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عراقي عمره (15) عاما</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/child-killing/" rel="tag">Child Killing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-penalty/" rel="tag">Death Penalty</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraki-prisoners-in-saudi/" rel="tag">Iraki prisoners in Saudi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" rel="tag">Saudi Arabia</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">اشار الخبير القانوني صالح المالكي ان الحكومة السعودية نفذت حكم الاعدام بالسيف على حدث عراقي لم يتجاوز عمره (15) سنة وهذا يخالف قانون عقوبات الاحداث العراقي والدولي حيث ان الحدث لا يعدم تحت سن التكليف الشرعي والمسؤولية الجزائية واعلى عقوبة تخص الحدث حتى ولو كان متهما بالقتل لا تتجاوز السجن لمدة (15) عاماً فيما يتعلق بقوانين الدول العربية والاتفاقات الدولية بما يخص الاحداث لا يوجد حكم اعدام تحت سن 18 سنة وهذا مخالف للاعراف الدولية. <br/>واكد المالكي بحسب مانشرته وكالة انباء براثا انه يجب ان يكون هناك تحرك دبلوماسي على صعيد وزارة الخارجية والسفراء وكذلك على صعيد البرلمان العراقي باعتبار ان البرلمان ممثل الشعب فعليه يجب ان يصار (للجارة) السعودية الى الوقوف على هذه الاحداث وملابساتها حيث ان اغلب التهم المعلنة والمتسببة بقطع رؤوس العراقيين في السعودية هي جرائم مخدرات وعبور غير شرعي للحدود ودخول الاراضي السعودية وحسب القوانين الدولية فان عقوبات هذه الجنح هي سنتان سجن باعتبارها جنح وليست جرائم .</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12085"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/badoush-prison/" rel="tag">Badoush prison</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/prison-escapes/" rel="tag">Prison escapes</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">قال مصدرامني في سجن بادوش ان حراس السجن تمكنوا من احباط محاولة لفراراربعة سجناء. <br/>وقال المصدرللوكالة الاخبارية للانباء الاثنين ان حرس سجن بادوش غرب الموصل احبطوا محاولة لهروب اربعة سجناء من احدى القاعات المودعين فيها قبل تمكنهم من الفرار،ولم يوضح المصدر الطريقة التي حاول فيها السجناء من الفرار. <br/>واضاف المصدر ان حرس السجن كانوا على درجة عالية من الانتباه وقد شعروا بوجود عملية فرار فقاموا على الفور باحباطها .</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12083"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%af/#respond" title="Comment on مع استمرار استهداف الكفاءات العلمية..دعوات للحكومة للكشف عن منفذي هذه الجرائم">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 3rd, 2011 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%af/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to مع استمرار استهداف الكفاءات العلمية..دعوات للحكومة للكشف عن منفذي هذه الجرائم">مع استمرار استهداف الكفاءات العلمية..دعوات للحكومة للكشف عن منفذي هذه الجرائم</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/academics/" rel="tag">academics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassination-campaigns/" rel="tag">Assassination campaigns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-academics-students-teachers/" rel="tag">Attacks on academics students teachers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">شهدت السنوات التي أعقبت عام 2003 اكبر عملية استهداف للعلماء والأساتذة والمثقفين العراقيين، وكانت نتيجتها هجرة الكثير من العقول، فيما غيب الموت المئات من هذه الفئات الحيوية في المجتمع. <br/>وعلى الرغم من التقدم الذي أحرزته الأجهزة الأمنية إلا أن ظاهرة استهداف الكفاءات ما زالت موجودة، فقد تعرض في آخر حادث من هذا النوع أنور جواد احد أساتذة كلية الفنون الجميلة بجامعة بغداد، لمحاولة اغتيال فاشلة.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12081"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/sumerian-era-site-discovered-in-nassiriya/#respond" title="Comment on Sumerian Era Site discovered in Nassiriya">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 3rd, 2011 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/sumerian-era-site-discovered-in-nassiriya/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Sumerian Era Site discovered in Nassiriya">Sumerian Era Site discovered in Nassiriya</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ur/" rel="tag">Ur</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ziggurats/" rel="tag">Ziggurats</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>BAGHDAD / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=140259" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Aswat al-Iraq</strong></a>: An ancient archaeological site, dating back to Ancient Iraq’s Sumerian Era, was discovered in southern Iraq’s Nassiriya city, the center of Thi-Qar Province, the Director General of the High Commission for Archaeology &Heritage, Qais Rashid Hussein said on Sunday.</p> <p>“Our excavation teams have discovered an important site in a Sumerian position, dating back to the Dawn of the Ancient Strains – Third Century BC, south of Nassiriya city,” Hussein told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, adding that “the site, carrying the name ‘Umm al-Aqarib (Mother of Scorpions) consists of a worshipping position, housing units and about 600 archaeological antiques, that were handed over to the Iraqi Museum.”