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2005-02-21 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi women no better off post-Saddam - Amnesty

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Posted by Steve White 2005-02-21 3:21:16 PM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting, the report is not available on the AI site.

Also interesting is that the index of articles by country for Iraq shows AI report volume by year of:

1995-0
1996-3
1997-4
1998-10
1999-7
2000-15
2001-14
2002-10
2003-129
2004-55

None of the reports before 2003 concerned women. It doesn't appear AI knows much about the rights of women under Saddam or chose to hide what it knew. Perhaps Eason Jordan could find his next job at AI.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-21 3:52:22 PM|| 2005-02-21 3:52:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Brilliant work, Mrs D.

It reminds me of that great Den Beste post about the drunk and the street light.

Posted by 11A5S 2005-02-21 3:54:54 PM|| 2005-02-21 3:54:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Amnesty International -

Maybe that is who Eason Jordan was talking about

Amnesty International person was lurking around, one of our pilots was given a target where suspected unreformed Ba'athists were hanging out, and the A.I. person ended up flat as Rachael Corrie...

Therefore we were accused of targeting "Journalists"

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-21 4:05:02 PM|| 2005-02-21 4:05:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Well done Mrs D. AI was hijacked by the IslamoLeft years ago. Its a shame because at one time they did good work.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-21 4:34:21 PM|| 2005-02-21 4:34:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Thats is those women who, because they belonged to the Baas, weren't in danger of being raped or have their children tortured in front of them are not better than under Saddam

Posted by JFM 2005-02-21 4:55:40 PM|| 2005-02-21 4:55:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 AI is poop. I met a gal from Baghdad shortly after the US takeover and have been keeping in touch with her regularly. She spent her Saddham years in hiding, but has working full-time since things calmed down, and has never been happier in her life. Of course, she is unmarried and educated ... maybe AI is just interested in unhappily married uneducated women.

Posted by Beau 2005-02-21 10:52:30 PM|| 2005-02-21 10:52:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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