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مقتل واصابة 18 شخصا واعتقال 27 مسلحا حصيلة العنف حتى مساء الاحد
ذكرت مصادر امنية ان ما لايقل عن 14 شخصا قتلوا، واصيب اربعة اخرون، واعتقلت القوات الامنية ما لا يقل عن 28 مسلحا، كحصيلة لاعمال العنف والعمليات الامنية خلال الاربع والعشرين ساعة الماضية، وحتى مساء الاحد.وفيما يعد مؤشرا على تزايد حالات العنف واستهداف القادة العسكريين […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Accountability act, Al Anbar (Governorate), al Mansour, al Qhilani mosque, Amarah, Article 140, Assassinations, Attacks on American Invaders, Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers, Attacks on oil wells, Awakening Councils, Babil (Governorate), Baghdad, Baghdad Airport, Baqubah, Basrah, conscription, Corpse Findings, Curfews, Death Penalty, Death Squads, Disputed Areas, Diyala, Fallujah, Follow Up, Health, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, JFO, Journalists Attacked, Karbala, Kirkuk, Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim) Governorate, Lateral drilling to steal oil by Irak's neighbours, Maysan (Governorate), Mercenaries, Mosul, Mosul Dam, Ninawa (Governorate), reconciliation, Sadrist Bloc, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Samarra bombing anniversary, Sermon Reports, Solman Bek. Comments: None

Political parties pay only lip-service to women’s demands for greater political clout.
Despite a reputation for courage on the battlefield, Kurdish women are unable to penetrate the upper echelons of power in the region’s top parties and government, according to politicians and women’s activists.

Kurdish Women Hit Glass Ceiling By Barham Omar in Sulaimaniyah (ICR […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Human Rights, IWPR, KRG, Women and Children, Women in politics, Women's Rights. Comments: None

Disease currently contained, but experts say it will probably break out again in summer.
Health experts are warning that the country could be hit by new cases of cholera once temperatures start to rise.

Deputy Health Minister Amir al-Khuza’i said the ministry of health has “totally controlled the disease”.

“just one in three Iraqi children can […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under Cholera, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Health, IWPR, Poverty, Sadr City, Water, Water Borne Disease, Water Crisis (Iraq), World Health Organisation, الكوليرا. Comments: None

يسعى المنتخب المصري لمواصلة حملته الناجحة للدفاع عن لقبه وإيقاف مغامرة المنتخب الأنغولي عندما يلاقيه الاثنين في كوماسي في الدور ربع النهائي للنسخة السادسة والعشرين من نهائيات كأس أمم أفريقيا المقامة حالياً في غانا وتستمر حتى الأحد المقبل.وضرب المنتخب المصري بقوة منذ المباراة الأولى بفوزه الكبير على الكاميرون 4-2، وزكى استعداداه الجيد للدفاع عن […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under Sports. Tags: African cup of Nations Ghana 2008, Sports. Comments: None

اعتقال 11 شخصا من انصار “الامام الرباني” في ديالى
قال مصدر امني مسؤول في محافظة ديالى، السبت، ان القوات الامنية اعتقلت 11 شخصا من جماعة دينية متطرفة تسمى “انصار الامام الرباني.” في قضاء الخالص. مبينا ان مجموع المعتقلين من المجموعة المتطرفة وصل الى 28 شخصا خلال يومين.
واوضح المصدر الذي طلب عدم الكشف عن اسمه، […]

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 under Early Warning, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), American War Crimes, American War Criminals (Petraeus), American War Criminals (Ryan Crocker), AMSI, Assassinations, Attacks on American Invaders, Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers, Awakening Councils, Babil (Governorate), Baquba, Basrah, Bombings, Corpse Findings, Cults, Curfews, Dahuk (Dohuk) (Governorate), Death Squads, Detention without trial, Disputed Areas, Diwaniya, Diwaniyah, Diyala, Early Warning, Ethnic cleansing in Kirkuk, Fallujah, Features, Fighting between green forces, Fuel Shortage, Hilla, Human Rights, Humanitarian Relief, Iskandriyah, Kidnappings, Kirkuk, Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim) Governorate, KRG, KRG Intransigence, Lateral drilling to steal oil by Irak's neighbours, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), reconciliation, Refugees, Salah ad Din (Governorate), Sniper attacks on civilians, Syria, Tal Afar, Travel Restrictions/Border Closings, Turcomen, Turkey, Turkish warplanes over Iraki soil, Turkmen, Um Qasr, UNHCR, Unlawful detention of civilains by American invader for. Comments: None