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You appear to have no understanding of normal dress in the Middle East. The burqa, for example, is rarely worn in Iraq. However, they do wear the headscarf called the hajib.

When you saw the women standing in line for miles to vote they were all dressed in their very best clothes. It is customary there to do so when you are facing death. After all, you want to be buried in your best, and in Iraq that's going to be a large embroidered gown. The very next occasion I had to vote I wore a tie out of respect for their risk. A personal thing, but I was truly impressed with millions of women risking their lives to vote.

It is not unusual for Westerners to adopt Middle Eastern clothes when present in the Middle East.

Thank you. Really. My understanding does not reach a woman who had a chance to change before going on television saying how nice the terrorist treated her. She could have changed. The cameras need not have rolled before then.

If I were in her shoes, and MADE to say things, I would NOT have gone on National news before removing the un-Christian rag from my head!

The MSM will fully deserve the shameful legacy they have earned for failure to report upon this aspect of the Iraqi (and Afghani) elections -- all because of their seething rage at George Bush. Their demise will not be mourned.