"Honor" Killing Comes to the U.S.

[Boston Globe] Jeff Jacoby - While honor killings may be more prevalent in the Middle East, no longer are they unknown in the U.S., as seen in recent cases in the Atlanta suburb of Jonesboro, in upstate New York, and in Irving, Texas. It is appalling that such lethally barbaric attitudes could persist anywhere at this late date - and all the more alarming, now that the shame of honor killing has made its way here.


2008-08-13 08:00:00

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