another causality of war in iraq -"Prostitution ordeal of Iraqi girls"

[madrchsod]

"With their bright neon signs and glitzy decor, dozens of nightclubs line the streets of the Maraba district in the Syrian capital Damascus...It's here that men come from far and wide - car number plates are not just from Syria but Iraq and Saudi Arabia - to watch young women dancing...


"The government says police have arrested Iraqi girls as young as 12 working as prostitutes in the nightclubs.

We are coming across increasing numbers of women who do not manage to make ends meet and are therefore more vulnerable to exploitative situations such as prostitution," says Laurens Jolles of the UN refugee agency.

Intimidation and shame means the numbers of trafficking victims and sex industry workers in Syria may never be known by government or aid agencies."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7119473.stm

[MADem]

1. I have no doubt that this situation is exacerbated by war.

But do not assume that prostitution in the region did not exist before BushCo went in.

It's everywhere, and frequently available as a delivery service, wrapped in chadors, and the 'pimps' are the mothers/aunties of these poor young girls, who accompany them to their assignations.