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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:35 PM
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Women in Basra targeted by religious extremists
Basra militants targeting women
By Mona Mahmoud and Mike Lanchin
BBC World Service

The chief of police in the southern Iraqi city of Basra has warned of a campaign of violence against women carried out by religious extremists. It has, Maj-Gen Abdul Jalil Khalaf said, included threats, intimidation and even murder.

Some victims were dressed in indecent clothes by their killers or had notices attached to them, he said.

Women interviewed by the BBC said they no longer dared venture on to Basra's streets without strict Islamic attire.

"There is a terrible repression against women in Basra," Maj-Gen Khalaf told the BBC....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7095209.stm
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:40 PM
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1. Just getting better all the time in Iraq
What did Dana Perino say today? Something about how swell things are turning out thanks to the surge.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-14-07 11:44 PM
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2. Operation Iraqi Freedom
My ass.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 01:16 AM
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3. let fWeedom
ring-in the bhurkas!
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-15-07 02:00 AM
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4. Yes, the religion of peace.
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