From: Gene McAloon 

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:11:35 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3157922
>
>Triple nasty:
>
>a) She's a heavy hitter- a well-respected law professor
>b) A significant diplomatic coup
>c) She's a woman (obviously) and Saddam's legal system was the fairest to
>women of all the Muslim states
>
>I wonder who will join from Pakistan and Egypt?

You are reading far too much into that article.

She is a young, not long out of law school professor of law. Respected  of
course. Why would anyone not respect a young law professor? A heavy hitter?
On what possible basis can that statement be made?

Needless to say there is no diplomatic coup involved. That idea is preposterous.
Nor is it true that Iraq under Saddam had the most liberal attitude towards
women of all Muslim states. That statement should read "of all Arab
states."

The only thing of interest in that article is the mention of Qaddafi walking out
of the Tunis meeting of the Arab League. Although it is true that some of
the biggest hitters among Arab rulers didn't bother to attend, Qaddafi was
right in lambasting those that did for not addressing that fact that two
Arab leaders, Arafat and Saddam, are under illegal detention.

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