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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At one of Baghdad's two female juvenile
prisons, the young Iraqi girls live in limbo, sadness and desperation
permeating every aspect of their interrupted lives.
Some face
punishment for prostitution. Others are charged with ties to terrorism.
And then there are the victims, also behind bars.
Fifteen-year-old
Zeina's sad journey to prison began two years ago when she says was
sold into sex slavery. "My father came and took me to go visit my
grandfather in Syria," says Zeina, "and I went with him."
The
family trip turned out to be a cover story, and Zeina found herself
faced with the most horrific possible reality. She says she was then
forcefully taken from Syria to the United Arab Emirates and sold into
sexual slavery.
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