Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
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A group of six Iraqi women pointed out, again, that the people in Iraq have face war for the past 30 years. So which war is it that the protestors are protesting? And, again, fools like Zinn, Sontag, Chomsky and the other American ‘dissident’ need to listen to these women and understand what true suppression of dissent is.
"The Iraqi people have been living in a state of war for 30 years," said Nazand Beghakani, a founder of the International Kurdish Women Study Network. "I'm calling on the international community to stop this war that has been forced on the Iraqi people."
Aida Ussayran, a member of the Union of Iraqi Democrats, fled her native land 25 years ago after being jailed three times for pro-democracy activism and an act of particularly harsh punishment — the execution of her son. "My story is no different that any other political activist living under a cruel regime," she said. "The regime is merciless in its bitter pursuit of any innocent man, woman or child."
The women also denounced the systematic beheading of innocent women who belong to families suspected of opposing Saddam's regime. Ussayran said 16 innocent women were decapitated in front of their own children three months ago.
In the north, Iraq's Assyrians, who are Christians, have suffered cultural oppression and thousands have been forced to leave the country, said Pascale Isho, a member of the Assyrian Women's Union.
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