“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
‘Tell your brother to confess he is with al-Qaida so we can send him to Camp Bucca [a US prison near Basra] or else we’ll hand him to the Iraqis and they will torture him’.
Children as young as nine held in sweltering cells
No money to improve conditions, says ministry
Hundreds of children, some as young […]
“In the past five years it is has got [much] worse. It is difficult to described how terrible it is, how badly we have been pushed back to the dark ages. Women are being beheaded for taking their veil off. Self immolation is rising – women are left with no choice. There is no government […]
Recently I heard the story of a young Iraqi Kurd, an orphan forced into a violent marriage. Her husband abandoned her to the mercy of her violent father-in-law. She fled to the UK but was refused asylum, despite proof from a consultant gynaecologist that she had been raped. Destitute, she went into hiding. To return […]
INTRODUCTION
Five years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussain, Iraq is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Hundreds of people are being killed every month in the pervasive violence, while countless lives are threatened every day by poverty, cuts to power and water supplies, food and medical shortages, and rising violence […]
Since the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, economic, social and political aftershocks have thrust the country into chaos. Present- day Iraq is plagued by insecurity, a lack of infrastructure and controversial leadership, transforming the situation for women from one of relative autonomy and security before the war into a national crisis.
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Women are paying a price for the occupation in all sorts of ways.
Women who do not wear the hijab are becoming prime targets of militias, residents both in Basra and Baghdad have told IPS in recent months. Many women say they are threatened with death if they do not obey.
In early […]
But after March 1, the provincial government seems to have agreed to many of the demands made by the Sahwa. This development shows the increasing power the Sunni group has against the Shia-dominated government. … … … Sahwa members returned to their posts and security duties, and have held street parties featuring a popular music […]
تشخيص اصابة ثالثة بمرض انفلونزا الطيور جنوبي البصرة
اكد مدير عام الشركة العامة للبيطرة صباح جاسم موزان ان فرق التحري عن وباء انفلونزا الطيور شخصت اصابة ثالثة بالمرض في قرية الفداقية الواقعة بمحاذاة الحدود العراقية الإيرانية جنوب البصرة.وقال موزان في حديث صحفي ان المنطقة هي نفسها التي سبق ان سـُجلت فيها اصابة سابقة بهذا الوباء وان […]
The members of the government in Diyala themselves do not want the city to be secure. They want to keep ruling the province one-sidedly. People do not trust them, and suspect their allegiance.
Police vehicles are used to kidnap Sunni people, and when asked, the police chief and government members say it is difficult to control […]
Amman, Jan 25, (VOI) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged the international community to provide $261 million, part of which should go for treatment of Iraqis from psychological diseases in countries hosting millions of Iraqi refugees.
“There are about 2.2 million Iraqis rendered homeless inside their own countries while two millions […]