Iraqi women: Prostituting ourselves to feed our children »
Posted By ShadowX 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsThe women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used. They have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children -- for as little as $8 a day.
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colcam1 year, 1 month ago
. . . and what about women everywhere else in the world who find themselves driven to this means? Shame, fear, driven to measures beyond what they ever dreamed they would do--
It happens to women in the United States, to women in the UK, to women everywhere, because mothers take care of their children, because they don't just roll over and play dead, or turn to violence to feed their offspring.
A sad attempt to exploit a bad situation for a political stance, we should be worried about women caught in this trap, but not try and tie it to one place, one time, as if it never happens anywhere else, anytime else.
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bumbaklotartattack1 year, 1 month ago
See, you're too stupid to understand the point. USA INVADED IRAQ. They weren't selling themselves in a similar fashion PRIOR to the invasion. Then you idiotic Americans spread the propaganda that you're spreading freedom and democracy.
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PsychoHosebeast1 year, 1 month ago
I'm not sure this even makes sense... great sense of outrage though, I'll give you a 4 out of 10 for trying.
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rightfromwrong1 year, 1 month ago
The USA is a terrorist country...they invade a country illegally displacing some 50,000/month of Iraqis and yet they have allowed less than 200 of them in the USA. USA imperialism is a weapon which causes misery in so many countries. Americans have their heads in the sand.
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traveler20001 year, 1 month ago
an invasion sanctionned/mandated by the UN.
an invasion after an (military) attack (not the so called attack on sept.11 which have nothing to do with Irak)...
e.g. the first Gulf war could be called "legal", eventough we now know that other reasons were also behind it, and that Irak was let to believe it could attack Kuwait whitout any problem from the US.
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rightfromwrong1 year, 1 month ago
maybe if there was some justification instead of fabricated evidence by the Whitehouse as even the most ignorant of neo-cons like yourself must see that there were no WMD and no ties with Saddam to Al Qaida. Neo-cons never have any facts they just deal in dribble. So go get a bib!!!!!!!!!!
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slate1 year, 1 month ago
hmmmmmm let's see
That's what 3 million more or less? And claims that close to a million are dead from the war,,,,, add the claim of 12 million that died because of Clinton's sanctions in the 90's
Let's see, there were around 16 million in the 90s in Iraq
Minus the 12 million and the three million and the extra one million,,, gosh the math just doesn't add up,,,, I'm not near as smart as some here,,, can someone cypher for me and explain how all those cities seem so full when the news is covering the story?
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rightfromwrong1 year, 1 month ago
Satin nose - use your brain for more than a hat rack....last time we saw you here, you had just come out of the closet with your baby soother
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Max_Power1 year, 1 month ago
Hey! Don't laugh, Dumbya's America is quickly becoming like Dumbya's Iraq!
Who would have guessed how much damage an alcoholic pres and vice pres could cause to this country-and others!
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TruthDetector1 year, 1 month ago
They don't need to shave, they just need to keep the berka on, same thing.
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TruthDetector1 year, 1 month ago
Well, well, well, their fees have doubled since the invasion and occupation of the 40 evil conquering nations that have invaded and occupied their wonderful nation led by the terrible, terrible, USA.
So this is why they call Baghdad the "Holy" city.
Of course they remove their clothes during the act, but they keep their berka on. My understanding is that when the king ordered the women to wear the berka, it was not because they looked like American women. Of course you can easily distinguish the prostitute from one of the regular wife's by their unique berka. One has a hole in it, and the other has a hole in it. The conversation that is common in the private rooms goes something like this "OK now pray to the east, now pray a little more to the south."
Too bad Clinton is not in office, he would have given them all refugee status, on by one.
Still they are overpriced, you can get a ten year old in Bangkok for $2.50, just ask any U.N. official.
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TruthDetector1 year, 1 month ago
Thank you , "Shadow x" for the research and letting us know where we can get some of the cheap stuff. I am definitely going to vote for this story.
Can you do a little research and let us know what they charge to feed their children in the Philippines, Germany, Russia, Japan, etc.?
Wow, no wonder there are more contractors than soldiers in Iraq.
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traveler20001 year, 1 month ago
Is this a political inspired comment or article?
To set things straight:
I am totaly against GWB and its politics (almost all of them)
I am against the illegal invasion of Irak.
I realize that Irak is now actualy wors of then before (for most, NOT all, people overthere aswell as for the US and the few allied soldiers.
Now the harm is been done, there is no easy nor clean way out.
However, this article seems to lay all the blame for ALL bad things in Irak on the US invasion.
Eventough, there is less work in Irak now a days, and making ends meet more difficult for the Irakis, I'm sure prostitution has ALWAYS existed in Irak (like in other countries).
And yes, some women do it under durres (and, yes maybe more now in Irak because of the invasion), but a lot of women do it because they want to, for the money (and other reasons..).
Prostitution has always existed everywhere, including Irak, and any christian or muslim country.
like it or not....
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Sacorn1 year, 1 month ago
Let me just say as someone who has actually been to Iraq that Iraq is not better / worse because of U.S invasion. Sure you could call it "safer" because everybody was too scared to commit a crime thanks to Saddam's secret police. Iraqis are sheep, plain and simple. Don't get me wrong there's always an exception to the rule, but for the most part they are stupid and / or lazy. They live in filth not because they have to but because they just don't care enough to clean up. I agree with those who point out that prostitution is limited to Iraq. U.S did not export prostitues to Iraq. Who ever wrote that to make an invasion legal it had to be sanctioned by the U.N made a ridiculous statement. The U.N is a freaking joke. Tyrants, dictators and others of that ilk will not be sanctioned into compliance. Take a look at North Korea if you want a current example. America will be there soon enough and I for one look forward to the kind of prostitues that North Korea will churn out.
