Sabreen al-Janabi

Sabreen al-Janabi is a Iraqi woman that described being beaten and raped by members of the Iraqi Security Forces. She has come forward to the press and has made her claim that she was arrested and raped at the local police station on February 18, 2007. She said the Americans had rescued her from the officers and gave her medical treatment. The Iraqi Shiite-led government said the Americans would show the woman’s claims to be false, but the American military said only that it was investigating the charges. She was later found to have made the whole affair, after being crossed examined by US doctors there was no evidence of sexual assault or rape. The story gained wide coverage from Al-Jazeera station who was quick to broadcast to the wide Arabic public. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html]

Quotes

*"I couldn't imagine that an Iraqi could dare to do that." [http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2887142]
* “One of them raped me. Then another came and raped, and a third. I was screaming, crying and begging them, but he held my mouth so no one could hear,” [http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=134033&version=1&template_id=42&parent_id=18]
*“I swear on the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad, I am not that kind of woman,” [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnKITLL0jA Sabreen al-Janabi's al-Jazeera interview (subtitled)]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2887142 Was There Rape? Depends on Whether You're Shiite or Sunni]
* [http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070220-015108-3951r Iraq government denies police rape charges]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6378821.stm Rape claim splits Iraq government]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html Rape Accusation Reinforces Fears in a Divided Iraq]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6426443,00.html Iraqi PM Probes Police Rape Allegations]
* [http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=134033&version=1&template_id=42&parent_id=18 Rape allegation fuels sectarian tension in Iraq]
* [http://www.7days.ae/en/2007/02/21/police-rape-claim.html?comment_add=1 Police rape claim]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/21/wiraq21.xml Outrage as Iraqi PM dismisses rape claim]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,253599,00.html U.S. to Investigate Sunni Woman's Rape Allegations in Iraq]
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/21/iraq.rape/ Rape allegations further strain Iraqi Sunni-Shiite ties]
* [http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#117192450286818012 Iraqi blogger thinks al-Janabi tells the truth]
* [http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2007/02/sabreen-al-janabi.html Iraqi blogger thinks al-Janabi is lying]