handofdave wrote:
Honestly, I can't imagine why any westerner would choose to live under such brutally medieval, insane laws.
Many go to these countries genuinely hoping they can do good.
I doubt she would've had the sweetner of an outrageous paypacket or anything, she's just an ordinary schoolteacher taking her skills to help children whose opportunities would've been highly limited.
Mind you I do remember a few Western charity workers were murdered in Iraq, despite having lived there for decades (one woman was Married to an Iraqi!) but it never fails to completely shock.
She's in one of their jails right now with a baying crowd awaiting her next move. Oh dear. The British govt can't simply let this one play itself out.
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