Crime, rape, traffic accidents, pollution, noise, loss of prime real estate…..this is what over 700 U.S. bases around the world bring to foreign nations…. and we wonder why people hate Americans.

A lawyer for a Filipina raped by a US marine has called for the impeachment of the Philippine president for allowing the transfer of the soldier to US custody pending his final appeal against his 40-year jail sentence.

Evalyn Ursua, who represented the woman raped by Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, said she would file a criminal complaint on Tuesday against key presidential aides and public officials, including the interior and justice ministers.

Ursua said Smith’s transfer after a month in a local jail would violate an order of the appeal court and a suburban Manila court which had ordered his detention in a jail in the capital while he appealed against his conviction.

The government allowed Smith to be transferred to the US embassy on Friday to diffuse tensions with its most important ally, but the plan could backfire on Gloria Arroyo, the president.

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