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To: tejek who wrote (278915)	3/7/2006 8:01:42 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572151

Good post...

To: tejek who wrote (278915)	3/8/2006 2:07:36 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572151

Under Saddam, the country was more secular and that meant that Iraqi women had more equality with men, and hence, more rights. I am not saying that life was grand for women or that they were treated as equals to men, but they did have more rights. Women may have had more equality, but no one has any rights in a dictatorship. You can't sue the dictator's machine when it violates what you think are your rights. In fact, Iraq like Iran had some of the best educated women in the ME.....that's changing now esp. in the Shia areas of Iraq My understanding was that Iraq experienced tremendous brain drain under Saddam. When he took power in '80 or whenever it was Iraq's economy was the equal of Spain's economy. Then everyone who could (the educated, wealthy, and skilled) left. And I haven't been to any Shia areas of Iraq, and neither have you, so frankly your assessment of the situation for women today in Iraq really doesn't carry that much weight. The people of Iraq today are able to make whatever environment for women that they want to make. The coalition is not limiting Iraqi women's rights, so if some group is, then the people of Iraq should either deal with that group, or take the consequences.