The girl from Kathmandu : twelve dead men and a woman's quest for justice / by Cam Simpson.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: x, 386 p. : 24 cm. illContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062873330
- Twelve dead men and a woman's quest for justice
- 12 dead men and a woman's quest for justice
- Magar, Kamala
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Atrocities
- Foreign workers, Nepali -- Iraq
- Foreign workers -- Violence against -- Iraq
- Government contractors -- United States
- Government contractors -- Iraq
- Contracting out -- United States
- Cities and towns -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley
- Atrocities
- Cities and towns
- Contracting out
- Foreign workers, Nepali
- Foreign workers -- Violence against
- Government contractors
- Manners and customs
- Himalaya Mountains -- Social life and customs
- Himalaya Mountains Region -- Social life and customs
- Himalaya Mountains
- Himalaya Mountains Region
- Iraq
- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley
- United States
- 956.70443 23 Si581g
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-368) and index.
"Give us his breath or his body" -- The body shops -- "More vile than anything the court has previously confronted" -- Epilogue.
A heart-rending narrative that moves from the Himalayas to the Middle East to Houston and culminates in an epic court battle, this is a story of death and life - of the war in Iraq, the killings of the twelve Nepalese, a journalist determined to uncover the truth, and a trio of human rights lawyers dedicated to finding justice. At its heart is one unforgettable young woman, Kamala Magar, who found the courage to face the influential men who sent her husband to his death - a model of strength hope, bravery, and an unbreakable spirit who reminds us of the power we all have to make a difference.
August, 2004. Twelve men left their village in Nepal for jobs in Amman, Jordan. They had no idea that they had actually been hired for sub-contract work on an American military base in Iraq. The men were kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists; their gruesome deaths were one of the first graphic execution videos disseminated on the web. Their deaths received little notice. Simpson uncovered a web of evil spanning the globe-- and triggered a chain of events involving one brave young widow, three indefatigable human rights lawyers, and a formidable multinational corporation with deep governmental ties.