Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 02:05:23 +1100
From: Lynette Dumble <ljdumble-AT-connexus.net.au>
Subject: [GSN] URGENT: Condemn the beheading of Iraqi women accused of


Dear third-world-women,
Please add your signatures to end this vile campaign.
In sisterhood and with apologies for cross post, Lynette.
=============FROM THE COMMITTEE IN DEFENSE OF IRAQI WOMEN’S RIGHTS
November 3, 2000.

In recent weeks the Iraqi regime has beheaded at least 60 women accused of 
prostitution. Ali Hassan Al-Majeed, a military commander,began the campaign 
by killing 10 women suspected of prostitution in the city of Mousil. 
Subsequently, special military forces led by U’day, the older son of Saddam 
Hussein, killed another 50 women, all charged with prostitution, in Baghdad, 
the Iraqi capital. The governmental women’s organisation, known as the “ 
General Union of Iraqi Women" played a major role in this sadistic operation 
by informing authorities of the women's prostitution. The killings were 
unimaginably barbarous. All 60 women were decapitated with swords, and their 
heads then publicly displayed on the door at the entrance of their home for 
several days. 

There are also reports that women, including a woman doctor just three days 
ago, are being falsely accused of prostitution to legitimize their political 
execution.

The Committee in Defense of Iraqi Women's Rights asks that individuals 
and/or organizations worldwide join them in condemning this sadistic 
campaign by forwarding the below statement to "CDIWR" <tomah-AT-ihug.com.au>

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I/We strongly condemn the beheading of women accused of prostitution in 
Iraq, and demand that the Iraqi authorities:
1- Immediately end the brutal slaughter of women accused of prostitution
2. Bring those involved in this vile campaign to justice.
3. Allow women working as prostitutes to organize a union for their own 
protection
4. Actively assist prostitutes, individually or via their union, to find 
alternative means of livelihood.


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