Julia Thompson wrote:

> Actually, if you're a woman, there are *much* suckier rulers to live
> under.  (Or die under.)  Saudi Arabia, for a biggie.  Iraqi 
> women enjoy
> greater freedoms than women in almost all other Mideast countries.  So
> if I were a woman in Iraq and knew that, sure it would suck, but many
> other options would suck a lot worse.

Yes..and there is also another benefit to being an Iraqi woman....one
would get to read the hilariously improbable romances written by Saddam.
It's hard to find copies of his book outside Iraq, y'know.

<g>

Ritu

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