CounterPunch.org February 7, 2008 A Question of When Not If Why Baghdad Will Explode Again By PATRICK COCKBURN A teenage boy was arrested recently for the attempted rape of a girl of his own age in a school in west Baghdad. Under interrogation, he admitted that he had chosen this particular girl as his victim "because I knew she was a Sunni and nobody would protect her." Photo: media.npr.org The boy turned out to be mistaken in his belief that he was beyond the law, mainly because the […]
Socialist Worker 2086, 2 February 2008 Though George Bush claims the ‘surge’ brings peace in 2007 Warplanes made 1,447 Bombing Runs by Saleh Mamon Photo: thewee.cc The US has unleashed a ferocious bombing campaign on Iraq and Afghanistan, with devastating effects on the population. This surge in the “air war” is largely hidden behind talk of “recent successes” for the occupations. According to figures released by the US military – known as “airpower summary of close air support missions” – […]
Global Research, January 29, 2008 Blatant Derogation of 1949 Geneva Convention We are greatly alarmed by the following appeal issued by the Iraqi Diplomats Association concerning Iraqi Prisoners of War (POWs}. Photo: thewee.cc The lives of Iraqi POWs are in danger. In defense of international humanitarian law and the rights of the Iraqi people and Iraqi prisoners, we join the Association in urging all UN responsible agencies, humanitarian organizations, legal and human rights associations […]
Global Research, January 28, 2008 Thoughts on Holocaust Memorial Day It is seventeen years since America and Britain embarked on their 'Final Solution' for the population of Iraq. The forty two day carpet bombing, enjoined by thirty two other countries, against a country of just twenty five million souls, with a youthful, conscript army, with broadly half the population under sixteen, and no air force, was just the beginning of a United Nations led, global siege of near mediaeval ferocity. […]
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/879/focus.htm Precedent exists in international law that could explode the US occupation of Iraq, its genocidal strategy, and be a step towards healing the wounds of the Iraqi nation An Iraqi refugee embraces her granddaughter after returning from Syria to Baghdad, Iraq. Over 25,000 Iraqis who fled to Syria have returned, the Iraqi Red Crescent said, offering an estimate of refugee returns radically lower than one given by an Iraqi government eager to […]
(Relance de la pétition publiée en novembre) Signez la pétition ici : Une part des revenus pétroliers irakiens Plus de 4,7 millions d’Irakiens — un cinquième de la population — ont été déplacés à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur de leur pays, en raison des politiques sectaires menées par l’occupation et les gouvernements qu’elle a installés depuis l’invasion illégale de l’Iraq en 2003 La communauté internationale, les forces d’occupation et le gouvernement en Irak, sont légalement tenus de […]
ISR Issue 57, January–February 2008 The policy is divide to rule IF THE U.S. leaves Iraq, the violent sectarianism between the Sunni and Shia will worsen. This is what Republicans and Democrats alike will have us believe. This key piece of rhetoric is used to justify the continuance of the occupation of Iraq. This propaganda, like others of its ilk, gains ground, substance, and reality due largely to the ignorance of those ingesting it. The snow job by the corporate media on the issue of […]
brusselstribunal.org Available translations for this page: Une part des revenus pétroliers irakiens Iraqi oil revenues for Iraqi refugees I guadagni del petrolio iracheno in favore dei rifugiati iracheni Receitas do petróleo iraquiano para os refugiados iraquianos Los beneficios del petróleo iraquí para los refugiados iraquíes عائدات النفط العراقية من أجل اللاجئين العراقيين More than 4.5 million Iraqis — a fifth of the population — have been displaced inside and outside their count […]
Global Research, January 13, 2008 by Felicity Arbuthnot "No man is justified in doing evil on the grounds of expediency'. Theodore Roosevelt. 'He never slept in a bed of myths, He didn't live his childhood'. Ali Ahmed Said, Victims of a Map, Saqi Books Photo: www.informationclearinghouse.info (An Iraqi man and his wife have been shot dead in front of their five children by US soldiers who fired on the car in which the family was travelling.) Three years before the invasion of Iraq, a small […]
Mondialisation.ca ArchivesHorizons et débats, No 26 L’ONU doit se préoccuper des violations des droits de l’homme en Irak Lettre à Louise Arbour, Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme par Hans von Sponeck et Denis J. Halliday Hans von Sponeck-Photo: J.Pénochet Müllheim/New York, le 20 juin 2007 Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme Palais des Nations CH-1211 Genève 10 Suisse Madame la Haut-Commissaire, En tant qu’anciens coordinateurs humanitaires de […]
BBS NEWS Saturday, September 15 2007 @ 11:00 PM EDT Edited by: Kandy Ringer Blood sellers find market niche in Baghdad BBSNews 2007-09-15 -- BAGHDAD (IRIN) As the Iraqi National Centre for Blood Donation (INCBD) urges Iraqis to donate more blood to help meet increasing demand, individuals wishing to sell their blood congregate at hospitals in the hope of being able to make some money. Those offering rare blood types are best able to cash in. In many cases, desperate families look for blood […]
InformationClearinHouse By Dr. Cesar Chelala 13/01/08 "ICH" --- NEW YORK—The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has painted a dramatic picture of the situation of children in Iraq and warned that increased assistance is needed to improve their dire situation. According to UNICEF, an estimated two million children suffer from poor nutrition, disease, and interrupted education. One child dies every five minutes because of the war, and many more are left with severe injuries. Of the […]
Mondialisation.ca Une révélation accablante des crimes de guerre américains par Bill Van Auken Photo: ccmep.org D’après un rapport annuel publié par le groupe de défense de l’enfance, Save the Children (Sauvons les enfants), le taux de la mortalité infantile en Irak a connu une augmentation choquante de 150 pour cent depuis 1990 — augmentation la plus forte jamais enregistrée dans un pays du monde. Selon le rapport, en 2005, dernière année pour laquelle des données fiables sont disponibles, […]
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