(Iraqi) Woman arrested over police rape claims (Sabrine Janabi incident)

[sabra]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1505832.ece

Woman arrested over police rape claims

The Iraqi Government has arrested a woman who alleged last month that she was raped by three Iraqi policemen, claims that provoked a spate of sectarian killing, two Iraqi officials told The Times.

Sabrine Janabi’s rape case has polarised Iraq’s Sunni and Shia communities at a moment when the country is already enmeshed in a low-level civil war. Shia officials have accused her of being a proxy for Sunni militants who want to sabotage a security plan for Baghdad, while Sunni politicians have pointed to her story as proof of the sectarian nature of Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Government.

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“She is in Iraqi custody. She was arrested a few days after you heard about her. She lied,” one of the officials told The Times.

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Salim Abdullah, a spokesman for the Islamic Party, told The Times that the Government was trying to cover up Janabi’s rape. “An arrest warrant was issued against Sabrine al-Janabi so as to prevent her from talking anymore to the media,” Abdullah said.

“From the beginning we figured out her arrest would be aimed at seizing her confessions from the public as well as to fabricate a lie.” He denied the Islamic Party had any role in the case.

[Kagemusha]

1. To me the truth's become besides the point, either way

Neither side would act any differently whether the claim is a lie or the truth, and whether the claim is a lie or the truth, members of both communities are committing atrocities against each other with regularity.

[sabra]

2. indeed. The craziest part of this story was when al-Maliki concluded

after a "2 hour investigation" that the woman was lying. And then decided to praise and reward the Iraqi guards...

[Kagemusha]

3. Yes, as I keep saying..

Since when do you praise men for NOT raping women? That's not normal. Even in Iraq.

[VegasWolf]

4. Have the soldiers received their Medal of Freedom from bush yet? nt

[Nikki Stone1]

5. This is beyond awful.

Women's rights--and safety--are the first casualties of war.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Are we sure she was even a woman?

The last "woman" that Barbara Starr and the rest of our media reported as raped and killed was actually only 14 years old.

Don

[blogslut]

7. kick

n/t

[NNN0LHI]

8. kick n/t

[farmbo]

9. I suspect the Boys back in the detention cells will enjoy themselves tonight.

This woman will pay a terrible price for seeking justice in the New Iraq.