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Honor killings in the liberated Iraq

In Iraq, the practice of killing rape victims to preserve a family's honor persists. And Americans aren't doing much to stop it.
Farhad Manjoo

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  • Friday, December 9, 2005 01:59 PM

    Back at you, Jeff

    Can I call you Jeff?

    Are you being deliberately naive? You know I didn't say "support" terrorists and neither did you. We said "harbor." And we were specifically talking about Al Qaeda. So your answer is beside the point. Put the question to you again, then, and this time be sure to note the terms:

    Are you really saying that even if you knew that it were true beyond a shadow of a doubt that Iraq had bad weapons and terrorists, you'd have been O.K. with letting it be? And you would be O.K. with it only because of a personal belief that it wasn't going to threaten us? How would you come to that conclusion?

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