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...murdered by family members seeking to avoid the shame and social isolation that the clan is subject to if one of its female members has sex outside marriage. Under Saddam's laws, which are still in place, men convicted of honor killings can receive up to three years in jail. But because the crime is rarely reported, few are actually prosecuted. And since there is widespread sympathy for the killers among police and judges, those who are convicted rarely serve more than a few months...
...parents requested that the brothers kill her," says al-Jadr, who learned of the killing when Misad's body turned up in Baghdad's city morgue. He decided to prosecute the brother for an honor killing. The punishment hardly fit the crime: Misad's brother received a year in jail, and al-Jadr is not even certain he is still incarcerated, since he was eligible for parole within a few months of his conviction...
...Private Army AFGHANISTAN The U.S. denied claims by Jonathan Idema, a former U.S. special forces member on trial in Kabul for running a private jail, that he was acting with the approval of the Pentagon. However, the U.S. military confirmed that it took custody in May of an Afghan prisoner handed over by Idema...
...Idema in Kabul last week, they were startled to find a makeshift prison. Inside were three Afghan prisoners hanging from their feet. Five more men were locked up and badly beaten. Another example of prison abuse by U.S. forces? No, this do-it-yourself Abu Ghraib was a private jail being run by Idema and two other Americans who, along with several Afghan helpers, appear to have set themselves up as antiterrorist bounty hunters. "They pretended they were fighting terrorism," said Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, after the three Americans were arrested. "But they were outlaws...
...allies. - By Anthony Spaeth. With reporting by Nelly Sindayen Affairs of State LITHUANIA Former President Rolandas Paksas appeared in a Vilnius court on charges of leaking state secrets. Paksas was impeached in April after just 15 months in office; if found guilty, he faces a possible three-year jail sentence. The trial was adjourned until September. Living Dangerously CHECHNYA In an escalation of ongoing violence, at least 20 pro-Moscow Chechen security forces and Russian soldiers died across the province in fighting that reportedly left several dozen militants dead. Acting President Sergei Abramov survived a mine attack on his motorcade...