-Caveat Lector- Army report: Soldier bragged about raping other young girls FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) _ A U.S. soldier who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl in Albania repeatedly bragged to his comrades about assaulting girls in other countries, but no one told a commanding officer, an Army report said. The soldiers said they kept quiet in part because Staff Sgt. Frank Ronghi threatened to kill them, The Fayetteville Observer reported, quoting Army findings on abuses by peacekeeping forces in Kosovo. Ronghi pleaded guilty to premeditated murder and forcible sodomy of Merita Shabiu in January, while his unit was on a six-month peacekeeping duty in Kosovo. Ronghi, a weapons squad leader for the 82nd Airborne Division, is serving a life sentence without parole. A month before Merita was killed and her body hidden in the woods, Ronghi took his squad to that spot and told them it was a good place to dump a body, the Army report said. "Anybody could scream at the top of their lungs without anybody hearing," a sergeant said, recounting Ronghi"s words. Soldiers told investigators that Ronghi had bragged about raping two sisters, making the older girl watch first and then forcing them to trade places. Ronghi also told a soldier he raped a 9-year-old Haitian girl, saying "this was his greatest sexual accomplishment because she was so young." Soldiers kept quiet about the boasts, saying Ronghi liked to say, "What happens in the squad stays in the squad, or your body will never be found." Leaders of the 82nd Airborne Division have condemned Ronghi"s crimes, saying no one could have known what he was capable of. Copyright ©2000 ABC News Internet Ventures. Click here for Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Internet Safety Information applicable to this site. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
