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Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig and Pratt, Nicola Christine (2006) Women in Iraq: beyond the rhetoric. Middle East Reports (No.239). pp. 18-23.

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Abstract

At a press conference two weeks before the US-led invasion of Iraq, flanked by four “Women for a Free Iraq,”1 Paula Dobriansky, then undersecretary of state for global affairs, declared: “We are at a critical point in dealing with Saddam Hussein. However this turns out, it is clear that the women of Iraq have a critical role to play in the future revival of their society.” For the Bush administration, Iraqi women would not only be “helping give birth to freedom” in the post-Saddam order.2 US officials spoke publicly about rape, torture and executions of women under Ba‘th Party rule, implicitly linking these atrocities to the necessity for US military action.3

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Iraq War, 2003-, Women -- Social conditions -- Iraq, Women in politics -- Iraq, Iraq -- Social conditions, Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
Journal or Publication Title: Middle East Reports
Publisher: Blackwell
ISSN: 0899-2851
Official Date: June 2006
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June 2006Published
Number: No.239
Page Range: pp. 18-23
Status: Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: British Academy (BA)

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