Posts Tagged ‘ Al Kindi ’

In response to massive blasts that shook the country in August, resulting in hundreds of casualties in Baghdad and elsewhere, the ICRC rushed emergency supplies to medical facilities. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in August 2009. Overview Help the victims of war: make a donation to the...
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The ICRC delegation in Iraq seize the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to stress that the basic rules of the law of armed conflict remain as important as ever and that Iraqi civilians must be spared the effects of hostilities. Through the testimonies presented in this newsletter Iraqi men and...
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لقى 28 من متطوعي الشرطة مصرعهم واصيب 54 اخرون اثر تفجير انتحاري شرقي بغداد. وذكر مصدر امني ان انتحاريا يرتدي حزاما ناسفا فجر نفسه اليوم الاحد بالقرب من كلية الشرطة شرقي بغداد ، ما ادى الى مصرع 28 واصابة 54 جميعهم من متطوعي الشرطة . ...
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The lines between Sadr and the Iraqi government are now clearly marked, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti Baghdad marked the fifth anniversary of the onset of occupation with gloom, curfew and mortar fire. Turbulent events in Basra and the south were far from reassuring. Reports spoke of bloody clashes between government forces and the Mahdi...
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Vulnerable groups: It is extremely difficult for the population to get health care provisions in an environment that is short on supplies and limited when it comes to facilities because of buildings that are too old. The problem is even more acute for vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women and injured persons. For a...
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Sunnis stay clear of hospitals for fear of being targeted by Shia death squads. By IWPR reporters in Baghdad (ICR No. 233, 19-Sep-07) For Sunni Arabs in the capital, getting medical treatment can be a death sentence. Public hospitals here are operated by Iraq’s Shia-run health ministry and allegations are common that hospital staff have...
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Iraq violence: monitoring the surge This week saw the lowest number of violent deaths reported in Iraq since the US troop surge began: 283 people were killed, compared with 400 last week. Links to Previous Reports In This Series: Surge report 22 August Surge report 15 August Surge report 1 August Surge report...
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“They prevented us from helping the injured and moving the bodies of the dead. They opened fire on us as if we were their enemies. They killed my friend Mansour who was taking an injured person on his bike to the hospital,” I read in Aswat Al Iraq today that the American war minister...
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The Katyusha rocket attack on the Palestine Street Boys School today killed one of the pupils, a six year old boy and wounded 17 other people. Two teachers and 15 pupils. the school is close to close to al-Mustansiriyah University where a bomb also exploded today. That bombing killed at least 6 people and...
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I am posting two photographs tonight both of which show what America has done to Irak and her people. In line with our standard operating procedure when a team member dies or suffers bereavement comments will be closed until Sunday. markfromireland Look at his ribs This photograph is of a boy in a hospital in Hilla....
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