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Iraq Officially Declared Safer For Women Than Sweden

Respected war correspondent Magda Gad claims that war-torn Iraq is a safer place for women than Stockholm, Sweden.  According to the award-winning war reporter, women are far less likely to be physically assaulted in Mosul than they are in Sweden’s capital city. “There is no law on the Islamic veil here, and it’s safer for women to be outdoors than Stockholm,” Magda Gad tweeted from Iraq. @BorenNon @MrJeedi Det finns ingen lag på slöja här, och det är lugnare att röra sig ute som ensam kvinna än vad det är i Sthlm. — Magda Gad (@gad_media) March 4, 2017 Breitbart.com reports: Asked by another user to clarify whether she “feel[s] safer outdoors in Iraq than Stockholm”, the Expressen reporter — who has been covering the fight against Islamic State in Iraq since June last year, said “Yep”. Gad said Stockholm on a weekend evening is “much worse than any night in Iraq”, in response to a suggestion by the user ‘Per Anders Englund’ that it “can’t be easy being a good looking woman” in Sweden’s capital with “groping” men about. @paproffs @BorenNon @MrJeedi Precis så är det. Fylla runt medborgarplatsen en helgnatt är mkt värre än vilken kväll som helst i Irak — Magda Gad (@gad_media) [...]