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Aparisim Ghosh deserves praise for his excellent story on Lahib Nouman, the attorney who stood up to the tyranny of Uday Hussein in defense of an innocent man and free speech and endured decades of torture [WORLD, May 5]. What a rare and brave woman! She should be recognized as a hero of our time. Shame on her family for abandoning her. May she be an inspiration to us all to always do the right thing, no matter how unpopular it is. I would like to think that our forefathers manifested a similar spirit when this country was established. MIMI...
...wonder how Nouman feels about the questions surrounding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. I don't care if there aren't any. No one should have the ability to treat another human being as Nouman was treated. My guess is, she represents the tip of a despicable iceberg. It should be clear to even the most suspicious that the U.S. and its coalition partners have done the right thing. RICHARD WAGNER Flying Hills...
...supporter of the war on Iraq, but after reading about Nouman's ordeal, I realized that war was necessary to free the Iraqi people from the kind of torture she went through. Her story really ripped my heart out. I hope no one ever again has to suffer the trials Nouman endured. The bottom line is that the war has at least freed one very courageous woman. CORA CHEUNG Toronto...
While her parents were alive, Nouman, who never married, had family to return to whenever she was released from the hospital. But after her father died in 1988 and her mother passed away in 1991, her siblings refused to have anything to do with her. Over the years, most of them emigrated, without leaving forwarding addresses. Only three of her sisters remain in Baghdad, and she says they won't allow her into their homes. "What her brothers and sisters did was worse than what Uday did to her," says Mushtaq Zanbaqa, parish priest of the Chaldean Catholic church Nouman...
...other ambition. In all the years she suffered his vengeance, Nouman never met Uday. Before the war, she says, she didn't want to. Now she would love to confront her tormentor. "I want to see him, and I want him to see me," she says, thumping her chest. "I want to tell him, 'Look, I am still here, still saying what I want to say. You tried to stop me and couldn't. What...