Gorilla’s Guides

Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq describes a vacuum of humanitarian assistance created by the failure of the Iraqi government and the international community to administer aid to civilians. During a mission inside Iraq, researchers for Refugees International found that Iraqi militias are creating a Hezbollah-like dynamic by becoming major humanitarian providers […]

Posted on April 18th, 2008 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Health, Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Politics and Security, Society And Economy. Tags: Awakening Councils, Baghdad, Basrah "surge", Death Squads, Diyala, Ethnic Cleansing, IDPs (Internal Refugees), IOM, Iraq, Jordan, Mahdi Army, Militias, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Poverty, property disputes, reconciliation, Refugees, Refugees International, Sadr City, Syria, warlords, Water, WHO. Comments: 2