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Posted by: engineer 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Crimes against women in Iraq's south have included killings and amputations Police chief: "Two women were killed in front of their kids" Not wearing headscarves, other violations of "Islamic teachings" bring crimes Woman tells CNN "fear is always there," but "we don't know who to be afraid of"

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engineer6 months, 3 weeks ago

The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion -- some strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture.
The women are killed, police say, because they failed to wear a headscarf or because they ignored other "rules" that secretive fundamentalist groups want to enforce.
"Fear, fear is always there," says 30-year-old Safana, an artist and university professor. "We don't know who to be afraid of. Maybe it's a friend or a student you teach. There is no break, no security. I don't know who to be afraid of."
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  engineer6 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  They were better off before we invaded.
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    cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    yes, I'm sure before we invaded Saddam treated women just fine and life was beautiful. He was loved by all and truly made the world a safer place.
    George Bush is satan and we should gas and burn all the "neocons" who got us into this terrible, terrible mess.
    
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      cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      cherev:
      Nah, Bush isn't satan. He thinks he is a Christian. Hahahahaha HAAAA HAAAAAA. He is satanic though. Just watch what he does and what the real motivation is. Just look at the leadership of the neocons. They say one thing to have people follow them. But their fruit is bitter and leaves one sick.
      Sadam and Bush could have been brothers the way they think. Yeah Sadam was evil and needed to be brought down. So does Georgie boy.
      Nah we don't need to gas and burn the neocons who got us into this. Just try them as the war criminals they are. Justice should be justice for all criminals including the sitting idiot Bush.
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        cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        Good. Try me as a war criminal.
        hahahaha...I'm a war criminal and you'll never catch me.
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        cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        cherev:
        Why are you part of the Bush administration that lied about everything to get us into the war?
        I doubt seriously if you are a war criminal. LOL
        But hey if you are. Bush has a place for you on his national security team. LMAO
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        cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        "Why are you part of the Bush administration that lied about everything to get us into the war? "
        I'm a Jew/neocon/zioncon. Don't you know we control everything? At least, that's what some of your friends say.
        "I doubt seriously if you are a war criminal. LOL "
        Guess again. I'm a war criminal. At least according to some of your buddies.
        "But hey if you are. Bush has a place for you on his national security team. LMAO"
        Great. Where do I sign up?
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        cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        cherev:
        First off Jew haters are not my buddies or friends.
        If you read some of my posts you would see that I will blast people for that.
        
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        GHOSTWHOWALKS6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        Give up cowboy. He's like a mule when it comes to doing anything. First you have to whack him betwixt the ears with a four by four to get his attention.
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    triizine6 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Removing Sadaam was a good thing; however, it was not a cure-all to the problems of the region, as Bush claimed it would be.
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cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago

engineer:
Thanks for posting this story.
What they are doing to the women is monstrous. This went on before we were there and it will continue after we leave.
The fanatics that do this seek to control thru fear and terror. They need to be destroyed themselves and they will be.
As far as they were better off before we invaded them. Yeah probably. But Sadam was one evil SOB. Of course so is GW Bush.
Hey you Bush supporters out there. How many innocents have died for his war on terror that has increased terroism. Given Islamic radicals new propaganda and recruitment material. Shown the world how morally bankrupt our nations leaders have become. Pushed this nation into debt deeper than ever before, with no positive returns except for the major corporations and share holders.
Yeah that Bush you just gotta love the incompetent idiot. NOT
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  cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  "But Sadam was one evil SOB. Of course so is GW Bush."
  Gas and burn me. I voted for him twice and I don't regret it - given the alternatives.
  "Hey you Bush supporters out there. How many innocents have died for his war on terror that has increased terroism. "
  Yeah. It's all my fault. Gas and burn me.
  
