Gorilla’s Guides

Inside the surge, part two: the provinces

Inside the surge, part two: the provinces The second film from Guardian photographer Sean Smith on his time embedded with the US Marines in Iraq's Anbar Province and the mountain division in the so-called "Triangle of Death" is now available . Links below are to the three in the series ...

Arrested for flying the wrong flag

Erbil, 31 July (AKI) - Kurdish security forces in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq have arrested 50 young people who were waving the Iraqi national flag to celebrate the country's victory in the Asian Cup football. A police officer in the Dohuk province said those arrested were ...

IRAQ: Anisah Kaseb, Iraq, “Violence has destroyed my family”

BAGHDAD, 31 July 2007 (IRIN) - Housekeeper and mother of three Anisah Kaseb, 58, says the relentless violence in Iraq has damaged her family psychologically: Her younger son committed suicide and her daughter now requires psychological help. Photo: Mother of three Anisah Kaseb, 58, says the relentless violence ...

IRAQ: Families in south displaced as former Baathists targeted

BASRA, 30 July 2007 (IRIN) - Militants in southern areas of Iraq are reportedly targeting former members of the Baath Party in a bid to exterminate them, causing new displacements, according to local non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Photo: Former Ba'athist official Mustafa Bakri has lost his family, house ...

UNHCR - Iraqi refugee families need help to educate their children

DAMASCUS, Syria, 31 July (UNHCR) – When the Mikhail family escaped to Syria, hounded from their home in Baghdad at the end of last year by death threats, they had to begin a new struggle as refugees. Repeatedly, the parents have been told there is no room at school for ...

Situation Report July 30 2007

Four million Irakis - 15% - regularly cannot buy enough to eat.  Of the four million Iraqis who cannot regularly buy enough to eat 1.6 million do not have access to basic rations.  The situation is worse for displaced Irakis  (refugees inside Irak) 32% of the displaced have no access to basic food ...

The Exacerbated Plight Of Refugees In Dahuk | محنة العوائل المهجرة في دهوك ..تتفاقم

Editor's Note: The English text is Aswat Al Iraq's somewhat shortened translation of their original Arabic language feature article which can be found here. بجانب خيمة صغيرة، كانت السيدة هيبة درويش مصطفى، تبدو في غاية التوتر والقلق. قالت وهي تشير الى داخل الخيمة "نحن عائلة من ثمانية اشخاص محشورين في ...

YA IRAK!

منتخب العراق يتوج بطلا على أمم آسيا للمرة الأولى في تاريخه غير مسبوق بإحرازه كأس اسيا للامم الرابعة عشرة بكرة القدم عندما تغلب مساء اليوم الاحد على المنتخب السعودي بهدف دون رد في العاصمة الاندنوسية جاكارتا واحرز هدف المباراة الوحيد يونس محمود بكرة رأسية من ضربة زاوية في الدقيقة ...

20070727 Reports From Irak Part 2 — بحق الرد

The campaign being waged by the Americans in Baghdad and the Southern governorates to eliminate the Jaish al Mahdi has escalated sharply. On Thursday night/Friday morning American troops launched an assault on the Al-Askari district of Karbala apparently with the aim of detaining Hamza Matrud a local JAM (Mahdi Militia) ...

20070727 Reports from Irak Part 1

As Obvious As The Sun Commentary and analysis from Irak: What, asks Radio Sawa's "Crux Of The Matter", if the Iraki soccer team playing on the green rectangle were to play like the politicians in the green zone? Who would prevail? The answer is "as obvious as the sun!" ...