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Why The US Occupation Makes Iraqi Women Miss Saddam

12 March, 2010 - 16:37
by Abdu Rahman and Dahr Jamail

BAGHDAD - Under Saddam Hussein, women in government got a year's maternity leave; that is now cut to six months. Under the Personal Status Law in force since Jul. 14, 1958, when Iraqis overthrew the British-installed monarchy, Iraqi women had most of the rights that Western women do.

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