Anna Badkhen, Truthdig. May 20, 2008. "Under Saddam Hussein that's what they used to tell us too," says a woman who lives in a town that gets only four hours of power a day. "And nothing."
Terri Judd, Independent UK. April 30, 2008. In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. September 5, 2007. US-backed government is running death squads that follow the Latin America model from the 1970s and 1980s.
