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Friday, June 30, 2006

Kuwait Allows Women To Vote

Great news...

KUWAIT CITY - Women in this conservative oil-rich emirate voted in parliamentary elections for the first time Thursday, a vote that also inspired surprisingly vocal calls for reform and criticism of the ruling family.

The polls marked a new stage in the U.S. ally’s tentative moves toward greater democracy - and not just because of the entry of women. The election brought unprecedented political activism in a country where the ruling family has strong influence over politics, with conservative Islamists joining liberals in demanding electoral reform and protesting corruption.


Just more ripples from the stone of freedom we cast into the middle eastern pond when we liberated Afghanistan and Iraq.

Not that anyone on the left is about to give the Bush administration the credit it deserves here.

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