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Female soldiers in Iraq: record numbers of women are on active duty in this war. We talked to five of them--some in Iraq, some safely home--to get a snapshot of their grueling, rewarding, and often terrifying experiences.(REAL-LIFE READS)
They're called Combat Barbies or Hooah Girls (depending on whether they're trying to look good in uniform or go grunge). They carry packs of gear that weigh almost as much as they do (up to 115 pounds). They get shot at, they shoot back, and sometimes, they are killed.
Young women participating in the war in Iraq (more than 100,000 of them, it's estimated, since the conflict began in 2003) are experiencing combat in a way women never have before--driving trucks, flying jets, searching suspects, patrolling Baghdad ... and getting caught in the line of fire, in mortar attacks, and increasingly, in roadside bombings.
Like all members of the military, they ...
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