more about Abu Ghraib

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"We believe she was raped and that she was pregnant by a US guard. After her release from Abu Ghraib, I went to her house. The neighbours said her family had moved away. I believe she has been killed.

"Honour killings are not unusual in Islamic society, where rape is often equated with shame and where the stigma of being raped by an American soldier would, according to one Islamic cleric, be "unbearable". The prospects for rape victims in Iraq are grave; it is hardly surprising that no women have so far come forward to talk about their experiences in US-run jails where abuse was rife until early January."

What About The Women Prisoners?
By Luke Harding
21 May, 2004
The Guardian

Comments

[the-99th-aisle.livejournal.com]

Give it time, and somebody will probably come forward with the same old bullshit about "it's war, and soldiers do bad things in every war." That still doesn't make it all right. As for honor killings, they are not compatible with Islamic teachings, but would be more of a cultural thing. Suicide is a more plausible possibility in my mind, despite being against Islamic law as well.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

People have already said it. Hell, I've already said it. But it never, ever, ever excuses it. Never. I don't understand the mentality that allows for that. I don't understand it one bit.