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Archive for December 10th, 2007

العراق: العودة إلى بيوت مدمرة ومنهوبة ومحتلة

عادت اللاجئة العراقية ابتسام عبد الوهاب حسن من سوريا إلى بيتها في بغداد لتجد أبوابه مكسرة وأثاثه منهوب وأجزاء منه محروقة.
أما عادل عبد الله منذر، فعاد ليجد بيته قد نجا من الدمار ولكنه لم يسلم من احتلال أسرة أخرى رفضت المغادرة قبل أن يجد لهم عادل مكاناً آخر يأوون إليه.
ففي الأسابيع […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Features, Iraq. Tags: , , , , . Comments: None

Security developments in Iraq, Dec 10 to 09:00 GMT | التطورات الأمنية في العراق يوم الاثنين | Reuters.com

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0900 GMT on Monday.
BAGHDAD - A rocket attack caused a large fire in a storage tank at a domestic oil refinery in southern Baghdad but the plant was still operating, Iraqi police and oil officials said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: . Comments: None

Harsh refugee life rather than improved security spurs return of Iraqi refugees

REGIONAL - The recent return of considerable numbers of Iraqi refugees to their homeland has been hailed by some as evidence of an improvement in the security situation inside Iraq. Many Iraqi refugees face little alternative, however, than to return to their homeland, according to a survey by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East. Tags: , . Comments: None

اندلاع حريق هائل يلتهم خزانات الوقود في مصفى الدورة

اصوات العراق - شهود : سقوط قذائف هاون قرب مصفى الدورة جنوبي بغداد:
10 /12 /2007 الساعة 08:45:00قال شهود عيان من سكنة منطقة الكرادة القريبة من مصفى الدورة إن عددا من قذائف الهاون سقطت صباح الاثنين قرب مصفى الدورة جنوبي بغداد دون معرفة ما نجم عنه الهجوم على الفور.وأضاف الشهود للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء (أصوات العراق) أنهم […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Comments: None

IRAQ: Returning to destroyed, looted or occupied homes

BAGHDAD, 9 December 2007 (IRIN) - Iraqi refugee Ibtissam Abdul-Wahab Hassan returned from Syria to her home in Baghdad to find the doors broken down, some furniture stolen and parts of the house gutted by fire.

More IRIN coverage of Syria’s visa clampdown:

More Iraqi refugees leaving Syria than entering
Lack of money, visa problems […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Features, Iraq, Middle East. Tags: , , , . Comments: None

IRAQ-JORDAN: Few Iraqis returning home

AMMAN, 9 December 2007 (IRIN) - Due to the fragile security situation in Iraq, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is not encouraging Iraqis in Jordan to return to their homeland, but it is ready to help those who are determined to do so, according to Imran Riza, UNHCR representative in Jordan.
“We still need to […]

Posted on December 10th, 2007 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy. Tags: . Comments: None