{"article":{"id":258141,"heading":"US and British press hail the 'liberal' policy that allows women to fight in the frontline","author":"Cem Ert\u00fcr","created":"2013-01-27 07:40:26","modified":"2026-10-25 17:02:54","last_modified":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:02:54","article":"

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Equality\r\nat the front line: Pentagon is set to lift ban on women in combat roles
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by\r\nElisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker, <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

New\r\nYork Times, 25 January 2013<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

[U.S.]\r\nDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is lifting the military’s\r\nofficial ban on women [soldiers] in combat, which will open up\r\nhundreds of thousands of additional front-line jobs to them, senior\r\ndefense officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n

The\r\ngroundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts\r\nwomen from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles, even\r\nthough in reality women have frequently found themselves in combat in\r\nIraq and Afghanistan; according to the Pentagon, hundreds of thousands\r\nof women have deployed in those conflicts. As of last year,\r\nmore than 800 women [soldiers] had been wounded in the two wars and\r\nmore than 130 had died.  […] The decision clearly\r\nfits into the broad and ambitious liberal agenda, especially around\r\nmatters of equal opportunity, that President\r\nObama laid out this week in his Inaugural Address.<\/div>\r\n

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New York Times, 24 January 2013<\/p>\r\n

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Women\r\ntroops on march towards frontline combat<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\nArmed forces set to follow US example by 2017<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

by\r\nDeborah Haynes, The Times, 25 January 2013<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Women\r\nin the British military are likely to be allowed to serve in combat\r\nunits after a ground-breaking decision by the United States to lift a\r\nban on frontline female fighters.<\/p>\r\n

Britain\r\nmust review its policy of preventing female soldiers from applying for\r\ncertain jobs within four years.  […] Jim\r\nMurphy, the [Labour Party’s] Shadow Defence\r\nSecretary  (*) , urged the [Conservative Party] Government to\r\nreview Britain’s ban on women participating in the sharpest\r\nend of warfare.  […] “We in Britain must\r\nmaximise everyone’s talent and courage for our military and\r\nso should look again at UK policy” [said Mr Murphy.] Women\r\nsoldiers, sailors and aircrew already undertake a wide range of tasks\r\nthat put them in the line of fire, including as medics, intelligence\r\nofficers and fighter pilots. They will also soon serve on submarines.<\/div>\r\n

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The Times, 25 January 2013<\/p>\r\n

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Related\r\nIndependent Media Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Obama’s\r\ninauguration, rhetoric versus reality. “I the people still\r\nbelieve in war”<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

\r\nWhat does this new ‘liberal vision’ actually mean?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

by\r\nRichard Becker, <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Global Research, 23 January 2013<\/p>\r\n

Inaugural\r\nhypocrisy<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

by\r\nStephen Lendman, <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Steve Lendman Blog, 23 January\r\n2013<\/p>\r\n

UK\r\ntabloid: First British woman soldier to kill an enemy fighter <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

by\r\nCem Ertür,<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Indybay, 10 December 2011<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/propaganda-alert-us-and-british-press-hail-liberal-policy-which-allows-women-to-fight-in-the-frontline\/5320526","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"As even more countries fall victim to Anglo-American wars across Asia and Africa in the new year, The New York Times and The Times praise their respective governments\u2019 plans to directly engage women soldiers in the ongoing genocides.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2013\/01\/258141.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}