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Iraqi Women's Lives Were Better Under Saddam

Abdu Rahman, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. March 16, 2010.

"The real ruler in Iraq now is the rule of old traditions and tribal, backward laws," says one expert, who says women have lost their freedom under the U.S. occupation.

Kurdistan Parliament Forbids Forced Marriages

Iraq UpdatesNovember 7, 2008.

An sweeping amendment to a 1959 law will punish those who try to force marriage upon family members.

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