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Hillary: Iraqi Women Better Off Under Saddam
NewsMax ^ | 2/27/04 | Limbacher

Posted on 02/27/2004 8:32:32 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

Sen. Hillary Clinton said this week that Iraqi women were better off under Saddam Hussein, arguing that when the brutal dictator ran the country women were at least assured the right to participate in Iraq's public life.

In comments that went unreported by the mainstream press, the former first lady told the Brookings Institution on Wednesday that since Saddam's removal from power, Iraq's post war governing councils had engaged in "pullbacks in the rights [women] were given under Saddam Hussein."

Sen. Clinton noted that while Saddam had been "an equal opportunity oppressor," women were at least assured certain constitutional guarantees.

While ignoring reports about the brutal dictator's rape rooms and other forms of persecution that were routine for women under his regime, Sen. Clinton insisted: "On paper, women had rights."

And for Iraqi women, those paper promises translated into real benefits, she claimed.

"They went to school; they participated in the professions, they participated in the government and business and, as long as they stayed out of [Saddam's] way, they had considerable freedom of movement," Clinton insisted.

But since Saddam's removal, the plight of Iraq's women has taken a significant turn for the worse, she contended.

"Now, what we see happening in Iraq is the governing council attempting to shift large parts of civl law into religious jurisdiction," Sen. Clinton explained, saying the loss of Saddam's guarantees amounted to a "horrific mistake" for women.

During her trip to Iraq last November, Clinton said Iraqi women told her personally how they felt less safe since the U.S. deposed Saddam.

"Women tell me they can't leave their homes, they can't go about their daily business. And there is a concerted effort to burn schools that are educating girls [and] to intimidate aid workers who are women," the leading Democrat complained.

The former first lady called on President Bush to issue a statement that the U.S. "will not become the vehicle by which women's rights in Iraq are turned back."

A full transcript of Sen. Clinton's remarks is available on the Brookings Institution Web site at: http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/comm/events/20040225.pdf. Her remarks on the worsening plight of Iraqi women can be found on pages 36, 37, and 38.



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beech; bich; brookingsinstitution; clintoontraitor; hillary; hillarytraitor; iraqiwomen; outrageousdems; traitor
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Maybe Saddam and his sons and all his henchmen were really women! Then she speaketh the truth!
101 posted on 02/27/2004 10:30:55 AM PST by firebrand
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To: Calpernia
Hillary is a very dumb broad!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists and the democrats are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

102 posted on 02/27/2004 10:32:27 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Calpernia; Tumbleweed_Connection; Canticle_of_Deborah; JohnHuang2; Mr. Silverback; Coleus; ...
No, no. You left out part of the headline. It's supposed to be:


Hillary: Iraqi Women Better Off Under Saddam Then They Would Be Under Me

See, now it's accurate.

103 posted on 02/27/2004 10:32:38 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
"were at least assured the right to participate in Iraq's public life."

Like execution in the public arena.
104 posted on 02/27/2004 10:33:26 AM PST by freekitty
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To: cyncooper
Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like she's back to blaming President Bush for 9/11.

Yep.

105 posted on 02/27/2004 10:34:02 AM PST by hattend
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To: nickcarraway
Only if then = than.
106 posted on 02/27/2004 10:39:20 AM PST by txhurl
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To: hattend
Appreciate your dedication. You must have a strong stomach to read 38 pages of Hillary's rantings.

107 posted on 02/27/2004 10:45:57 AM PST by FR_addict
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To: arasina
bump!!!!
108 posted on 02/27/2004 10:47:16 AM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: dirtboy
Saddam sons raped a few, but the majority of women had equality.
109 posted on 02/27/2004 10:49:55 AM PST by philosofy123
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To: FR_addict
She singled out Laurence Silberman on the 9/11 commission as putting the whole commission's independence and *integrity* into question.

110 posted on 02/27/2004 10:52:00 AM PST by cyncooper ("Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election")
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To: FR_addict
I can read her rants much more easily than listening or looking at her. :-)
111 posted on 02/27/2004 10:57:06 AM PST by hattend
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To: hattend
I can read her rants much more easily than listening or looking at her.

That's exactly how it is for me with her. It printed out to 38 pages here at work and I will count the "you knows" when I read it tonight. Someone has to keep an eye on what she's saying.

112 posted on 02/27/2004 11:04:14 AM PST by Pagey (Hillary Rotten is a Smug and Holier- than- Thou Socialist)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Hillary actually thinks the public is stupid.
113 posted on 02/27/2004 11:07:35 AM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: Calpernia
What a stupid thing to say ! ...


Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading
(Click here or on pic)


Thank you, Tom Ridge !:


114 posted on 02/27/2004 11:07:55 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (The Democrats believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years !!)
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To: autoresponder; PhilDragoo; onyx; yall
ping !

115 posted on 02/27/2004 11:08:30 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (The Democrats believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years !!)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Why don't we send Hillary over to where Sadam is staying, put her in his cell for a couple of days and see who rapes who.
116 posted on 02/27/2004 11:09:24 AM PST by swampfox98 (Beyond 2004 - Chaos! 200 million illegals waiting in the wings)
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To: FR_addict; hattend
Here are her remarks on page 19:

We also have to do more on women's rights and roles. And I have been deeply troubled by what I hear coming out of Iraq. When I was there and met with women members of the governing councils and local-of the national governing councils and local governing councils in Baghdad and Kirkuk, they were starting to express concerns about some of the pullbacks in the rights that they were given under Saddam Hussein. He was an equal opportunity oppressor, but on paper, women had rights; they went to school; they participated in the professions; they participated in the government; and business and, as long as they stayed out of his way, they had considerable freedom of movement.

Now what we see in Iraq is the governing council attempting to shift large parts of civil law into religious jurisdiction. This would be a horrific mistake and especially for it to happen on our watch. And I have spoken to the White House about this on several occasions. I appreciated Ambassador Bremer speaking out on the need to involve women. But we must go much further. I would like to see a statement from the President. I would like to see a much greater emphasis that we will not have become the vehicle by which women's rights in Iraq are turned back.

~SNIP~

She is misrepresenting the Bush administration and Bremer's oft spoken committment to the new Iraqi government being democratically elected and secular.

117 posted on 02/27/2004 11:10:41 AM PST by cyncooper ("Maybe they were hoping he'd lose the next Iraqi election")
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To: MeekOneGOP; Mia T
Still loving your photo shop Meek!

Keep up the good work, you may be giving Mia a run for her money soon!

Bump!
118 posted on 02/27/2004 11:11:16 AM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: JohnBerger
See the transcript NewsMax used for this post. Unbelievable.
119 posted on 02/27/2004 11:12:24 AM PST by Calpernia (http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
She's nuts.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086065/posts

Here's the sheer hypocrisy of this viewpoint.
120 posted on 02/27/2004 11:13:21 AM PST by swarthyguy (You have to remember that if you grow thorns, you will not harvest roses - Ayman Al-Zawahiri)
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