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Iraq: Interview with Iraqi Police Rape Victim -
February 19th, 2007 |
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“The most wicked acts are spoken of openly and without reserve in Iraq.
Torture, stabbings and bodies ripped to pieces in bombings are all part of
the daily conversation. “Rape is different. Rape is not mentioned by the victims, and rarely
by the authorities. And when it is discussed publicly, as in several
high-profile cases involving American soldiers and Iraqi women, it is usually
left to the relatives of the victim to give the explicit details. So when a
20-year-old Sunni woman from Baghdad appeared on the satellite television
station Al Jazeera on Monday night with a horrific account of kidnapping and
sexual assault at the hands of three officers in the Shiite-dominated Iraqi
National Police, people across the country were stunned, some disbelieving,
others horrified, but all riveted. […]” Excerpt of a New York
Times article from
February 21st, 2007. |
Scene from the televised interview with the victim |
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Additional Article February 23rd, 2007 - Rape Charge Supported by
Strong Evidence, Sunni Official Says 1 news article by McClatchy Newspapers |
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The Video (in Arabic) |
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External view: link file format: .wmv |
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The Daily Burden of Iraqi Women |
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Being wounded |
Being raided |
Being killed |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video 1) Al Jazeera has reported statements by a Sunni woman that she was
raped by three Shia-led police force members after she was detained over the weekend.
Iraq's prime minister ordered an investigation into the allegations made by
the 20-year-old married woman on Monday, but a senior Iraq police official
has disputed the claim. In a statement, Nuri al-Maliki said he "has
ordered that the severest punishment be meted out to everyone that's involved
in the incident". […] - February 19th, 2007 - Video aired by
Al Jazeera; The Daily Burden of Iraqi Woman 1) An woman receives
treatment in a hospital Baghdad, Iraq, after she was injured in Sunday's twin
car bomb attack. Two car bombs exploded in an outdoor market in the
predominantly Shiite area of New Baghdad Sunday, killing more than 60 people
and injuring scores in the deadliest attack since U.S. and Iraqi forces began
a major security push around the capital last week. - February 19th,
2007 - Adil al-Khazali/Associated Press; 2) An Iraqi woman and
her sisters look at Sgt. John Guerra, 21, from Dallas, Tex., as he stands
guard outside her home with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment of the
Second infantry Division during a search operation in the Shaab neighborhood
in Baghdad, Iraq. - Feb. 15, 2007 -
Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press; 3) The body of a
woman killed by the twin bomb attacks at Shorja market in Baghdad is wheeled
to a hospital morgue. Bomb attacks at crowded markets in central Baghdad
killed at least 76 people on Monday as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of
a Shi'ite shrine bombing that pitched the country to the brink of civil war.
- February 12th, 2007 - Kareem Raheem/Reuters; |
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