(Newport Beach) Daily Pilot: Writer: U.S. should send aid not troops

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Published November 5, 2005

Writer: U.S. should send aid not troops

Speaker at UCI says giving basic needs goes a long way toward advancing women's rights.

By Elia Powers, Daily Pilot

As the daughter of Saddam Hussein's former personal pilot, Zainab Salbi has witnessed her share of acts of injustice.

She has listened to the cries of abused women living in war-torn countries, and she has heard the promises coming from international leaders to improve those women's quality of life.

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Salbi, an Iraqi native, said some extremist groups are attracting women by offering them food. She said she is confident the women would shun these organizations if they had the support they needed from others in the international community. The United States should not send more troops to Iraq, it should send aid and food and anything else that helps the country's residents get back to normalcy, Salbi said.

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Salbi was awarded the 2005 Human Security Award from the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, a university-affiliated center that helps protect the rights of vulnerable individuals and communities. She is in the midst of a book tour to promote, "Between Two Worlds: Escape From Tyranny -- Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam," which chronicles her childhood in Iraq.

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