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TV NEWS FOOTAGE : ICRC ANNUAL REPORT – spending among highest ever as more aid reaches people displaced by conflict
Geneva (ICRC) – The ICRC’s Annual Report, (published 27 May 2008), announces spending to help people whose lives have been wrecked by armed conflict among the highest ever. The organisation’s total expenditure reached 944 […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Health, Iraq, Society And Economy, Video Reports. Tags: Poverty, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Rescue Work, Water. Comments: None

استقبل المرجع الديني اية الله العظمى السيد علي السيستاني رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي الذي زار النجف صباح ليوم الخميس بشكل مفاجئ وتناول اللقاء تطورات الوضع السياسي والامني في البلاد . وصرح المالكي بعد انتهء زيارته قائلا: “ان المرجع السيستاني اكدعلى أهمية قوة الدولة وإطاعة الحكومة وإلعمل على إنجاح العملية السياسية وحصر السلاح بيد الدولة ، […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Nahrainet. Comments: None

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric has been quietly issuing religious edicts declaring that armed resistance against U.S.-led foreign troops is permissible - a potentially significant shift by a key supporter of the Washington-backed government in Baghdad.
The edicts, or fatwas, by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani suggest he seeks to sharpen his long-held opposition […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security, Religion. Tags: Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Iraq, Mahdi Army, Mahdi Army Standdown, Muqtada al-Sadr. Comments: 1

خلا المشهد الامني في العراق من الساعة الثانية ظهرا وحتى الساعة التاسعة من مساء الخميس، من سقوط قتلى وجرحى، بينما اعتقلت اجهزة الامن 26 شخصا ليرتفع الى 104، عدد المعتقلين، وتستقر عند تسعة قتلى حصيلة اعمال العنف في العراق خلال الـ24 ساعة الماضية.ففي بغداد قال المتحدث الرسمي باسم قيادة عمليات بغداد (فرض القانون)، اللواء قاسم […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Daily Summary. Comments: None

فيما لم يعط البرلمان كلمته الاخيرة حول اجراء انتخابات مجالس المحافظات القادمة أواخر هذا العام، نشب سجال بين اثنتين من كبريات الكتل البرلمانية بشأن كم يوما ستستغرق هذه الانتخابات التي يبدو انها ستدق اسفينا بين المساجلين.ويتمحور السجال حول هل ستجرى الانتخابات في يوم واحد حسبما يرى قطب سياسي عماده الرئيس جزء كبير من السنة العرب […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Features, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Elections (Governorates), Features. Comments: None

“We have reached a catastrophic situation in Iraq where poor Iraqis sell their organs to survive”
“I was once forced to refuse to operate on a kid after I found out that the donor, a 12-years-old child, was being forced by his father who had sold his son’s kidney for $4,000 dollars.”
Local […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Features, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Child Exploitation, Child Poverty, Health, Poverty. Comments: 1

May 22 (Reuters) - An Iraqi television station accused U.S. troops on Thursday of shooting dead one of its cameramen as he walked to his home in eastern Baghdad.
But a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad, Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Stover, denied any civilians were killed during Wednesday’s military operation in Obaidi.
The […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security, War Crimes. Tags: Journalists Attacked, Reuters. Comments: None

- بغداد (ا ف ب) - اعلنت مصادر امنية واخرى اعلامية عراقية الخميس مقتل صحافيين عراقيين في حادثين منفصلين الاربعاء احدهما في بغداد والاخر في بعقوبة شمال شرق العاصمة.
وقال مصدر امني رفض الكشف عن اسمه ان “قوة مشتركة من الشرطة وعناصر الصحوة عثروا على جثة الصحافي حيدر هاشم الحسيني مراسل جريدة الشرق” في […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Human Rights, Iraq, War Crimes. Tags: Human Rights, JFO, Journalists Attacked, Kidnappings, War Crimes. Comments: None

BAGHDAD, 22 May 2008 (IRIN) - Iraq is suffering from water shortages that could lead to widespread drought as a result of the water policies of neighbouring countries and an unusually dry winter, the Iraqi Water Resources Ministry has said in a statement.

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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 under Early Warning, Features, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Diyala, drought, Early Warning, Iran, IRIN, Poverty, Syria, Turkey, Water Borne Disease, Water Contamination, Water Crisis, Water Crisis (Iraq), Water Poisoning, Water Treaty. Comments: None