Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Baghdad's first female mayor set to take the reins
yahoo.com ^

Posted on 02/22/2015 5:58:40 PM PST by BenLurkin

Zekra Alwach, a civil engineer and director general of the ministry of higher education, becomes the first female to be given such a post in the whole country, where international rights groups have condemned women's rights abuses.

As mayor -- the most important administrative position in the capital -- Alwach will deal directly with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and holds has the prerogatives of a cabinet minister.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; iraq

1 posted on 02/22/2015 5:58:40 PM PST by BenLurkin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

The lady will lose her head when Da’esh takes Baghdad.


2 posted on 02/22/2015 6:01:22 PM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: arthurus

Yeppers! I hate to say it, but she is a dead woman walking.

I’m adding her to my Dead Pool 2015 list!


3 posted on 02/22/2015 6:03:02 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: arthurus
The lady will lose her head when Da’esh takes Baghdad.

Daesh kills indiscriminately; muslim or not, male or female, westerner or easterner, child or adult, if the person (adults usually) doesn't fully agree with Daesh's Islamic ideology and methodology (practice).

4 posted on 02/22/2015 8:38:09 PM PST by odds
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Oh,yeah, like that’s going to work....


5 posted on 02/22/2015 8:49:21 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson