“A vision of a theocracy in Iraq is seemingly more within reach for these groups now that the U.S. presence has waned; this week’s elections will be the first since the U.S. military troop withdrawal in 2011. The party proposed similar rules in 2004, after Saddam Hussein, a Sunni, was routed from power and Iraqi politicians began cobbling together interim constitutions and governments. For Faiza Babakhan, an activist and former parliamentarian, the new law signals an erosion of women’s rights that has left her and other women reminiscing about Iraq under Saddam.”
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/27/iraqi-shiites-protestproposedfamilylaw.html
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