IRAQ: Focus on threats against progressive women

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BAGHDAD, 21 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Pharmacist Zeena Qushtiny was dressed in the latest Western fashion and wearing a sparkling diamond necklace when she was taken at gunpoint from her pharmacy in Baghdad by insurgents.

Her body was found 10 days later with two bullet holes close to her eyes.