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shenmue

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Thu Nov-15-07 11:21 AM
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Religious fanatics attack women in Basra

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The militants target women who go to work, as well as those who do not exhibit what the attackers consider sufficiently 'modest' dress or behavior. Some women have been shot; others have been told they should be 'sold' (into marriage) instead of going to work.

"A spokesman for one of the largest Shia groups, the Sadrists of the radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, told the BBC that its members did not attack women or try to enforce Islamic law on women by violence.

But he did not rule out that others were doing so."

:cry:

What a nightmare.

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