Iraqis commandeer women's shelter co-founded by Nashville attorney - Wednesday, 02/09/05

Iraqis commandeer women's shelter co-founded by Nashville attorney - Wednesday, 02/09/05:

"A safe house in Baghdad for abused and threatened women — a refuge that a Nashville Army Reserve major helped establish — has fallen.

But rebels didn't take it. Instead, with no advance warning, the interim Iraqi president ordered the eviction of the women and staff, according to a U.S. Embassy daily report.

''One of President Ghazi al-Yawer's staff, accompanied by eight armed guards, evicted the occupants … with only 30 minutes' notice,'' said the Feb. 1 memo.
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''The President's office also questioned why there was a women's refuge inside the Green Zone and complained that it could become a center for a 'homeless mafia.' ''"