Gorilla’s Guides

Railway workers in

Kirkuk
Basrah and
Samawwah

are holding protests and strikes to demand that the green zone gone government honour its pay commitments, reactivate some services, roll back the “self financing” imposed by the American invaders, and provide protection.
The strike in the rubber industries plant in Diwaniyah continues.The workers have been protesting for […]

Posted on May 15th, 2007 under Children, Health, Iraq, Photos, Politics and Security, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Al Muthanna (Governorate), Al-Qādisiyyah - Governorate, Aswat Al Iraq - News, Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad Hospitals, Baqubah, Basrah, bomb, bombing, Bombings, Car bomb, Children, Disputed Areas, Diwaniyah, Diyala, Hilla, Ibn al-Nafees hospital, IED, Imam Ali Hospital, Ishaki / Ishaqi, Kirkuk, Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim) Governorate, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Poverty, Refugees, Sadr City, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samawah, Tikrit, Women and Children. Comments: 3

BAGHDAD, 15 May 2007 (IRIN) - A recent report by the US-based NGO Save the Children says that although Iraq’s under-five mortality rate is in the middle range when compared to other developing countries, it has worsened faster than in any other country. Observers say the main reason for this is the continuing violence and […]

Posted on May 15th, 2007 under Children, Features, Health, Iraq, Politics and Security, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Child Poverty, Children, Follow Up, IRIN, Poverty, Refugees, Women and Children. Comments: 1

Historical glimpses of Iraq’s mass graves on first anniversary
By Adel Fakher
Baghdad, May 15, (VOI) - On the first anniversary of the mass graves perpetrated by the former Iraqi regime, the Iraqi government declared May 16 a memorial day to commemorate what it described as the “hideous crimes committed by the former Iraqi regime.”
In a statement […]

Posted on May 15th, 2007 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, War Crimes. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features. Comments: None