A prominent group of Iraqi women who backed the United States-British invasion recently met the American ambassador in an effort to pressure the politicians drawing up Iraq’s constitution not to limit women’s rights. Western feminist groups and some Iraqi women activists fear that Islamic law, if enshrined as a main source of legislation, will be used to restrict their rights.
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/ 19 November 2004
In a statement that directly echoed United States President George W Bush, Qasim Daoud, Iraq’s interim Minister of State for National Security, told a news conference last week: ”Mission accomplished … Fallujah has been liberated.” He proudly recited the list of the dead — 1 400 terrorists, foreigners and Saddamists. And what about civilians, the women and children trapped in the fighting zone. Any casualties? He avoided the question.