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Women's Rights Activist Beheaded in Iraq

Hussain headed women's league in Kurdish Communist Party

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 19, 2008 4:38 AM CST

(Newser) – Armed men yesterday stormed the home of a women's rights activist and Kurdish leader and beheaded her, reports CNN. Nahla Hussain, a 37-year-old married mom of two, was the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party. She was alone in her home... Read full story »

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