In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and ‘honor killing’

Sometimes, it’s the forbidden stories, the ones people are afraid to tell in full, the ones that emerge only in fragments, that reveal the truth about a place.

This is such a story.

It’s being told now not because the complete truth is known, but because the story nags at those familiar with its outlines, and because it says as much about Iraq’s progress as it does about Iraq’s resistance to change.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/23/world/fg-iraq-woman23