Iraq: Female Candidates Afraid to Show Their Faces — Literally
October 6, 2008
Iraqi women fear going public as candidatesKIM GAMEL (Associated Press)
… Even as violence has declined, lingering fear bred by rampant crime and a small but die-hard insurgency has left many Iraqi women afraid to run in the elections, to be held by Jan. 31.
“I feel that I am unprotected,” said the teacher, speaking by telephone on condition of anonymity because of her fears. “I am not going to run in the elections because I fear for the safety of members of my family who might be targeted…”
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