</p> <p>The archaeological sites in Thi-Qar Province, comprising amazing ancient archaeological sites, date back to the ancient historic eras of Misopotamia (Ancient Iraq), some of them dating back to the Somerian era and others to the Acadian, Babylonian, Firthian, Akhmenian, Sasanian or Islamic eras, whilst it comprises the world’s most ancient archaeological hill, called “Al-Obali Hill”, dating back to 6,000 BC.</p> <p>Among the most ancient positions in Thi-Qar Province is the ancient city of Ur, the birthplace of Prophet Ibraim al-Khalil (Prophet Abraham), the site of the 1st Flood, as well as its King Ornmo, who laid the first law in the world, preceding King Hamouraby’s law, and its ancient Ziggorat, its Royal Semetery, that comprised the world’s largest trearsure, dating back to the Sumerian Kingdom, with its Queen Shaabad, where the world’s most ancient worshipping place, known to have the first relationship of human beings with Heavens exists.</p> <p>Thi-Qar also comprises the Kingdom of Lagash, where the first expressions in the world history were laid down by the Revolutionary Leader, Uro Kajina, who cancelled taxes and demanded equality among the people’s classes, and where the first use of the word “Freedom” was used in the history of mankind.</p> <p>Among Thi-Qar’s ancient Kings had been King Antmina, who had been behind the digging the world’s first canal to connect River Tigris with the city of Lagash, considered the world’s most ancient irrigational project.</p> <p>Nassirya, the center of Thi-Qar Province, is 380 kms to the south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=140259" class="external" target="_blank">Archaeological site, dating back to Iraq’s Ancient Sumerian Era, discovered in Nassiriya: : Aswat Al 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rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86/" rel="tag">بالمسيحيين</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Even with a new government finally in place in Iraq, the country is still on the brink of disaster, writes <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1029/re6.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Salah Hemeid</a></b></p> <p>Ordinary Iraqis expressed their relief last week at the fact that a new government was finally in place after nine months of gridlock, hoping that this will now be a step towards peace and stability in the beleaguered nation.</p> <p>However, while the breakthrough may have ended the governmental impasse, the crisis has only highlighted the fragility of Iraqi state-building more than seven and a half years after the US-led invasion of the country.</p> <p>The year 2010 did not start off well for Iraq as violence persisted and politicians’ bickering raised concerns about the country’s ability to get back onto its feet after the US withdrawal next year. </p> <p>Thousands were killed, including civilian bystanders, army and security officers and government officials, and thousands others wounded in a string of suicide bombings and attacks in Iraq throughout the year.</p> <p>The violence proved that the Iraqi security forces are not yet able to protect civilians in terms of numbers, equipment and training, while insurgents tied to Al-Qaeda continue to launch attacks, spreading an air of danger in many Iraqi cities.</p> <p>Critics maintain that the newly trained Iraqi armed forces are incompetent and sharply divided along ethnic and sectarian lines and that they cannot be expected to succeed in ending the violence, raising questions about whether the remaining US troops in Iraq will be able to exit the country as many Iraqis desire. </p> <p>The United States has reiterated that it will stick to plans to withdraw all its troops from Iraq by December next year, but Washington might have second thoughts if the new government fails to restore stability and insurgents continue their campaign to bring it down. </p> <p>In addition to the security problems, the newly formed government has to end the chaos in Iraq and deal with multiple political, social and economic setbacks.</p> <p>One of the biggest problems is the deep schism facing the country, which needs to be bridged by national reconciliation. Reconciliation of Iraq’s ethno-religious communities is seen as a necessary precursor to stemming the country’s sectarian violence.</p> <p>There are dangers that the country is descending into a situation in which it is becoming less tolerant in terms of religious freedoms and human rights, as the government fails to deal with increasing fundamentalism.</p> <p>An intensifying campaign is putting more pressure on the government to go after religious fundamentalists, operating in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, who seek to impose their strict interpretation of Islam.</p> <p>There have been widespread reports that these groups have ordered social clubs, bars and alcohol shops to close down and that they are intimidating people who do not follow their version of Islamic values. </p> <p>The crackdown has included shutting music and drama departments in arts institutes, banning arts festivals and circuses, and imposing strict codes of behaviour.</p> <p>The moves have heightened concerns among academics and intellectuals that Iraq, now emerging from foreign occupation and war, is displaying all the tendencies of a Taliban-like Islamic state.