September 22, 2004
Iraq's Women Prisoners
We've lost two Americans this week to al-Zarqawi's reprehensible reign of terror. At first, the news was reporting that the terrorists were demanding the release of Iraqi women prisoners. Somehow, over the next few days, news reports were talking about the two bioweapon women scientists as the only Iraqi women prisoners. I wonder if this change came from interpreting the actual demands of al-Zarqawi or not. I remember from the first Abu Ghraib days that there were rumblings about many women and children being imprisoned, and potentially being mistreated. There was no real attention paid to that at the time. Have those women gone free? Is that who Zarqawi is talking about? (not that we should give him anything he demands, of course). I'm curious about this, but I don't think I'll be getting any answers.
Posted by Bil at September 22, 2004 04:04 PM | TrackBackMy understanding is this. There were more women prisoners but most of them were released between the breaking of the AG scandal and now. There are only two left, the two talked about on the news... yet still reminders of the women prisoners are a rallying cry for Iraqis. I doubt the demand was made with any belief that it would be granted, but as a way to keep that issue alive and keep ordinary Iraqis pissed off.
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