Women, holy war and national security

During the history, the number of combatant women have been very less than combatant men, but, the point is, whenever a war happens and to defense of a nation against enemy attack, only dispatching men to battle scene won't guarantee their victory, on the contrary, supporting and backing the forces, motivating and stimulating men to continual attendance in front, looking after the children, caring for and treating the wounded, accepting responsibility of life in the absence of men, preserving blockhouses at the back of front and developing cores of local resistance by force of circumstance will have direct effect on combatants' morale and even destiny of battle.

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چهارشنبه - ۰۱ مهر ۲۰۰۸ / 2008 01 July

-Women never have neglected achieving their former mission and heavy task. In the history of Islam, the world, world war 1and 2 and contemporary history of Iran, there are very samples of attendance and cooperation of women at supporting and backing men for making progress in war. Women's efficiency in war isn't restricted in defending and security establishing, stimulating, nursing, preserving blockhouses at the back of front, on the contrary, women have attended at the battle fields and created resistance and courage myths, as good as men.
-Elvira, a brave woman whom all of Spanish patriotic commemorate her in high regard, during civil wars (1936 A. D.) has carried a pistol and was so modest that few people have known her. In critical conditions and when she seemed has lost the thread of the affairs, she has gone into action with having contact between ministry of war and revolutionists, has commanded the forces defended city against rebel forces. Some people believe that she have worked and helped more than two ministers. French Maid of Orleans, is more than Elvira, her true story is probably one of the most unique women's epics in Europe. According to this historical narration, when English army developed their conquests in French and occupied Paris, Orleans and neighboring regions, Maid of Orleans, a chaste and believer villager, decided to defense her country.
Role of women at 8 years holy defense
-Having women' cooperation at defense and battle scenes at the beginning of Islam, Islamic republic of Iran have organized and employed women in important affairs at 8 years holy defense and during holy defense women have learned behavior and tradition of Zahra (peace be upon her) and Zeinab (peace be upon her) and the other heroines at the beginning of Islam have performed their divine humane task and probably more than a task. Defense is obligatory for women but when there is need for them, they should defense to the best of their possibility and abilities. At 8 years of holy defense Islamic country defense conditions was so that , with respect to power of equipments and popular wide welcome in the form of organizing irregular groups and allied ,it wasn't necessary to direct women' participate at battle scenes ,except from rare cases and under some circumstances such as Iraqi troops' sudden attack to some border areas, also air raid and missile attacks to the cities especially at first days of war, it was required that women confront with enemy directly and boost their fighting and defensive spirit. Therefore women have come to military training and army camping and gradually established sisters' allies and its army and military branch. At the beginning of imposed war women forestalled, preserved and guard Islam, revolution and country with their life and properties at Khoramshahr, Abadan, Ahvaz, Susangerd, Bostan and the other south cities . It's said: "to forestall of women at war caused reinforce men".
-At first, at the Haji Shah their girl shouldered flag of war, and at the point of war, Shahnaz has learnt military training, held weapon ,built blockhouse, guard at it herself and at free time rushed to help the wounded and finally suffered martyrdom at hitting mortar and quiver. After her martyrdom, her brothers went to front and were martyred, one by one.
-Women have fought against enemy at the other cities, besides attendance at Khoramshahr war front that we don't mention it to respect for briefness and conclude this section with a memento by our great leader. He said about women' steadiness and resistance: "I remember, Arab Sunni woman lived in Susangerd and her husband was blind. In spite of the fact that she was 40 or 50 years old, has defended city very courageously and in fact as good as men. "The story went that she had killed a few Iraqi soldiers with stick. Apart from women' attendance, there is a sea of glory and pride of women in arenas backing of fight and services such as attendance at hospitals, nursing, aiding, reporting, providing food and cloths. At the back of front, women have done various kinds of aiding measures from house or producing factory to backing combats.
-Collecting popular aids at Beyte Zahra, schools, hosseiniye, mosques and especially allied resistance cores were from women' effective measures, and at this arena women have forestalled men, whereas women' political, social, cultural and educational activities in cities and funeral of pure bodies of martyrs and honor them are a stage of women' magnificent attendance at 8 years holy defense, seeks a separate book.
In short, women were effective in stimulating combats for attending at fronts and have taken responsibility of household in absence of family guardian; furthermore, they have stayed at backing headquarters actively or round-the-clock and packed, prepared fronts needs.
-At the end of this part we can conclude that women have participated at military, fighting arenas and front line and have been martyr, prisoner, devotee, chemical injured and wounded as good as men, but we should take in to consideration that women didn't have legitimate duty for this arena and didn't have obligated to such a mission like men, on the contrary, their attendance and cooperation reflects self-denial, self - abnegation and revolutionary spirit resulted from culture and allegiance thoughts of this Islamic society class. From this viewpoint women' role can be understood more outstanding than men's and if fight and defense task has been given to women, they have created more qualified commanders and martyrs than men.
-Women' role in social crisis
In various cultures, crisis doesn't have same definition, in particular sense it, exists of potential and active circumstances, at internal or external level, can confront a country or government with great dangers such as government switch, coup d'etat, civil war, brushfire or zonal or international war. A look at riots and rebellions began after Iraqi imposed war against Iran in1371, has shown rioters' requests and aims were different. To study and research into social unrests in Shiraz, Mashhad and Ark in 1371-72 has indicated that they resulted from popular dissatisfaction with economic and livelihood circumstances, because some departments of government didn't have necessary effort for improving livelihood and construction conditions. Generally, we can divide social crisis of recent years to three: -A: security disorder in east of country -B: riot and insecurity caused by infidels' activities -C: social-political unrests

