Iraqi women fall for American GIs, get married and in trouble

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20031031/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_weddings&cid=1514&ncid=1473

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqis Joanne and Ahda fear for their lives, after marrying US soldiers who as part of the occupation force are viewed by many as the enemy.

Joanne, 26, and her best friend Ahda, 25, now live in virtual hiding, unable even to meet with their new husbands, who are also under the threat of sanctions from the army.

The two women, who were working as interpreters for the US forces in a Baghdad hotel where they met their husbands, risk abduction and murder as "collaborators" with the US-led coalition occupying conservative Muslim Iraq.

Their husbands, a captain and sergeant from the Florida National Guard serving with the 1st Armored Division, could be charged with dereliction of duty for having reportedly got married while on foot patrol in Baghdad.

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[Ilsa]

1. How dare those soldiers

try to have a life in Iraq after having their former lives torn apart!
(sarcasm off)

Those poor women. How sad to be in trouble no matter what, when they should be rejoicing in a new marriage.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. colonialism

can be so romantic.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

3. has there EVER been a war where this doesn't happen?

I don't think so. Colonialism IS romantic, for a number of women conquering soldiers are very sexy.

[NNN0LHI]

4. You would be surprised how sexy someone can become...

...if they are the ones controlling the food, water, security, and every other single aspect of someones life. Nylon stockings and Hershey Bars really did the trick during WW II.

Don

[donsu]

5. ah yes, what some women will do for a pair of nylons

nt