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Iraq
Kids! Kids! The hookers are back!
2003-04-30
Prostitutes face new dangers in a city ravaged by looting and lawlessness, but most are keen to take advantage of the power vacuum until a new government is established and religious leaders clamp down on their trade.

In a country where many women dress all in black and most wear headdresses, high-buttoned loose blouses and long skirts, heavily made-up streetwalkers stand out on the kerbside.

They open their shawls to reveal tight trousers and bright-coloured tops for drivers passing slowly by.

"They are all over the place now — I see them everywhere," said Ahmed Sabri, a taxi driver. "I could always spot them before, but now it's so obvious. They are not afraid and do it far more openly."
"Sexy! Getcher sexy! Only ten bucks!"
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#11  *blinks* Anon1, that's a damn great idea. Make sure they pack heat and shoot straight.

Posted by: Ptah   2003-04-30 20:24:50  

#10  the US is wasting a valuable resource here - these women are the bottom strata of society. Train them, put them in the new police force: they will be loyal beyond belief. Give them a sense of pride, a wage and the ability to be independant and they will be the fiercest, best police officers serving.

IF you want a group of people who will never support the Mullahs yet who have local knowledge: this is it.
Posted by: anon1   2003-04-30 19:55:28  

#9  Ah, ain't it splendid?
Free enterprise and capitalism lives!
(Ain't free, however).
Posted by: Larry   2003-04-30 19:24:00  

#8  more ammo for the islamofascists
more reasons for the US to establish women's education - start skilling these women, make sure they can work as scientists, lawyers, teachers, engineers.
Show the Arab world that using women as incubators is a waste of resources as well as cruel oppressive and stupid.
In a region of slavery set one group free at least.
Posted by: anon1   2003-04-30 19:21:25  

#7  Be careful of these "loose" women, they are probably cross-dressing French military advisors to iraq.
Posted by: Wills   2003-04-30 14:05:57  

#6  "Alia's Hope Chest"?
Posted by: mojo   2003-04-30 13:57:26  

#5  OK, I know that at least one of the twisted minds out there can come up with a good name for the Islamic version of Victoria's Secret.

Personally, I like the chain-mail headpiece burqua for October. You know, that fetching little number with the muzzle and the chastity belt. Of course, the quick-drop tunic for the guys will be very popular this fall too, what with all the new sexy available in Baghdad. And then there's the modified maternity robe that tastefully disguises that explosives belt.
Posted by: Joe   2003-04-30 13:32:38  

#4  Wonder if Victoria's Secret will have a new fall line of Burquas?
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2003-04-30 12:52:08  

#3  Saddam used to behead them. But the oldest trade in the world isn't going to die that fast it seems.
Posted by: True German Ally   2003-04-30 12:44:30  

#2  Uday-certified Grade AAA
Posted by: Dar   2003-04-30 12:25:34  

#1  I wonder if any of these girls are alumni from Saddam's swinging palace scene.
Posted by: Joe   2003-04-30 12:14:46  

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