AMERICANS ABROAD: Baghdad Honeymoon

"What I don't understand—" said the slim young mother from California as she sat cuddling her baby son in a Rome boarding house last week, "what I don't understand is he said he was a Christian, but when we got to Baghdad, I found he was no Christian. He was all Arab. When an Arab marries, he doesn't want a wife or a companion; he just wants a slave. They treat their women like dirt—worse than dirt. They slug them and spit in their faces and then go off and leave them at...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!