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Afghanistan: Women's lives worse than ever

Monday, 25 February 2008

Grinding poverty and the escalating war is driving an increasing number of Afghan families to sell their daughters into forced marriages.

Girls as young as six are being married into a life of slavery and rape, often by multiple members of their new relatives. Banned from seeing their own parents or siblings, they are also prohibited from going to school. With little recognition of the illegality of the situation or any effective recourse, many of the victims are driven to self-immolation – burning themselves to death – or severe self-harm.

Six years after the US and Britain "freed" Afghan women from the oppressive Taliban regime, a new report proves that life is just as bad for most, and worse in some cases.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/womens-lives-worse-than-ever-786752.html
 
Creating democracy in a country does not mean that it will turn out like the USA.
Or that the resulting government will even like us at all.
 
uscitizen said:
Creating democracy in a country does not mean that it will turn out like the USA.
Or that the resulting government will even like us at all.
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One of the most offensive, and disingenous lies the NeoCons used, was proclaiming that (in part) these wars were about women's rights and uplifting women. What a crock. It was never about that.
 
Cypress said:
One of the most offensive, and disingenous lies the NeoCons used, was proclaiming that (in part) these wars were about women's rights and uplifting women. What a crock. It was never about that.
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correct , unless they have figured out how to make oil out of women.
 
The neocons got what they wanted a military presence in the mideast oil region and us too mired in to pull out. And now the Damos of the world have bought into it as well.

From the Neos point of view it is a success. And perhaps they way the ones with brains planned it all along. Evil brains, but brains. Now if they can just get McClown elected....
 
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uscitizen said:
The neocons got what they wanted a military presence in the mideast oil region and us too mired in to pull out. And now the Damos of the world have bought into it as well.

From the Neos point of view it is a success. And perhaps they way the ones with brains planned it all along. Evil brains, but brains. Now if they can just get McClown elected....
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Of course it's about things other than women's rights. Women are treated worse in Saudi Arabia than they are in Iran. And of course, women's rights in Iraq before 2003 were about 7 centuries ahead of women's right in Saudi Arabai. Bush Bush voters will constantly bring up sharia law and discrimination against women in Iran, while remaining dead silent about our good allies the Saudis.
 
Cypress said:
Of course it's about things other than women's rights. Women are treated worse in Saudi Arabia than they are in Iran. And of course, women's rights in Iraq before 2003 were about 7 centuries ahead of women's right in Saudi Arabai. Bush Bush voters will constantly bring up sharia law and discrimination against women in Iran, while remaining dead silent about our good allies the Saudis.
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There are plenty of partisan and fear blinded fools to suck it up too. sigh...
 
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