Gorilla’s Guides

This is part 1 of a 3 part report and analysis it gives the background to the bombing, the bombing itself, and the reactions to it. The sources used are primarily Arabic language reports, some English language reports from KUNA and Aswat Al Iraq and one or two western reports. We also used other sources such Nahrainet […]

Posted on June 13th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Baghdad, Baghdad (Governorate), Baqubah, Basrah, Bombings, Jaish al-Mahdi, Joint Postings, Journalists Attacked, Karbala, Mahdi, Mahdi Army, Militia, Najaf, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samarra, SIIC (Formerly SCIRI), Tikrit. Comments: 3

BAGHDAD, Mahmoud Rafid, 13, says he is afraid to go on selling goods on the streets of Baghdad, after being sexually harassed and abused.

Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN 
Mahmoud Rafid, 13, says he is afraid to go on selling goods on the streets of Baghdad after being sexually harassed and abused
“I hope one day […]

Posted on June 13th, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad, Child Poverty, Child Prostitution, Child Rape, Children, Follow Up, Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: None

Meet wo-year-old Muqtada Od’a. He’s from Khan Bani Saad. He was wounded by a mortar.

Khan Bani Saad is a small town in Diyala, it’s been the scene of fierce fighting recently, and several very large bombings have been committed there.
It’s also the place where poor refugee families took over the prison and occupied the tiny cells one family […]

Posted on June 13th, 2007 under Children, Health, Iraq, Photos, Politics and Security, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad Hospitals, Child Poverty, Children, Diyala, Refugees, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children. Comments: None