Iraq: Families Sell Daughters into Prostitution
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From Iraq a grim reminder that war dissolves family bonds and even destroys maternal love.
After her husband was killed, Atoor’s family tried to sell her to a local Baghdad brothel. “I didn’t think it would happen to me,” she said. “My mother used to spoil me. Yes, she sold my sisters but she regretted that. I thought that she loved me.”
Iraq’s Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters