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ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 12:11 AM Jan 2014

I fucking Hate George W Bush

This didn't have to go down this way you bastard piece of shit


‘Cutting the nose, lips and ears’: Brutality against Afghan women at record level
Violent crimes against women in Afghanistan reached an unprecedented level of brutality in 2013, an Afghan human rights watchdog has announced as the US-led coalition prepares to withdraw.

Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), Sima Samar, told Reuters that the pace and the hideousness of attacks on women intensified in 2013 with a 25 per cent surge in cases from March through September.

"The brutality of the cases is really bad. Cutting the nose, lips and ears. Committing public rape," Samar said. "Mass rape... It's against dignity, against humanity."

The spokeswoman noted that as the withdrawal deadline draws near for international troops, women in tribal areas are less protected, leaving them vulnerable to violent assaults.

"The presence of the international community and provincial reconstruction teams in most of the provinces was giving people confidence," Samar said. "There were people there trying to protect women. And that is not there anymore, unfortunately."

She also noted that poor economic conditions and the lack of security are also contributing factor to the rise of incidents.
Other human rights workers are blaming the attacks and even killing of women on the absence of law in a country based on patriarchal tribal societies.


http://rt.com/news/afghan-women-violence-surge-190/
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I fucking Hate George W Bush (Original Post) ismnotwasm Jan 2014 OP
Agree 100% Kath1 Jan 2014 #1
But, but mercuryblues Jan 2014 #2
Which we did exactly shit about ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #3

ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)
3. Which we did exactly shit about
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 11:21 AM
Jan 2014

Or, rather I should say we diverted resources to Iraq. What pisses me off is that we could have made a difference. We didn't.

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