http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/03/19/iraq-at-5-the-world-reacts/ Americans vote. The world speaks. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:24:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/03/19/iraq-at-5-the-world-reacts/comment-page-1/#comment-42 BallotVox » Blog Archive » Five Years Old: Part II Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:47:31 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/03/19/iraq-at-5-the-world-reacts/#comment-42 [...] about US politics and foreign policy. Yesterday, Voices Without Votes posted a thought-provoking roundup of Middle Eastern commentary on the five-year anniversary of the Iraq [...] [...] about US politics and foreign policy. Yesterday, Voices Without Votes posted a thought-provoking roundup of Middle Eastern commentary on the five-year anniversary of the Iraq [...]

]]> http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/03/19/iraq-at-5-the-world-reacts/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Eileen Hagger-Street Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:01:37 +0000 http://voiceswithoutvotes.org/2008/03/19/iraq-at-5-the-world-reacts/#comment-40 Listening this morning to BBC Radio 4, I learned that Basra now is virtually run by 20 or so Islamic fundamentalist militia groups. They target women who wear make-up or have their hair uncovered. Over 100 women have been murdered, some left lying in the street with their eyes gouged out. What price 'democracy' for them? Did the governments who waged war on Iraq imagine this as an outcome? What can we as women do to help our sisters in Basra? Listening this morning to BBC Radio 4, I learned that Basra now is virtually run by 20 or so Islamic fundamentalist militia groups. They target women who wear make-up or have their hair uncovered. Over 100 women have been murdered, some left lying in the street with their eyes gouged out. What price ‘democracy’ for them? Did the governments who waged war on Iraq imagine this as an outcome? What can we as women do to help our sisters in Basra?

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