The U.S. News and World Report, February 2, 2004 (paper edition, how quaint), reports that some Iraqi’s might not have quite mastered this idea of Western style democracy.

[T]here are plenty of signs that the sheiks have not completely absorbed the full implications of democracy. Sheik Ghassan Aboud al-Hymus, who heads a large tribe outside Hilla, is very enthuiastic about the event. But when asked if Iraq is ready for democracy where a woman might vote differently from her husband, he just bursts into laughter and walks away. He returns a minute later. “I’d kill her,” he says, suddenly quite serious.

Source: Jim K.