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Libya Rape Victim en Route to US

Iman al-Obeidi had been expelled from Qatar, returned to native Benghazi

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2011 10:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – Iman al-Obeidi, the Libyan who broke through Moammar Gadhafi's media control to accuse his troops of gang rape, is headed to the United States. Al-Obeidi had been staying in Qatar until that nation inexplicably expelled her Thursday, and she ended up back in her native Benghazi. Al-Obeidi's sister tells the AP that Hillary Clinton and a human rights organization, worried for her safety in Benghazi, made arrangements to fly al-Obeidi and their father to an undisclosed location in the States. Click for more on the al-Obeidi case.

Hotel employees try to grab her as foreign journalists attempting to protect Iman al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days being sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

In this March 26, 2011 file photo, Iman al-Obeidi is seen after bursting into a hotel to show her wounds and allege to foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

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