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Filipino Woman Attacks US Marine Accused of Raping Her
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=12F9098:3919ACA The 22-year-old
woman attacked Lance-Corporal Daniel Smith with her fists as he sat
with three other Marines





U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, center, leaves the regional trial
court at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila at the
day's adjournment of their rape trial Monday, July 10, 2006A Filipino
woman attacked a U.S. Marine she has accused of rape as she prepared
to testify Monday in a Manila court.

The 22-year-old woman attacked Lance-Corporal Daniel Smith with her
fists as he sat with three other Marines.  The judge censured both
sides before the proceedings continued.

The woman says Smith raped her in a van outside a bar last November in
the former U.S. naval base of Subic Bay, north of Manila.

The woman has testified that she had been drinking in the bar and was
later forced outside and into a van where she says Smith got on top of
her and kissed her against her will.

Defense lawyers say Smith had consensual sex with the woman.

Three other Marines have been charged in the case for allegedly
cheering Smith on. Some information for this report was provided by
AFP, AP and Reuters.


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