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The petroleum workers strike in Wasit is escalating.
33 unidentified bodies were found in Baghdad today. Thus, the total number unidentified corpses that were found in Baghdad since the start of June  until now is 119 was found. Last month the month May 2007 were found a total of 750 unidentified bodies in Baghdad alone.
The […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Human Rights, Iraq. Tags: Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Dahuk (Dohuk) (Governorate), Diyala, Hilla, Joint Postings, Journalists Attacked, Khalis, Kut, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Sadr City, Sadr City (Hospital), Salah ad Din (Governorate), Tikrit, Wasit. Comments: None

Child sitting beside a relative’s coffin outside Baqubah hospital morgue June 5th 2007:

Khaled
Indexed under: Baqubah, Children, Diyala, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Women and Children. Tags: Baqubah, Children, Diyala, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children. Comments: None

I make absolutely no bone about the fact that I despise the man who said this:
Every great work of art goes through messy phases while it is in transition. A lump of clay can become a sculpture; blobs of paint become paintings which inspire.

Source: Multi-National Force - Iraq - Press Briefing, Nov. 2
I […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary. Tags: Editorials. Comments: None

BAGHDAD, 5 June 2007 (IRIN) - Neglected factories, military scrapyards and battle sites containing hazardous material across the country pose a serious threat to Iraq’s environment and to public health, experts warn. The current security situation is also hampering rubbish collections and clean-up operations.

Photo: IRIN

Rubbish on the streets of Baghdad, poses health […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Children, Features, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Children, IRIN, Poverty, Water, Water Borne Disease, Water Crisis (Iraq), Women and Children. Comments: 2

There are two recent resources for people who want to learn something about the experiencse of Iraki refugees. UNHCR have released a video report that lasts 7 minutes and 27 seconds it is in three formats:

Flash
Real Player
Windows Media Player

In it refugees talk about their experiences. I urge you not […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Middle East, Politics and Security, Women and Children. Tags: Child Poverty, Children, Follow Up, Joint Postings, Jordan, Refugees, Syria, Women and Children. Comments: None

This is the nightmare for all of us. Some of the price paid by people who try to help:
I ran to the place happy that the police had found my son. However, when I got there, it wasn’t my son at all, but just the smelling remains of his body, his delicate face mutilated.

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“It’s hard […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Politics and Security, War Crimes, Women and Children. Tags: Children, Death Squads, Follow Up, IRIN, Women and Children. Comments: None

This article talks about a problem that you find especially in the border governorates mines or shells left over from previous wars. Often reports like this:
A child who was sheep herding sheep 50 kilometres west of Basra was seriously wounded when he stepped on a landmine (many mines are left over from the war with […]

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under Children, Features, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Child Poverty, Children, Dahuk (Dohuk) (Governorate), IRIN, Women and Children. Comments: 1