Beauty salons under attack in Iraq

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Beauty salons under attack in Iraq

By Nancy A. Youssef

Knight Ridder Newspapers



BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two months ago, Baghdad had a spree of attacks on liquor and music stores. Now beauty salons are being bombed.


Women in Baghdad say it's much more than an issue of unkempt hair. They say the bombings are part of a larger effort by unorganized, illegitimate armies to foist a more conservative lifestyle on them. The armies of Islamic militants have gained power on the street since the fall of the more secular Saddam Hussein.


Beauty shops in Baghdad often are run by women. Many of them have shut down in recent weeks because they can't afford to rebuild after an attack or because their customers have been scared off.


Some salons allow men to work on women's hair, which may be frowned on by those attacking the shops, the women say. Some think salons are being targeted because beauty shops in general have been long known as places that facilitate prostitution. Others think it's because some Iraqis believe the beautification of women is sinful.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9576110.htm

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1. If Iraq ends up with a Taliban-style theocracy

than Bush has failed miserably indeed. The one did Saddam did right was keep things secular.

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