Even the women she searches can be members of militias: Since the beginning of this year, 24 women suicide bombers detonated themselves in Iraq, three times as many as in all of 2007.

Women on Iraq’s front lines. By Tony Perry . Nov. 13, ... remembers a late-night mission in which troops forced their way into Iraqi homes to search for weapons and insurgents.

Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.

BAGHDAD — The yellowing photo shows a woman in a knee-length, sleeveless dress. Her short hair blows in the breeze. She wears glamorous dark glasses against the summer glare. The time is the ...

As thousands of burned-out soldiers prepare to return to Iraq to fill President Bush’s unwelcome call for at least 20,000 more troops, I can’t help wondering what the women among those troops ...

BASRA, Iraq — It’s nearly dawn and Zainab Amjad has been up all night working on an oil rig in southern Iraq. She lowers a sensor into the black depths of a well until sonar waves detect the ...

Women vets talk about returning home from the Iraq War by As told to Kate Meyers, Additional reporting by Lindsay Moyer Published: Mar 06, 2008 10:39 AM EST Media Platforms Design Team ...

Some women see it as activism For some women in Iraq, ... but often late at night so as not to be seen. MAHMOUD: Many teenagers, girls here train around, but she's shy.

2019 Women Leaders Global Forum addresses issue of gender-based violence 31:17. Dozens of Iraqi protesters gathered Sunday to decry the so-called "honor killing" of a 22-year-old YouTube star who ...

The number of police arrests for forcible touching, lewd behavior or sexual abuse in New York increased 131 percent during 2006, reported the Los Angeles Times Oct. 9. The New York City Police ...

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