Gorilla’s Guides

MIDEAST: Arabs Despair of U.S. Even More

Neither Bush nor McCain so much as mention -- let alone criticise -- Israel's inhumane treatment of Palestinian populations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This treatment includes frequent military assaults often targeting civilians, the use of 'targeted assassinations', the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip ...

IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face

BAGHDAD, Jul 23 (IPS) - Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help. Hundreds of local and foreign NGOs became active in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, after decades of restrictions under the regime of ...

IRAQ: Fallujah Braces for Another Assault

 FALLUJAH, Jul 21 (IPS) - U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and officials say. Located 69 km west of Baghdad, the city that suffered two devastating U.S. attacks in 2004 has watched security degrade over recent months. "Ruling ...

IRAQ: Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again

FALLUJAH, Jul 16 (IPS) - Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, despite U.S. military claims. Local militias supported by U.S. forces claim to have "cleansed" the city, 70 km to the west of Baghdad, of all insurgency. But the sudden resignation of the city's chief of police, Colonel Fayssal al-Zoba'i, ...

POLITICS-US: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in Iraq

The unexpected Iraqi resistance to the U.S. demands reflected the underlying influence of Iran on the al-Maliki government as well as Sadr's recognition that he could achieve his goal of liberating Iraq from U.S. occupation through political-diplomatic means rather than through military pressures. WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Prime ...

IRAQ: Whoever Wins, They Lose

BAQUBA, Jun 24 (IPS) - Iraqis seem divided on who they would like to see as the next U.S. president, but few believe that either will end the occupation. Neither he nor his Republican rival, John McCain, talk about changing the National Security Strategy of the U.S., or ...

IRAQ: Home to Too Many Widows

Islam gives respectable freedom to the woman when she loses her husband. But because of their ignorance, people place severe restrictions on the woman. A woman who loses her husband can live a life of begging and humiliation. IRAQ: Home to Too Many Widows by ...

IRAQ: The Love Stories Are Gone

Tens of thousands of detained Iraqis have never been found on any U.S. military records. Their families still do not know whether they are dead or alive. "All Iraqi poetry under occupation is now about death and separation." IRAQ: The Love Stories Are Gone By Ali al-Fadhily. by ...

POLITICS-US: Bush Pledges on Iraq Bases Pact Were a Ruse

WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - Two key pledges made by the George W. Bush administration on military bases in its negotiations with the government of Iraq have now been revealed as carefully-worded ruses aimed at concealing U.S. negotiating aims from both U.S. citizens and Iraqis who would object to them ...

IRAQ: ‘Special Weapons’ Have a Fallout on Babies

Many babies were born with major congenital malformations. These infants include many with heart defects, cleft lip or palate, Down's syndrome, and limb defects. See also these postings: U.S. offensives on Falluja have disabled 500 children Depleted uranium kills Basra people What A ...