More Than 2,000 Women Abducted in Iraq

The Iraqi "woman's freedom" organization announced that more than 2,000 women were abducted in Iraq since the fall of the regime in April 2003. Director Yenar Mohammed said on international women's day, March 8, that "that no less than 2,000 Iraqi women were abducted in Iraq over the past three years." She added that some were sold like goods inside and outside of Iraq. She added that there are more than 200 women detained in al-Kadhimiya jail, and that since the beginning of the so-called era of democracy and freedom, the status of women has worsened compared to the Ba'athist era.