Iraqi Widows, Orphans Left Stranded
by Kim Gamel and Bushra Juhi, AP, Iraq - It was another deadly explosion quickly forgotten by the outside world. But Aug. 1, 2007, changed the life of 28-year-old Maysa Sharif. It was the day she became one of nearly a million Iraqi women who have lost husbands as the country has suffered through three wars and Saddam Hussein's murderous regime.

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