Another story of the post-war planning for the Iraqi people. Well, like Rummy says, "A few eggs are going to get broken..."

Rape (and Silence About It) Haunts Baghdad
By NEELA BANERJEE

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 15 — In her loose black dress, gold hairband and purple flip-flops, Sanariya hops from seat to seat in her living room like any lively 9-year-old. She likes to read. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up, and she says Michael, her white teddy bear, will be her assistant.

But at night, the memory of being raped by a stranger seven weeks ago pulls her into its undertow. She grows feverish and has nightmares, her 28-year-old sister, Fatin, said. She cries, "Let me go!"




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