“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
BAGHDAD, 23 October 2007 (IRIN) - UN agencies and the Iraqi government say the cholera outbreak is under control, despite the fact that since August there have been about 4,200 laboratory-confirmed cases and 21 deaths from the disease.
Photo: Cholera infects children and adults equally, causing severe onset of watery diarrhoea with vomiting and dehydration
Photo: […]
The Americans bombarded a civilian apartment block at No: 139 60th street, Al Saha in Dora (South Baghdad) on Friday morning. They started at around 1 a.m. continuing for several hours. Aswat Al Iraq’s official source said that they killed eight people and wounded seven others. Residents told Aswat Al Iraq that the Americans killed […]
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 helped […]
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 25 […]
The humanitarian disaster in Iraq is being compounded by a mass exodus of their medical staff fleeing chronic violence and lawlessness. A report by Oxfam International shows the lack of doctors and nurses is fracturing a health system on the brink of collapse.
The research revealed that many hospitals, and medical teaching facilities in Baghdad […]
Updated — see “Late Reports” underneath this section. - Khaled
There are several major incidents in Baghdad today.
Bai’aa Bus Pickup Point Bombing
The rush hour (8:30 am) car bomb explosion in the crowded parking lot in the Bai’aa bus pickup point in south Baghdad is so far known to have killed at least 25 people and wounded 40. […]
Today has been a day of blood in Irak - key to photos:
The body under the blanket is that of his 15 year old brother - killed in a mortar attack in Baqubah today.
They are sitting in front of what is left of their home which was destroyed in in the bombing of […]
The electricity ministry is planning to install diesel generators in Baghdad - technical teams and engineers are currently undertaking maintenance work in many of Baghdad’s districts to repair electricity lines and supply electricity to all districts, particularly to Al-Karkh. Four weeks ago the ministry conducted a test in Baghdad al-Jadidah’s al-Mualimeen district by offering every house a […]
Amal al-Mudarris a well known and loved radio journalist and announcer is reported to be in Amal al-Mudarris’ sister weepsas she describes the attack and her sister’s condition “semi-stable” condition following emergency surgery for a brain injury caused by a bullet. She was attacked by gunmen outside her home in al Khadraa (west Baghdad) her husband and […]
According to the UN at least 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October. They died because of the corrupt, illegal, and racist occupation of Iraq by America and her allies.
This poor woman photographed today in Baghdad’s al-Yarmouk hospital is one of next month’s statistics. She died a few moments after this photograph was taken. The […]