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Dean: Women in Iraq were better off under Saddam
Washington Times ^
| August 15, 2005
Posted on 08/15/2005 5:09:16 AM PDT by Grig
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To: Wild_Bill_8881
well. it takes a scream to eject the foot from his mouth from the last time he stuck it in, and only his foot is big enough to cork his screams... it's a vicious cycle..
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posted on
08/15/2005 8:11:46 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: Stirner
Actually, the Iraqi brand of shiism is different from the Iranian one. E.g, Ayatollah al-Sistani is for separation of state and religion.
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posted on
08/15/2005 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
Mi-kha-el
((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
To: Grig
I guess he figures getting raped and tortured is better than having to wear a veil.
On the other hand, it would be nice of those nujobs over there came into the 18th Century at least.
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posted on
08/15/2005 8:16:57 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: Wild_Bill_8881
Every time he opens his mouth, if it isn't a scream coming out it's a foot going inLOL... how true! What a great statement... somehow that line needs to be made into a bumper sticker. ;-)
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posted on
08/15/2005 8:19:43 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Mi-kha-el
"the Iraqi brand of shiism is different from the Iranian one"
I have heard that Sistani doesn't think clerics should be directly involved in the government, the way they are in Iran, and that's good, but I still think the Iraqi Shias want a fairly strict, Koran-based morality enforced at least in their areas of Iraq, a morality that implies great restrictions on women. So, in a way, it's separation of church and state, and, in another way, it's not.
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posted on
08/15/2005 8:35:04 AM PDT
by
Stirner
To: Stirner
The left's fear (or is it hope?) is that Iraq will become a Sharia based country like Saudi Arabia or, more likely, Iran. Sadaam and his boys tortured women, but at least on paper, women had more legal rights than in other Muslim countries, and apparently did sometimes occupy higher social roles in business, science, and even the military.
Women weren't in burqas and could speak with men outside their household. Iraqi women were about as liberated as any Muslim women have ever been. Far more so than in other places except maybe the Turks, Palis and Jordanians.
Actually, it probably is a fair statement that women were better off unless they or their families opposed Saddam.
Saddam claimed to be a good Muslim but he was actually less religious than nearly all the other Muslim leaders.
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posted on
08/15/2005 10:04:04 AM PDT
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nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
To: Grig
Good grief... I hope he keeps talking. He is the greatest weapon the Republicans have.
Sadly, at some point, Hillary is going to swoop down and kick his a$$.
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posted on
08/15/2005 10:40:47 AM PDT
by
mad puppy
( "He's with me!" And I'm with W.)
To: Grig
And anyone wonders why the Democratic symbol is the Jackass? Howard Dean makes jackasses look smart by comparison.
To: Grig
Morally bankrupt.
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:43:14 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: Grig
And the Jews were actually happier under Hitler than being forced to Palistine!!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
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posted on
08/15/2005 4:47:21 PM PDT
by
bray
(Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)
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