Here's what the Iraqi women are saying about their experience in the US:

Eman Ahmad Khamas: "I knew I had to come to the US to speak to the American people about what is going on in Iraq. It is only the American people who have the power to change their government's policy from one of military aggression to one of peaceful negotiation in Iraq. If I can tell the American people about the death and destruction I see everyday in Iraq committed in their name at the hands of the US military, I know they will fight that much harder to stop it."

Dr. Rashad Zidan: "I was astonished to find that the majority Americans don't agree with Bush's war and I am pleased to tell my fellow Iraqis about the many Americans I met who are struggling to stop the war and put an end to the occupation. We Iraqis believe that in a democracy, such as in the US, the politicians do what the people want, so most of us believed that the majority of Americans want to occupation to continue. I was surprised to find that in the US the politicians are not listening to the people. This is not the kind of democracy Iraqis want to see in Iraq."

Dr. Entisar Mohammad Ariabi: "I can see how beautiful a country the USA is, but it was difficult for me to enjoy this beauty when my own country lies in ruins. I see the tall beautiful buildings, many of them new, with windows and steel intact. They only served to remind me of what my country used to be and how destroyed it is now. Why would a government of a country that has so much beauty and wealth choose to come to Iraq to destroy it? We need to end the occupation now!"

Faiza Al-Araji: "Saddam was a terrible dictator. He stole Iraq from the Iraqis, and now the occupation has stolen Iraq from the Iraqis. We must find a solution to this present disaster, but the solution cannot be found through a US military occupation."

Sureya Sayadi: "The Kurds have been used by Saddam and now by the US as political pawns. We are not any safer now than under Saddam. Our current "government" doesn't represent the people, the leaders are there for their own self interests. If all's well in Khurdistan, then why do we have two presidents?"

Nadje Al-Ali: "Women, and ultimately the children, are the big losers in this tragic US-UK military misadventure. Iraqi women enjoyed the best position in terms of equal rights, education and employment in the Middle East region and today are relegated to prisons in their own homes. The government bends toward being a fundamentalist Islamic administration. Women are losing many of their prior freedoms."