Weightlifting: Iraqi girls raise weights and eyebrows
  • 12 years ago
A conservative, Shiite-majority area of Baghdad serves as the unlikely base for Iraq's first female national weightlifting team, which is due to compete in Morocco on Thursday. The team of four usually trains at a club in Sadr city, an area better known for fierce battles between US soldiers and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militiamen than it is for breaking ground in women's rights.Duration: 01:43
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