Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Kurdish widows' lives frozen in time

September 9, 2007

Bereft

Los Angeles Times

By Borzou Daragahi

In 1983, the men of Barzan were taken by Hussein's troops, never to be seen again. But the women still wait.

BARZAN – Patience, the mothers begged their children. Saddam Hussein will fall. Liberty will come. Your father will return.

Years went by. The regime fell. Prison doors were opened. Mass graves were unearthed. Full Text

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