Iraqi prostitutes now live in fear for their lives
 

:thumbsup AmeriKa....

Monday, November 28, 2005

INSTITUTE FOR WAR & PEACE REPORTING

BAGHDAD: Salima Jabar dresses as a peasant when she goes to the market near Baghdad Gate to sell produce. But the prices she charges for fruits and vegetables are shockingly high.

A kilogram of tomatoes goes costs 20,000 dinars (about $13) she said. "A kilo of apples," she said coolly, "goes for 25,000."

She then turned toward three young women, aged 18 to 25, who work with her at the market. The produce is her cover, and they are her actual product.

It's not known how many prostitutes work in Baghdad or how many have been killed or threatened. But prostitutes, community leaders and police reported that prostitution has significantly changed in the capital. Once an open secret, the business is now run as an underground operation.

Jabar, a 50-year-old madam who has worked as a prostitute for a decade, has not always run her ring covertly.

During Saddam's time, she said, she and her women serviced - and were protected by - Baathists. She described it as "a paradise. We played with money."

rest of freedom aricle


or if you prefer:


Ex-PM: Abuse as bad as Saddam era

LONDON, England -- Human rights abuses in Iraq are as bad as they were under Saddam Hussein if not worse, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.

"People are doing the same as (in) Saddam's time and worse," Allawi said in an interview published in Britain on Sunday.

rest of Operation Iraqi Freedom article


Seems like the USA will need to go in and LIBERATE these pooor iraqi brothers...

Shit, you already are there :eek2

its such a fucking mess

Makes you wish that for Xmas you could have it back the way it was ... :2 cents:

bush did it all

:1orglaugh

well the country would be in better shape if we never went there that's for sure

I just figured it out...you are related to Saddam aren't you?

:1orglaugh

support single moms and spend your christmas bonus on prostitutes

Fact is Iraqi's were more free under Saddam than they are now.

Man, I feel sorry for your mother. Tell her to be safe over there!

Hmm...where did you find that factoid? "More free"? Name some specifics please?