NYT - Maureen Dowd: "W's mission backfires on Iraqi women "

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http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5563806.html

The way to defeat our enemies' "hateful ideology," (Bush) said, is to offer an ideology "that says to young girls, you can succeed in your society, and you should have a chance to do so." He also said, "Hopefully, the drafters of the constitution understand our strong belief that women ought to be treated equally in the Iraqi society."

Hopefully? Is that the best we can do for a country that we broke, own and are sacrificing young men and women every day to keep?

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The fundamentalist Taliban are recrudescing in Afghanistan, young girls in Iraq are afraid to leave the house because there are so many kidnappings and rapes, and women's groups in Iraq are terrified that the new constitution will cut women's rights to a Saudiesque level.
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Some Shiite politicians are pushing to supplant the civil courts that have long governed marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance with religious courts operating on Sharia, or Islamic law. The New York Times reported that one of the crucial articles in various drafts of the constitution is: "The followers of any sect or religion have the right to abide by their religion or sect in their personal affairs, and a law should organize this."

That little provision could jeopardize any chance for women's equality. Clerics running religious courts based on the Qur'an could legitimize polygamy, honor killings, stonings and public beheadings of women charged with adultery, and divorce by "talaq" -- where all a husband has to do is declare three times "I divorce thee."

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1. Boy I bet Turdblossom wishes Maureen extended her LOA.

Too bad blossom, Dowd's back to weed the garden and it's Round Up time.

Ordinarily you would love to have Duke Nukem catapault some garbage over to the Times but what with the Judy Judy Judy problem you need them for a get out of jail free card.

And then of course you have to somehow get them (or someone like them - maybe a Pearl at Time?)to sink the Fitzgerald Juggernaut for you. Bon Voyage.