[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Ufpj-disc] Does U.S. pullout help or hurt Iraqi women's rights?

[Brussel Morton K.]

We can, and ought to, use this flyer.  --mkb

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> From: Steve Burns <outreach at wnpj.org>
> Date: May 14, 2008 6:11:21 PM CDT
> To: Ufpj-sc at lists.mayfirst.org, ufpj-disc at lists.mayfirst.org
> Subject: [Ufpj-disc] Does U.S. pullout help or hurt Iraqi women's  
> rights?
>
> **Please see footer for list protocol**
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> At its April 26 meeting, the UFPJ Steering Committee agreed to  
> commit UFPJ to working to amplify the voices of Iraqis who are  
> opposed to the U.S. occupation, voices which are often ignored by  
> the U.S. media. Below is the text of a new flyer produced by  
> Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice featuring Iraqi women’s  
> rights activist Yanar Mohammed.
>
>
>
> You can view the flyer here…
>
> Read and listen to interviews with Yanar Mohammed here…
>
>
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> Steve Burns
>
> Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
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> 122 State St. #402
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> Madison, WI 53703
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> (608) 250 9240
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> Side 1:
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> A question for Iraqi women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed:
>
>
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> Q: If U.S. pulls out of Iraq now, does that stand to help or hurt  
> the cause of women’s rights?
>
>
>

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> Yanar Mohammed is the co-founder of the Organization for Women’s  
> Freedom in Iraq. The group vocally supports women’s rights in Iraq  
> and shelters Iraqi women targeted in honor killings and sectarian  
> violence.
>
>
>
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> Side 2:
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> NPR’s Terry Gross interviews Iraqi women’s rights activist Yanar  
> Mohammed, January 17, 2008:
>
>
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> Q: Do you think the US should pull out of Iraq now, and if not now,  
> when?
>
> A: I think the US should pull out immediately, because the more we  
> are subject to a military situation, the worse off we are and more  
> attractive our cities are for all the mujaheddin coming from all  
> over the world to fight what they call the big evil, which is the  
> US Army.
>
> Q: If US pulls out of Iraq now, does that stand to help or hurt the  
> cause of women’s rights?
>
> A: As long as the US army is staying in Iraq, it has already  
> empowered Islamist factions and it has handed over the power to  
> them. They feel very free to walk around the street and to oppress  
> women the way they like. And this happens under the blessings and  
> the existence of the US Army. Why? Because they say it is democracy  
> and will not interfere with what’s happening in the Iraqi streets.
>
> Q: As part of the surge, the US has paid Sunni militia leaders to  
> stop fighting. Are you saying that some of the people we’ve been  
> paying to put their arms down now are actually some of the same  
> people who are the most repressive of women?
>
> A: Yes they are. Sunni tribal heads, in their parts of Iraq the  
> young girls are not allowed to have education, multiple marriages  
> are something common that happens every day. This is the group  
> which was empowered.
>
> Q: What make you think the death toll will decrease when the  
> Americans pull out?
>
> A: It will not decrease immediately…If healthy political dynamics  
> are supported in Iraq, the leftist side of the society will become  
> stronger, the killings of women will not be allowed to stay and the  
> Islamists will become weaker. The US troops have to leave and have  
> to let these natural dynamics take place in Iraq.
>
>
>
> Listen to the full interview and read the transcript at:
>
> www.wnpj.org/yanar-mohammed
>

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