From: "Phil Payne" 

> > http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/wrd/iraq-women.htm
> >
> > "The primary legal underpinning of women's equality is
contained in the
> > Iraqi Provisional Constitution, which was drafted by the Ba'ath party in
> > 1970. Article 19 declares all citizens equal before the law regardless
of
> > sex, blood, language, social origin, or religion. In January 1971, Iraq
> > also
> > ratified the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights
> > (ICCPR)
> > and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which provide equal
> > protection under international law to all."
> >
> > Hmmm.  "All citizens equal before the law".  Only Arab
country to have
> > such
> > a clause in its consitution.
> >
> > Only one to acknowledge international law, too.  Seven years before the
> > USA.
> >
> > No wonder Bin Laden wanted you to destroy it.  He succeeded, too.  No
> > more
> > secular threat to Shia law.
> >
> >
> >
>
> What does your "response" have to do with what you are
"responding" to?

It follows on from the Amnesty report saying the incidence of rape
increased significantly after the invasion.

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