[news] Women's Rights Another Victim of Iraq War & Occupation

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The invasion of Iraq...changed the status of Iraqi women for the worse. The United States elevated a new group of leaders, most of whom were allied with ultraconservative Shiite clerics. Among the Sunni minority, the quick disappearance of their once-dominant political power led to a resurgence of religious identity...(T)he Kurds...were able to reclaim traditions such as honor killings, putting thousands of women at risk.

  


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