Iraqi Women Turn To ProstitutionTo Feed Families

[iamjoy]

yet another unintended consequence of our invasion.

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"I don't have money to take my kid to the doctor. I have to do anything that I can to preserve my child, because I am a mother," (one woman)says, explaining why she prostitutes herself.
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Karima, clad in all black, adds, "My husband died of lung cancer nine months ago and left me with nothing."

She has five children, ages 8 to 17. Her eldest son could work, but she's too afraid for his life to let him go into the streets, preferring to sacrifice herself than risk her child.

She was solicited the first time when she was cleaning an office. "They took advantage of me," she says softly. "At first I rejected it, but then I realized I have to do it."
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/15/iraq.prostitution/index.html?iref=mpstoryview