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Originally Posted by bkkandrew "He was released two hours later because it was an 'honour killing'. And unfortunately that is something to be proud of for any Iraqi man," she told the paper. |
Not under Saddam he wouldn't have been. Makes me long for the old glory days, when Iraq had the highest standard of living, education and life expectancy in the Arab world. Women wore western dress, and 47% of the doctors were women. Iraq was secular then- overt displays of religious extremism were punishable by death.
Still, just because most of the doctors have fled now, Iraq is a tribal fiefdom again, and religious extremism is back, I guess thats a small price to pay for 'freedom and democracy'. Better to be murdered as an oppressed woman no doubt in 'Free Iraq' than prosper as a doctor under that tyrant Saddam Hussein.