Libya: Throats Slit to Preserve Honor

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A father slit the throat of his three teenage daughters in an ‘honour killing’ after they were raped by Gaddafi loyalists during the siege of the port city of Misrata.

Allegations of the shocking executions are contained in a report by the respected Physicians for Human Rights group into war crimes and atrocities in the embattled city, which faced two months of being cut off from the rest of Libya.

The father is said to have carried out the ‘honour killings’ because of his humiliation and shame at the rape of the sisters – aged 15, 17 and 18 – in Tomina, on the outskirts of Misrata. The victims were not named.

The horrific story was one of a number to emerge from Misrata after the group sent in a team of interviewers in June to catalogue human rights abuses just after Libyan forces expelled Gaddafi loyalists.

Evidence appears to be entirely hearsay yet I believe the report is largely accurate. It's too believable to deny.

I also believe that honor killings are cultural and the fact that they occurred during a war is incidental. And lastly, I suggest that no outrage will be expressed by "moderate" people nor women's groups.

Meanwhile, slaughtering women in the name of honor will likely continue to be given back-page attention by the media.

Tip: slwlion