Role of women in east of country security
-East of country because of neighboring with Afghanistan, Pakistan and neighbors' instability, on the one hand, and being open its borders, on the other hand, during recent years subjected to orchestrated security measures. Although there was such measure from past, wide volume, tactics and ways of insecurity are very different from past years. Now this disorder is so intensive that army and disciplinary forces at border and disciplinary forces at cities don't have enough power to confront it. So, align forces went into action, too. It seems women' cooperation in popularized security of east of country, is very important in some respects that will give briefly:
A: Women are a half of east population that are attacked and invaded by rogues and ruffians and the least task and role that we can consider them, is individual defense. That is, women obligated to defense their own, while attack and there isn't need to ask permission for this kind of defense. Women of east must be trained for defending from their life and properties and were informed with enemy' plans and time of attack, aggression and plundering and the manner of that ,in order that, amount of spiritual, financial and life damages reduced to a minimum. Disciplinary forces, army and government departments can take over this task.
B: Women can play a role in servicing, backing, stimulating men and boosting them morale or weakening aggressors' morale, too.
C: Women can hasten to assist and help to armed or unarmed men with cold weapons such as shovel, sickle, stick and so on .,in various circumstances especially in assaulting or plundering.
D: Settling in mosques, religious places and resistance cores, allieded sisters can guard place of bases, stop and inspect or pursue and watch.
E: Role of women can be sought in intelligence affairs and reconnaissance aggressors; because information &news remarks on time is very effective in decreasing damages and arresting and destructing corrupting bands.
Role of women in confronting against infidels' riots and measures
- Because Infidels employ women and young girls in obstructive operations, we should take advantage from attendance &cooperation of women, especially allieded women in anti-riots or confronting against crisis.
Although in this arena, women' attendance domain is more restricted than their cooperation and attendance in project of popularizing security in east of country , their tasks remain as promotion of knowledge level by training, intelligence activities and acquiring news, boost fighting spirit and readiness for confronting in necessary situations.
Role of women in sociopolitical unrests
Sociopolitical unrest can be divided into three: A: electoral unrests B: unrests caused by sociopolitical dissatisfaction C: political unrests of parties. Whatever can be presented as a theory, is that women' attendance can be seen at many occasions. Although their efficiency is different from men's, and they have lesser role in running riot, firing and obstructive measures and leaders' group are mainly among men, a part of rioter population are women and girls. A look at women' confronting against terrorist measures of infidels in Ilam, their measures in Gachsaran and so on contain this point that we can give a roles to women.
Women can have role in three steps: A: At the point of crisis B: during crisis C: in cleanup and after crisis.
At first stage of a crisis precautionary measures are very important. If women attend in unrests popularly, and to cooperate disciplinary & security departments, take action on make reconnaissance and arrest of destructive agents, crisis will be controlled. In this stage women also can preserve places & departments such as important and sensitive cores and ordinary places and prevent from their burning & destroying by appropriate training. During crisis women can confront rioters by appropriate organizing and equipping requisites, as qualified personalities in women class have shown much self-denial in this field. At this stage attendance and cooperation of women against rioters can wipe out rioters' organization. To resort war of nerves and propaganda against is one of the other tasks that have much effect on popular thoughts and women can have outstanding attendance in this arena, even better than men. In cleaning up and after crisis, more important tasks for women are maneuvering and showing power.
Attachments:
1. Defensive role of women in world, p.16
2. Unknown acquaintances
3. Same p.42
4. Hidden from victory narration
5. Diplomacy of crisis p.4
6. Report from events of Gachsaran prepared by operation directorate of allied resistance forces.