Libyan woman who spoke of rapes

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Anchor Marco Werman has an update on the story of Iman al-Obeidi. It's been nearly a week since she burst into a Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists were gathered and told them she had been raped by Muammar Gaddafi's soldiers. Her whereabouts since then are unknown, but her family is fighting for her honor.

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