U.S. envoy attacks female circumcision in Kenya

I came across this article in the NY Times, and Google News led me to Altert.net - a very useful service that Reuters provides to alert "humanitarians to emergencies." One quote from the article in question is particularly disturbing:

"The other women threatened me if I did not do this. We must stop this. Young girls are living in fear," a Maasai girl in her early teens said, her voice cracking with emotion.

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