A new report by Amnesty International has found that Iraqi women are no better off now than under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Two years ago the Bush administration promised that the overthrow of Saddam would free the Iraqi people from years of oppression. The report states, “The lawlessness and increased killings, abductions and rapes that followed the overthrow of the government of Saddam Hussein have restricted women’s freedom of movement and their ability to go to school or to work.” The report also charges that Iraqi women have been subjected to sexual threats by members of the US military and that some Iraqi women have been sexually abused and possibly raped while being detained by U.S. forces.