this is what we are there fighting for?

to have women's rights non existant. well beyond that. to have women killed in the name of 'HONOR'????? day um. now lawyers who dare to defend women are being killed? sounds like a GREAT country with GREAT morals and a GREAT way of life. yeah, let's go over there and kill a bunch of people, stir up a civil war and make it WORSE than it ever was. throw in MORE violence against women and what do you have??????????????????????????? AN EFFING MESS

UN: Iraqi lawyers killed defending women's rights

Iraqi lawyers are being attacked and killed for defending the legal righs of women, according to a report filed by the UN.
The United Nations' IRIN Information Office reports that according to an Iraqi legal association, dozens of lawyers have been murdered and "hundreds attacked" for defending cases percevied to be "against Islam."
The threat of violence against Iraqi lawyers has driven many to surrounding countries, according to the report.
Portions of the IRIN article are excerpted below. The full article is available here.
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Defending the rule of law and women’s rights is costing some Iraqi lawyers their lives. Since October 2005, 38 lawyers have been murdered and hundreds attacked for defending cases which their enemies say are "against Islam," according to the Iraqi Lawyers Association (ILA), a nationwide organisation...........