Women in Iraq  Mar 24, 2009 by: marquel15  Iraq is a country
where women are degraded and are treated as second citizens so
to many it would be no surprise that since the topple of Sadam
Hussein's regime that Iraq has become a hotspot for sexual
trafficking.  "Nobody knows exactly how many Iraqi women and
children have been sold into sexual slavery since the fall of
Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003."   However, according to
experts this is actually regression, because despite the fact
Iraq is not known for its wonderful treatment of women it was a
society that valued a women's virginity and did its best to
protect it.  Now, with a whole new line of mother pimps,
daughters are being sold at extremely young ages.  The youngest
victims, some ages 11 and 12, are sold for as much as $30,000,
while others can go for as little as $2,000. "The buying and
selling of girls in Iraq, it's like the trade in cattle," Hinda
says. "I've seen mothers haggle with agents over the price of
their daughters."     Our attempts to cr