What we have accomplished in Iraq.

[catsittingstill]

Here's an example.  For those who don't have time to follow the link, it's an article about a 17 year old Iraqi girl, murdered by her father and her brothers for talking--talking-- to a man who wasn't a member of her family.  This is a common practice in Iraq now; it's called "honor killing."

I will just note that, however I might despise Saddam Hussein, while he ruled Iraq, honor killing was prosecuted as murder.  After the regime change we brought about, the police now congratulate these murderers.

Oh, well done!

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It's not

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

just common in Iraq. It's common throughout the Moslem world.

it's common in human societies

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Happens here, too, though it's no longer common.

Re: It's not

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

That's quite true, and I didn't intend to suggest otherwise, or to suggest that it's only wrong in Iraq or anything like that.

I did intend to point out that our invasion and occupation of Iraq has made the problem considerably worse there, and thus made Iraqi women's lives(and therefore Iraqi *people's* lives, since slightly over half of all human beings are female) much harder.

Respectfully,

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

I'd have to disagree with you on that. It's just that it was not reported as much before. It would happen, and since sharia allows it, nothing would happen to the murderer.

Re: Respectfully,

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Well, my understanding is that under Saddam Hussein it was prosecuted as murder, and now it's (obviously) not.

Re: Respectfully,

[(Anonymous)]

If such is the case then I stand corrected.