Women's Rights in Iraq

First off, the only way to start this post, is by saying…there are none! Today I was able to visit Kadimyiah women’s prison in Baghdad. I was able to talk to inmates, corrections officers, and American advisors assigned to the prison. The stories are horrible. For all you French people out there, and those of you that are calling President Bush names and blaming America for human rights violations…FCUK OUY.

Today, I met several young girls that were incarcerated in the prison. The 12 year old girl that spoke English very, very well, was able to tell me about her plight. This girl, was a…street urchin. She made her living selling gum to soldiers in the green zone. She most likely started when she was 9, and for the last three years has supported herself, and most likely her family. She was forced to learn English at a young age, and were she raised in America would have a wonderful and bright future. Over the last year, the Iraqi Police (IP’S) have been paying closer attention to the Oliver Twist type children that almost terrorize their neighborhoods. This girl was caught selling gum in a sting, and when the IP asked her name, she lied about who she was. For that, this beautiful little girl is in a women’s prison.

Prostitution. You would not believe how many prostitutes are in Baghdad. Hundreds of them are in prison right now. Buy you see, Islam’s definition of prostitution is not the same as ours. If a woman makes eye contact with a man that is not her husband, she is considered a prostitute. If a woman is walking alone in public, she is a prostitute. If a man wants to get rid of his wife, he goes into court, and tells the judge, “she acts like a whore” and the woman is arrested and tried. The accused woman is not allowed to speak in court and she is automatically imprisoned based on the testimony of her husband or her family.

Another horrible thing I was able to witness today, is the children of the inmates. If the woman has no family to watch her children while she is in jail, the children are imprisoned with her. There was a small boy in the prison that everyone has adopted. When the American advisors first arrived the woman was unable to feed or nourish her baby appropriately. The guards did not care, nor the Iraqi judicial system. So the baby was starving to death. American contractors and advisors took the child to a doctor to save his life, and the child gets daily gifts of food and medicine from American advisors.

The food? The food is minimal. At the prison I visited today, the food is delivered by an Iraqi company contracted to provide meals. Meals consist of a bowl of soup, and a scoop of rice. Until the Americans arrived, the food was prepared by Male inmates. The food cooked by the male inmates at the men’s prison was divvied out on a tier system. The Correctional staff ate first. Then the guards. Then the male inmates. Any food left over was sent over to the women’s prison. Which means that the women were left with a kind of broth and a few grains of rice. No meat, vegetables, dairy, or any semblance of a sustainable intake. When the American advisors saw what was going on, pressure was put on the Ministry of Justice and the prison system. The end result was, the Americans would with hold funds if this practice did not change. So now the women prisoners get meals from outside caterers. Still, complaints of rotten food, and unsafe food are common. Today, a woman told us that her bread contained glass, and that the food is so bad, she is unable to keep it down. Again, this is changing. American Contractors and advisors are putting financial pressure on the prisons and women are getting the best treatment they have ever had.

The good news is, gang rapes are down. You see, a woman imprisoned for prostitution makes her open game for any man. Any Iraqi guard with a hard on, could walk into a cell and rape the woman in it, and it was applauded. “Give the whore what she wants” is the attitude. Now the women are being protected by the Americans. American advisors have established an internal affairs for the male corrections officers. The cells are now guarded by female ICO’s, and males are not allowed in the cell block. Now, do the women still get raped? I’m sure. I believe it is more an intimidation then a physical battery. Women are given special treatment for special favors. That is my guess, no evidence. One of the guards was heard bragging, “I am going to have her tonight”. Did he, or was he just talking male shit? Because of past behavior, I am sure that the guard has his own little harem, and for an extra scoop of rice, he gets unlimited blow jobs from oppressed and abused women. Tell me again why America needs to get out of Iraq? If it was not for America, these women would be raped and tortured until death, and only their fleas would mourn their deaths.

The prison is dilapidated. In America or most second world countries, the building would be demolished or condemned. The prison is literally falling apart. The septic system does not work, and raw sewage is filling the yard. Women are made to walk in the sewage to clean up after the male guards that throw garbage all over. American money is being used to rebuild prisons, but the money is being spent on MALE prisons. After all, why spend good money on whores? Feminine hygiene products are provided by Americans, Ladies, imagine being in prison for making eye contact with a man, and then during your menstruation, you have no pads or tampons, or running water. Just a dirty towel. Now imagine you are in a prison with 160 women, in a space designed for 80. With the arrival of the American Advisors, the women have running water. The prison has gotten some repairs, and women have mattresses, bunk beds, and blankets.

For those of you tree hugging hippie liberal communist faggots out there, (and of course the poof convicts that moved to France), That think we need to pull out of Iraq, because of abuses, your fools. It is the Americans that is the only protection these women have from real abuses. The only rights these women are the rights provided by Americans. Women under Islam are nothing. Women under Islam are property. Women under Islam are nothing more then ways to make babies, and the only honor is if the babies are male. For those of you obsessed with women’s rights, you should be praising God for the help and compassion President George Bush has brought to the women of Iraq. Before you throw stones at America for the “abuses” you hear reporters with no first hand account talk about, ask yourself, What have I done to make life better for the women of Iraq? And if you cant think of anything…Get off your @$$ and get yourself a big cup of SHUT THE UFKC PU.