WOMEN PISHMARGA STAND IN FORMATION IN RANIYAH.
An Iraqi Kurd woman pishmarga (freedom fighter) commands her troops at
ther base outside Raniyah, 200 kilometers northwest of Suleimaniyah,
northern Iraq, March 12, 2003. The Kurdish military in northern Iraq
consists of about 350 women. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
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