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| Iran busts ring trafficking women to Pakistan |
| 2002-08-24 |
| Iranian authorities busted a ring based in the northeastern city of Mashhad responsible for trafficking dozens of young women to Pakistan where they were forced into prostitution. In Pakistan? Ewwwww! Police in Mashhad uncovered the ring after a young women named Fariba called her mother from Karachi in Pakistan to tell her she had been forced into prostitution, the daily Iran newspaper reported Saturday. Her mother then alerted the authorities. Bet Mom was really happy to hear from her. Pop, too, for that matter... The ring included two Afghans, and 30 men and women from the southern Sistan-Baluchestan province near the long border with Pakistan. They had tracked down dozens of young women in the impoverished province and convinced their families to marry them off to seemingly wealthy men. The women were then transferred to Pakistan, notably Karachi, where they were sold for 400 to 1,200 dollars to mostly Afghan-run prostitution rings, according to witnesses cited in the report. The ring was busted after a joint investigation led by police in Mashhad's Khorassan province and Paksitani authorities, who returned at least eight "young girls" back to Iran — though many more are still said to be in Pakistan. The Muslim world points that finger at the loose morals of us Merkins, but they seem to have a real talent for white slavery. We can also translate "Afghan" to read "Pashtun" — I doubt greatly that it's Tadjiks and Hazaras who're running around Pakland selling whores. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 Good point. If I was ayatollah, I would have the people who promulgated that set of rules flogged. Through some oversight on the part of God, I'm not. Until He changes His mind, I guess we'll have to wait for the voters in that district to notice that the people they elected to run things were dropped on their heads. No doubt they'll replace them as soon as they do, but if not, they'll be getting the kind of local government they deserve. In Iran, on the other hand, God appointed a full set of ayatollahs to rule in His name, by divine right. If you disagree with them, you're disagreeing with God (or at least Mohammad) and they'll try to kill you. Some of the Interpreters of the Will of God™ - the ones you can't disagree with under penalty of death - have found it convenient to run whorehouses and steal young girls, some as young as seven, to staff them. Iran's voters will have to wait for God to deal with them, eh? |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-08-24 12:28:17 |
| #1 Speaking of loose morals, how about all those shameful single mothers in Florida. Tsk Tsk Tsk. |
| Posted by: Anonymous Scold 2002-08-24 08:37:35 |