Gorilla’s Guides

I take any job I can. We need the money.  I sometimes start at six in the morning and do not get back home until eight or nine at night. I have worked as a labourer, selling chai, cleaning shoes. We come from Ramadi, and I used to go to school there. I would like […]

Posted on June 16th, 2008 under Children, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy, War Crimes, Women and Children. Tags: Al Anbar (Governorate), Amnesty International, Baghdad, Child Exploitation, Child Poverty, Child Prostitution, Damascus, Death Squads, Deportations of refugees, Ethnic Cleansing, EU, Ghazaliyah, Hit, IDPs (Internal Refugees), Iraq, Jihad (District), Jordan, Khadra, Mahdi Army, Prostitution, Ramadi, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Refugees, Sweden, Syria, Women and Children. Comments: 1

بدأت فرنسا وايطاليا بالكشف عن مخاوف حقيقية في جميع دول الاتحاد الأوروبي من تزايد احتمالات تحوّل العراق الى حاضنة ارهاب كبيرة تستقطب الشبان المسلمين الأجانب توصلهم الى مراحل تنفيذ عمليات إرهابية.وقال كبير قضاة مكافحة الارهاب في ايطاليا ارماندو سباتارو انه “من المستحيل الكشف عن اعداد هؤلاء الشباب لكن قلة منهم يتركون إيطاليا وبلدناً اوروبية اخرى […]

Posted on April 9th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: EU, France, Irak training ground for terrorists, Italy. Comments: None

BRUSSELS, Mar 12 (IPS) - The European Union lacks “clear guidelines” for use of private security firms to protect its civil servants operating in Iraq, a new report has found.
The ‘outsourcing’ of military tasks to commercial companies has proven hugely controversial since the U.S. invaded Iraq five years ago. In September 2007, the Iraqi authorities […]

Posted on March 13th, 2008 under Features, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Economic disruption, EU, IPS, IPS Reports, Mercenaries, Refugees. Comments: None