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    cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    cherev:
    I find it disturbing that one would state gas and burn me.
    For there are those in this community that would take that with joy.
    Now I may not agree with you on your political beliefs, but as far as I know that doesn't make you a criminal.
    The same said for me. If you don't agree with me that is fine. We are not the ones making the criminal decisions that our politicians make.
    I think we need to hold them responsible.
    But I don't think anyon needs to be gassed and burned.
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      cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      Nope, I'm a criminal. Hold me responsible. And, given the type of rhetoric you use, I feel quite comfortable telling you to gas and burn me.
      But, if you'd prefer I save you the trouble, why don't I just go home and blow my brains out with my 357 magnum? Oops, I forgot...I don't have any brains. I voted for Bush. Well, how about if I shoot myself in the heart? No, I can't have one of those either. I voted for Bush. How should I kill myself? Maybe I should shoot my wife and kids first?
      
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        triizine6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        Maybe you should just get a grip, cherev. You're not a criminal, just a misguided voter.
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      cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      Grampa, if the above sounds moronic, you're right. But that's how you make me feel.
      I don't share your political views, but it goes way beyond that. When you say Bush and the so-called "neocons" are war criminals, how am I supposed to feel? I am so repulsed and hold you in such contempt, that I don't want to have anything to do with you. I don't want to work with you. And while you may say "fine", you'll never get it to work all by yourself. Is that what you want?
      This country is supposed to be for everyone. But that's not how you feel, is it? There's no room for the "Bushies", is there? Well, I supported the President twice and, given the same set of conditions, I'd do it again. So do what you want.
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        cowboygrandpa6 months, 3 weeks ago
        
        Well, cherev.
        Here's how I think about it. Bush is responsible for murdering many, many innocents in the name of war profiteering. If you think that's acceptable. No I don't want to work with you. Because on down he line it becomes someone else who dies for the profits. If you can't see that. Well we just see things differently.
        I don't hate you personally, I don't even know you. I just don't think money is worth killing for. That is what this whole stupid war is about. Oil and greed.
        So if you think it's ok to kill for money and greed where do we stop? I mean why even have laws on the books that say robbery is against the law when our own poliicians are practicing it against us and the rest of the world?
        Now you may that is to simplistic. The truth is simple. It is the words of a lie that need to be flowery so one will buy it.
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      cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago
      
      P.S. I'm done for today. I'm going home to prepare for my Sabbath. I need peace in my soul now, and I'm not going to get it having a dialog with you or those who think like you.
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cherev6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hey engineer and cowboygrampa....
Fooled you both...it wasn't Bush at all! It was me. I'm the head neocon and I controlled it all.
Come and get me.
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tchef6 months, 3 weeks ago

This truly is a crime against humanity. Things were definitely better for women before the invasion(as far as women's rights went). With the Shiite majority that we have put into power very little will probably be done about these crimes.
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texangelwings6 months, 3 weeks ago

Terrible life that these women are having to live! I am afraid that this will never end, because it is a part of their religious beliefs!
I wonder if these men would like to be confined in attire that they expect the women to wear or to have little to no freedoms in their daily lives?
Thanks engineer!

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zimm6 months, 3 weeks ago

Funny how the Islamo-extremists in Iraq (and throughout the Arab world) have killed and continue to kill WAY, WAY more of one another than we ever do. It's just the way it is - despite the fact that we're accused of being the cause of all the problems in that part of the world.
And a key difference is that we go out of our way to avoid hurting innocent civilians, while these nut-cakes kill innocents -- their own neighbors -- with a vengeance. They don't care how they kill 'em or where they kill 'em; in market places, in mosques, schools, you name it. And their society is filled with millions more who will gladly join in on the path of insane jihad...
So in the end, these guys have really managed to create their own hell-on-earth. And if we ever do leave, they'll be sure to keep at it (hopefully not taking too many of us out with them in the process.)
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Howtogo6 months, 3 weeks ago

WHAT!! The religion of peace would do these things.
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Mutainia6 months, 1 week ago

I wonder what violations of Islamic teachings the two mentally challenged Iraqi women performed to have bombs strapped on them before they went into a pet market. It just makes me wonder.
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