Intense news from Iraq

[Richard D]

Just spoke with a friend who has a good friend living in Iraq. Apparently in the last days Baghdad has been covered with leaflets saying that if a woman is seen in public with her head uncovered, she will be killed; if she is seen walking alone in public, she will be killed; if she is seen with any of her body showing, she will be killed; if she is seen driving a car, she will be killed.

Freedom marches on.

[msongs]

1. my the right wing christofascists must be green with envy.....

and all the other 'Muricans who engage in the systematic supression of women as well.

Ol' george w is gonna leave quite a legacy in Iraq after all.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Oh man

[annabanana]

3. I emailed riverbend

She hasn't updated since May 2, I quoted the report and asked her if it's true.

[ninkasi]

6. I checked Riverbend today

and noticed that her last post was 5-2. I worry, because it could be not enough hours of electricity, or something far worse. Please let us know if you hear anything. As a woman, I feel a bond with other women. As a woman born in the South in 1943, I can sympathize a lot with what she must feel by the current suppression of women in Iraq. I pray that she is well and safe.

[Terran1212]

4. Courtesy of the US-protected client government

A mix of Iraqi elites

[Amonester]

5. ...who hide in the "green" zone. ("green" = US$ too) - eom

[Terran1212]

7. Over last summer I saw some Iraqi unionists speak

The president of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions In Iraq was there. He talked about how they were spreading ethnic unity in their workers unions -- Shi'a, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkmen.

He also talked about how womens rights have gone back maybe to "the 1950's" in the face of this, how people are reacting to horrible poverty, joining militias -- turning Iraq to hell in response to the occupation.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Can your friend of the friend in Iraq get a copy or scan of that leaflet?

just wondering...

[Richard D]

9. I don't think so.

Sorry. I don't think scanning and emailing something like that from an internet cafe would be a great idea.