Women in Iraq have increasingly become a target for extremists

Navhind Times on the Web: World:

"Reuters Baghdad March 24: Aamal, a ministry consultant, shot dead. Wijdan, a women’s rights activist and election candidate, murdered. Zeena, a businesswoman, kidnapped, shot and dumped on a highway in a headscarf she never wore.

Their crime? Wearing western clothes, having jobs or speaking out to make women’s voices heard in efforts to rebuild Iraq, plagued by relentless violence, spiraling crime and creeping religious fundamentalism. Women in Iraq have increasingly become a target for extremists, criminals or insurgents bent on thwarting efforts to form a new government and forcing out United States troops."