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Likaa Abdel‑Karim

From the news reports:

Likaa and Shamia Abdel-Karim considered themselves fortunate to have secured a job washing laundry at the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) headquarters here. ...

"We don't know why they were killed," says Haidar Abdel-Karim, a brother of the victims. "They were normal girls - calm, kind, and never in any trouble."

CSM 24 Mar 2004

Age 20-29
Sex Female
Occupation Laundry worker
Nationality Iraqi
Marital status Unrecorded
Parental status Unrecorded

Recorded in IBC incident k051

Location: Basra

Date: 10 March 2004