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Afghanistan/South Asia
Slaying of Afghan Women Concerns U.N.
2005-05-05
The United Nations expressed concern ...
We're the UN and we're here to express concern. We're going to organize a conference in Nice to express our deep concern.
... Thursday about the treatment of women in Afghanistan, citing the killings of three women whose bodies were found dumped on a roadside with a note ...
Where do the killers think their are, the Netherlands?
... warning against working for foreign relief groups.
One of the women worked for a Bangladeshi relief group. Can't have the Banglas stealing our wimmen. It's unislamic.
"They ain't as Islamic as us!"
Officials and doctors said the women, whose bodies were found Sunday in the northern province of Baghlan, had been raped and then hanged.
Oops, must be in Islamoland. Nevermind.
But were they Islamically raped and hung?
It was the second brutal slaying involving Afghan women to become public in recent weeks, underlining how little women's rights have progressed since the Taliban's ouster in late 2001. Last month, a woman was killed for committing adultery, a punishment permitted under Islamic law. "In a context where violence against women remains too often unprosecuted and unpunished, it is particularly important that the authorities spare no effort to bring swiftly the perpetrator of this crime to justice," U.N. spokeswoman Ariane Quentier said. Police said they had arrested a woman and two men for the latest killings. Despite the fall of the Taliban's religiously hard-line regime, Quentier said Afghanistan's conservative traditions and the breakdown of law and order leave women and girls at the mercy of warlords and male-dominated tribal councils.
"It was much better when the gubmint was doing the rapin' and hangin'.", said Quentier
"Sure, the Taliban had their rough edges, but at least they ddin't allow others to rape and hang people, that they did themselves," she added.
"We are very concerned about the way in certain instances women are being discriminated against or treated in this country," she said.
Quentier also said "Did I mention I was concerned?"
They're always concerned, especially when lunch is late.
U.N. officials' worries over the latest deaths were deepened by the fact that a note left with the bodies said the three women were killed for working for international aid groups. "While there is no confirmation that this was the case or the actual motive of the killing, this could constitute a threat to women working for non-governmental organizations, which (the United Nations) strongly condemns," Quentier said. Afghan officials said one of the women worked for a Bangladeshi relief group, but the group's managers denied having links with any of the three victims. Officials said the note also accused the women of prostitution.
Whores. All of them. Working outside the home, trying to feed their kiddies. Why I almost saw an ankle once and just had to shoot off.
The case comes just a few weeks after the killing of a woman in northwestern Afghanistan for adultery. But in that case, Afghan officials complained more about the lack of a proper trial being held for the woman than the fact that she was killed. Officials said Mohammed Aslam, a resident of a remote village in Badakhshan province, which never came under Taliban control, killed his daughter, Amina, after she was caught in the house of a man who was not her husband. Authorities said 13 people have been arrested in that case, including a mullah who allegedly sanctioned the slaying.
You knew there was a holy man involved, didn't you.
Posted by:ed

#8  You do have a point, RC.

Though I suspect they'll settle for adults when they run out of children.

And goats.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-05-05 19:16  

#7  LOL RC! And unfortunately very true :(

So where was the UN's 'deep' concern when women were having their heads blown off in soccer stadiums and being raped nad murdered as a matter of 'honor'?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-05-05 15:09  

#6  Barbara, you should be ashamed. You know damned well UN ''Peacekeepers'' aren't interested in mature women!
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-05-05 14:33  

#5  
The United Nations expressed concern ... about the treatment of women in Afghanistan, citing the killings of three women
Why?

Because that's 3 fewer women they'll get to rape if they ever get to take over Afghanistan?

:-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-05-05 14:30  

#4  Well, at least it's a good earworm.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-05-05 13:56  

#3  Anyone else feel a strongly worded memo coming on from the UN?
Posted by: badanov   2005-05-05 13:21  

#2  So, okay, I'll ask...

This concern. How deep is it?

[insert Petula Clarke lyrics here]
Posted by: .com   2005-05-05 13:00  

#1  We the UN will move forcefully against this since it raises concern. We will issue a resolution.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-05-05 12:58  

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