Psychologist: Proof of hundreds of rape cases during Libya's war

[oberliner]

Source: CNN

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya the whispers and rumors about rape being used as a tool of war by Moammar Gadhafi's troops are coming from all corners of society, from rebel fighters to doctors and citizens, who have come in contact with families displaced by the conflict.

Now a Libyan psychologist has come forward saying she has case study after case study that proves these rumors and whispers are true.

Psychologist Siham Sergewa has a number of distressing images which she says demonstrates the abuse of alleged victims -- one appears to show a cigarette burn on a woman's breast, another a faded bite mark, while several others show the deep purple hue of nasty bruises.

Sergewa first heard reports of rape from the mother of a patient who called her from the Ajdabiya - a town that was caught in a deadly tug of war on Libya's front line war.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/23/libya.rape.survey.psychologist/?hpt=Sbin

[howard112211]

1. I think the word "proof" is a little bit too strong a word for the evidence described. nt

[Igel]

2. There's some evidence.

The rest can be amply provided by confirmation bias a "I want to believe." After all, if all the reports are false, then Qaddhafi isn't all that bad and the NATO/UN mission isn't really good.