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Iraqi Dad Freed in Daughter's 'Honor Killing'  

Posted Apr 27, 08 7:29 AM CDT in Crime,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – Iraqi authorities will not press charges against a father who murdered his 17-year-old daughter for falling in love with a British soldier because it was an "honor killing," reports the Guardian. The father stood on the girl's neck and stabbed her last month after he learned she was attracted to a soldier distributing relief supplies in Basra. The father was arrested, but later released. "Not much can be done when we have an honor killing," explained a police sergeant.

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