Asia that it conquered during the War tens of thousands of women were employed to provide cheap sex to us troops until the Spring of 1946 when Gen Dou Glas Macarthur shut the brothels Down the the brothels were rushed into operation As american forces poured into Japan beginning in August 1945 sadly we police had to set up sexual Comfort stations for the occupation troops recounts the official history of the Ibaraki prefectural police department whose Juris diction is just Northeast of Tokyo the Strat egy was through the special work of experienced women to create a breakwater to protect regular women and girls the orders from the ministry of the Inte rior came on aug 181945 one Day before a japanese delegation flew to the Philip Pines to negotiate the terms of their coun try surrender and occupation the Ibaraki police immediately set to work the Only suitable facility was a Dor Mitory for single police officers which they quickly converted into a Brothel bed Ding from the Navy was brought in along with 20 Comfort women the Brothel opened for business sept 20 As expected after it opened it was Elbow to Elbow the history says the Comfort women had some resistance to Selling themselves to men who just yester Day were the enemy and because of differences in language and race there were a great Deal of apprehensions at first but Yokosuka car in this undated image us sailors gather in front of a Comfort station in Yokosuka South of Tokyo they were paid highly and they gradually came to accept their work peacefully by the end of 1945 about 350000 us troops were occupying Japan at its Peak Kab Ragi wrote the Raa employed 70000 prostitutes to serve them although there Are suspicions there is not Clear evidence no japanese Comfort women were imported to Japan As part of the program Toshiyuki Tanaka a history professor at the Hiroshima peace Institute cautioned that Kaburakis number is hard to Docu ment but he added the Raa was also Only part of the number of private brothels outside the official system was Likely even higher amid complaints from military Chap Lains and concerns that disclosure of the brothels would Embarrass the occupation forces Back in the us on March 251946 Macarthur placed All brothels Comfort stations and other places of prostitution off limits the Raa soon collapsed Macarthur primary concern was not Only a moral one by that time Tanaka says More than a Quarter of All american troops in the occupation forces had a sexually transmitted disease the nationwide of limits policy suddenly put More than 150000 japanese women out of a Job Tanaka wrote in a 2002 Book on sexual slavery most continued to serve the troops illegally Putin accuses West of interfering by Jim Heintz the associated press Moscow president Vladimir Putin charged thursday that foreigners seeking to thwart russian resurgence Are increasingly interfering in its affairs he also declared in his  address that he will not seek a third term but re fused to suggest a successor and said nothing to quell speculation that he seeks to remain in Power behind the scenes Putin second term in office ends in 2008 and he is Constitution ally barred from running for a third while Many observers have suggested he would try to stay in office Putin again dismissed the idea the next state of the nation address will be Given by another head of state he said he acknowledged expectations that he would take advantage of Putin his speech to reveal his Choice for a successor then Drew a laugh by say ing it is pre mature for me to de Clare a Politi Cal will Russia enters a High stakes political season this year with parliamentary elections in december followed by presidential elections in March russian officials in re cent months have complained that Western countries Are trying to meddle in the political process by funding pro democracy organizations and Putin echoed those allegations there is a growth in the flow of Money from abroad for direct interference in our internal affairs Putin said in his address delivered to members of both houses of parliament there Are those who skilfully using pseudo democratic rhetoric would like to return to the recent past 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