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Iraqi women walk in front of a womens dress shop that sells Islamic dresses and veils on January 2, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. As the security situation continues to improve in Baghdad, some of the Iraqi women have started not to dress in Islamic veils, which some of them were threatened and intimidated by extremist Islamist groups to wear. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, 75 percent of the Sunni al-Qaeda networks and 70 percent of their activities have been eliminated.
| Jan 3rd 2008 11:36AM
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