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Wind Dancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-18-06 12:05 PM
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16. Thank you, aquart.
Women are treated as subhumans in many parts of the world. Unfortunately, religious fundamentalism doesn't recognize equal rights and women continue be to subjected to male dominance. This was an independent journalist willing to take the risk by reporting the truth from Iraq. I would say that is newsworthy.



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  -BBC: Female detainees set free in Iraq sabra  Jan-18-06 10:24 AM   #0 
  - So we capitulate to kidnappers now?  benburch   Jan-18-06 10:26 AM   #1 
  - Nothing 'tacky' about releasing prisoners  lumpy   Jan-18-06 10:55 AM   #10 
  - It's not the "what" it's the "when".  benburch   Jan-18-06 12:15 PM   #17 
     - Reagan had no problem  lumpy   Jan-18-06 12:32 PM   #21 
     - As if they were encouraged or otherwise by anything we do n/t  confludemocrat   Jan-18-06 04:00 PM   #29 
     - Another history lesson  Chomskyite   Jan-18-06 11:51 PM   #34 
  - we should capitulate to reality  bpilgrim   Jan-18-06 11:42 AM   #14 
  - No, we hold people indefinitely without due process.  madeline_con   Jan-18-06 06:38 PM   #30 
  - Did you miss this part  malaise   Jan-19-06 04:53 AM   #41 
  - Could not have been due to media interest  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-18-06 10:26 AM   #2 
  - this is good  sasha031   Jan-18-06 10:26 AM   #3 
  - I hope so. The world needs reporters like her.  Glimmer of Hope   Jan-18-06 10:28 AM   #4 
  - I pray for that, though the captors are demanding for all female  sabra   Jan-18-06 10:42 AM   #6 
  - maybe set free  rodeodance   Jan-18-06 10:48 AM   #7 
  - Don't count on it...  MrPrax   Jan-18-06 12:25 PM   #20 
     - The Hassam case is a definite candidate for a  CJCRANE   Jan-18-06 12:47 PM   #24 
  - Where's the usual denial...  PassingFair   Jan-18-06 10:37 AM   #5 
  - Or children...  madeline_con   Jan-18-06 06:39 PM   #31 
  - "six were freed because there was insufficient evidence to charge them"  Bozita   Jan-18-06 10:48 AM   #8 
  - Hey, throw an attractive female face on the screen and everything changes.  Kablooie   Jan-18-06 10:48 AM   #9 
  - But still we don't want to see that pretty young lady get killed, do we?  ckramer   Jan-18-06 11:01 AM   #11 
     - Absolutely. I'm just commenting on the imbalance of the response.  Kablooie   Jan-18-06 11:04 AM   #12 
        - Damn shame.  aquart   Jan-18-06 11:38 AM   #13 
           - Thank you, aquart.  FrustratedDemInNC   Jan-18-06 12:05 PM   #16 
  - We don´t negotiate with terrorists my ass  Stockholm   Jan-18-06 11:50 AM   #15 
  - Sure it smells  lumpy   Jan-18-06 12:35 PM   #23 
  - And all of those released women will be dead in a week.  HippieCowgirl   Jan-18-06 12:15 PM   #18 
  - OMG, that is horrible :-(  sabra   Jan-18-06 12:18 PM   #19 
  - Why is she getting special treatment?  wookie294   Jan-18-06 12:34 PM   #22 
  - She's a gurl...  madeline_con   Jan-18-06 06:39 PM   #32 
  - Actually, she's a "woman" and I hope she's free..  bobalu   Jan-19-06 11:05 AM   #43 
  - You Know We've Only Convicted ONE Iraqi Detainee  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-18-06 01:37 PM   #25 
  - "they are a threat to security,"  Disturbed   Jan-18-06 03:06 PM   #26 
  - ONE woman or ONE over all?  underpants   Jan-18-06 03:09 PM   #27 
     - Out Of The Total 48,256 Since March 2003 (n/t)  wellst0nev0ter   Jan-18-06 11:20 PM   #33 
  - I think that George should agree to take her place...any honorable  MasonJar   Jan-18-06 03:25 PM   #28 
  - Six Iraqi women detainees to be released: ministry (US did not confirm)  rodeodance   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #35 
     - 'but that the move was not related to the demands '  bowens43   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #36 
     - msnbc said that there are a total of 8 women held in prison by 'coaltian"  rodeodance   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #39 
        - ..  bowens43   Jan-19-06 06:59 AM   #42 
     - 'not related to current held hostage"--says officials--per msnbc just now.  rodeodance   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #37 
     - I just heard it on MSNBC  JohnnyRingo   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #38 
     - I bet this was advised by battlefield command  JohnnyRingo   Jan-19-06 04:46 AM   #40 
 

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