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امرأة ترتدي عباءة.. منظر لا يثير الشك أو الريبة في شتى مدن العراق، العباءة رداء اعتادت النساء على ارتدائه منذ حقب طويلة هنا، فهو يستر البدن كله من أعلى الرأس إلى أخمص القدمين، دون أن يكون متوقعا أن يتحول هذا الرداء إلى درع يختبئ خلفه انتحاري يسعى لتحقيق اكبر خسائر بشرية ممكنة في الأرواح.أحدث عملية […]

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Features, Iraq. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Bombings. Comments: None

الجمعة 2 ذو الحجة 1428 .::. 14 / 12 / 2007  
حذّر ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا السيد أحمد الصافي الأجهزة الأمنية في العراق من (الهدوء الذي تشهده معظم مناطق العراق عدا ما تعانيه مناطق من الإرهاب كالسيدية وبعض المناطق من قرى محافظة ديالى وبعض مناطق محافظتي الانبار ونينوى وصلاح الدين) مبينا (ان ما جرى من […]

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Iraq, Religion. Tags: Islam, Sermon Reports. Comments: None

RAMADI, Dec 13 (IPS) - Many Iraqis are angry that the government seems to be picking favourites for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

IRAQ: Not Even the Hajj is Free of CorruptionBy Ali al-Fadhily.
Ali al-Fadhily is IPS’ correspondent in Baghdad, he works in close collaboration with Dahr Jamail, their U.S.-based specialist writer on Iraq […]

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Iraq, Religion. Tags: IPS, IPS Reports. Comments: None

Photo 1: Haidar Rahim was 13 years old he was one of the people killed in the bombings in Al ‘Amārah yesterday. In this photograph his body is being ritually washed before burial.

Photo 2: Haidar Rahim’s mother grieves as she waits to collect his washed corpse.

Indexed under: Amarah, Bombings, Children, Maysan (Governorate), Najaf, Women and Children

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Politics and Security, Women and Children. Tags: Amarah, Bombings, Children, Maysan (Governorate), Najaf, Women and Children. Comments: None

Harsh reality of Iraqi orphans
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 13 /12 /2007  Time 4:34:51
Baghdad, Dec 13, (VOI) - Unlike orphans in many countries in the world, most Iraqi orphans lost their parents around the same time and under horrible circumstances. In addition to their desire for compassion and […]

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Child Poverty, Children, Orphans, Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: 1

Freedom lost
After the invasion of Iraq, the US government claimed that women there had ‘new rights and new hopes’. In fact their lives have become immeasurably worse, with rapes, burnings and murders now a daily occurrence. By Mark Lattimer
Thursday December 13, 2007 The Guardian
They lie in the Sulaimaniyah hospital […]

Posted on December 14th, 2007 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: KRG, Rape, Women and Children, Women's Rights. Comments: 1