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'It is difficult to describe how terrible it is - how badly we have been pushed back to the middle ages. Women are being denied their most basic rights'

In the name of religion: Iraq's female genocide

Monday April 28 2008

At first glance Shawbo Ali Rauf appears to be slumbering on the grass, her pale brown curls framing her face, her summer skirt spread about her. But the awkward position of her limbs and the splattered blood reveal the true horror of the scene.