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traveler20001 year, 1 month ago
The place to settle international problems is the UN.
Sure, it's not perfect. And yes sometimes sanctions are not taken because one or other "permanent membre" puts a veto (USSR/Rusland - US -France...)
Almost every "permnnt mmbre" has used(AND/OR abused)that power.
The US is using it the most(usualy conc. Israel)
NO, the US is NOT the "world police" NOR "JUDGE".
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traveler20001 year, 1 month ago
......cont....
The US has done great things (incl. being the major constructor of the "UN Human Rights Declaration".
However, it is NOT to them to decide which country has to go or not, just because they have the milit. power to do so (or think so, e.g. Irak).
The US, and especialy their politicians should do better by looking at the problms in their own country. The US is NOT the perfect country (no country can clame that)
There is still a lot of poovrety and injustice in the US
The money spent on the military could (often) be better used for their own people, rather than for the military industry.
(see Eisenhower's last speech)
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saintetienne1 year, 1 month ago
traveler,
What a crock of B.S.!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
"money spent on the military could (often) be better used for their own people rather than for the military industry"
I'd rather have MY money - the money I'VE EARNED and turned over to the government via taxes - spent on something us citizens can't do anything about, which is security, rogue governments and protecting our interests overseas, rather than having MY TAX DOLLARS funnelled to programs designed to help people who CAN do something about their situation.
In short - - BUILD UP THE MILITARY, BUILD UP DEFENSE AND SECURE OUR BORDERS.
The jobless, the homeless and the impoverished can all take care of themselves. Or not. I don't care. That's up to them. The PEOPLE THEMSELVES should be looking at "the problems in their own country". Not the government, not the politicians.
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rightfromwrong1 year, 1 month ago
and the USA supports every little dictator that sides with it. three cheers for Chavez and his oil subsidy to the poor of NYC.... it looked good on heir Bush and his other henchmen
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unome21 year, 1 month ago
Shame on America. Could we be any uglier. First for our war to gain control of Iraq's oil and then for these sad and simple minded 'blame the victim" comments above.
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pcknowledge1 year, 1 month ago
Reading some of the posts I am amazed at the stereotypes people have about the Middle East & women. I worked there. The Receptionist in the ME offices for the co I worked for was Palestinian. She was fluent in a couple of languages. She helped me out with word, spreadsheet rpts when I was under deadlines. Made arabic coffee for me; she went out of her way to be friendly. Most Receptionists here can't even compose a simple e-mail. Women in the ME are very educated & work in hi tech companies, government, medical fields. I also noticed the work environment was friendlier there & less politics. People got along at work.
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pcknowledge1 year, 1 month ago
saintetienne
I saw positives there as well some negatives. The work environment is better there, less politics. The climatic conditions are not as great there, it was really hot during the summer months. I am used to Cali weather, not to hot & not to cold throughout the year. The offices in the ME were
air conditioned. As far as personal preference goes all I have to say is I enjoyed working there. I had a fantastic time working in the ME offices. People were nice, helpful & generous. The restaurants were fantastic; food was great. I missed my glass of CA white zinfandel, but they have their own brands of wine there which was just as good. If given the opportunity, I would certainly work there again for HP. Your posts are normally full of insults or resentment, so it is difficult to communicate with you. I worked with many different nationalities in the Middle East, including muslim women.
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saintetienne1 year, 1 month ago
Ousa-moron,
No, this is the price of centuries of a backwards, collapsing ruin of a region filled with hateful, religious nutcases who force their women into being sub-standard, sub-servient human beings.
Let's put the blame squarely where it belongs - on the Middle East, its hostile, suspicious people and its repressed, hypocritical lifestyle. I'm sick of this s-hit.
Bush has NOTHING to do with this.
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ChefEOD1 year, 1 month ago
Nothing to do with this story at all but...
I am wondering why all those who decry the horrors they claim are perpetrated & caused by the US have been COMPLTELY silent on the massacre in Iraq? Shame on you all!
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1297
"This time, Al Qaeda in Iraq selected a tiny, isolated, unprotected community of some 150,000 Yazidi Kurds, persecuted by Sunni and Shiite Muslims alike, as the victims of its barbarity. Tuesday, Aug. 14, within minutes, three oil tankers driven by suicide bombers had murdered at least 500 people, injured more than 1,000"
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
They can't feed their kids? Soooo, where is the 9 BILLION in cash the defense dept. bundled up and dropped off there? Let's use a pittance of that to help these families. I know, I'll drop a line to george & suggest that. He probably knows where the billions are. That should fix the problem.
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brothers1 year, 1 month ago
Isn't prostitution against Islam?? They are supposed to kill them by stoneing??? Looks like they look the other way when this sort of stuff happens.
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OldRusty1 year, 1 month ago
Eight dollars a day, is a little to high price to pay, they probably smell pretty bad under all them head to toe clothes.
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buddyb1 year, 1 month ago
GW better hope there is no God. She's gonna want a hunk of his a$$ when he arrives.
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HMMace1 year, 1 month ago
Is there anything worse than a reformed drunk??? I did not know Cheny was reformed??
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