</p> <p>The year 2010 was also among the worst for the country’s Christians, with thousands fleeing their homes and more leaving the country during 2010 than at any time since the US-led invasion. </p> <p>The latest exodus follows a massacre led by Al-Qaeda at a Christian Catholic Church in central Baghdad on 31 October, which left some 60 people dead, almost 100 maimed and an already apprehensive community terrified.</p> <p>Since then, the terrorist group has targeted Christians in their homes, including family members of those who survived the attack.</p> <p>In Baghdad, as well as in the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, Christmas services have been cancelled for fear of further violence. </p> <p>After more than seven years of war, the Iraqi economy is in tatters, with the country depending largely on imports for nearly everything from cars to tomatoes. Unemployment is among the highest in any country worldwide.</p> <p>The country also still lacks basic services. Electricity is in short supply, medicines are available mainly through the black market, and there are long lines for fuel in a country that has the third largest oil reserves in the world.</p> <p>Another serious problem is corruption, which is spectacular even by world standards. Iraq is ranked fifth from the bottom of the pressure group Transparency International’s list of 180 nations.</p> <p>Bribery and outright theft surround virtually every Iraqi government department, with some of the kickbacks being used by rival politicians to cement their power bases in order to perpetuate their hegemony in the country.</p> <p>Some two million Iraqi refugees are either abroad or displaced inside Iraq after being forced to flee their homes to safe havens because of violence and sectarian threats.</p> <p>Today, most of Baghdad’s neighbourhoods are shielded by high concrete walls from the rubble-strewn streets and are cordoned off by the security forces as residents are trapped in fear of a renewal of sectarian conflict. </p> <p>However, the good news in 2010 was that Iraq increased its oil exports. New Petroleum Minister Abdel-Karim Luaibi said on Wednesday that Iraq’s crude oil production had increased by 100,000 barrels a day to 2.5 million barrels. </p> <p>The ministry had announced earlier that sales from Iraqi crude oil exports during the first 11 months of 2010 had reached $46.9 billion. Last year, Iraq’s oil revenues reached $41.3 billion, compared with $60 billion in 2008.</p> <p>Iraq might have made other small advances in 2010, especially in avoiding civil war, but the country still has a long way to go. At the end of a long and exhausting year, it is hard to see a clear end in sight.</p> <p>Strengthening the Iraqi state will be hard, especially after the March elections that produced a government many Iraqis consider to be weak, fragmented and incompetent.</p> <p>According to some scenarios for post-2010 Iraq, next year will be crucial as it will see the withdrawal of the remaining US troops. The pullout will mean that the US will no longer have a large foothold in Iraq, leaving the country to local forces and interests as it absorbs the after- effects of the American-led invasion.</p> <p>One scenario is that the national partnership government will succeed in holding the country together and that a strong central government will emerge. This will be able to prevent violence escalating and erupting into all-out civil war.</p> <p>A second scenario would be that the instability in Iraq continues, with the growing confrontation between the country’s Sunnis and Shias over power and resources leading the country into chaos.</p> <p>Neighbouring countries will be fearful of the risk of contagion and will try to keep the chaos contained within Iraq’s borders. A proxy war could be the result, along the lines of what is happening in Somalia.</p> <p>Another scenario would be the collapse of the government because of sectarian fighting and the country descending into outright civil war. This would most likely lead to Iraq’s disintegration with instability spreading to the entire region.</p> <p>The year 2011 will be pivotal for Iraq’s future, and that future will be more than anything else determined by the fortunes of the new government. </p> <p>It is to be hoped that Iraq’s politicians will not repeat their previous mistakes and that they will stand together to end the people’s misery and start rebuilding the devastated country.</p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1029/re6.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | A pivotal year for Iraqis</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span-10 last"> <div class="span-10" id="tabs"> <ul> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#featured-articles">Featured Articles</a></li> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a 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الولايات المتحدة وعقوبات العراق">1</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/02/" title="الوضع الامني في البلاد">2</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/" title="A pivotal year for Iraqis, Sumerian Era Site discovered in Nassiriya, مع استمرار استهداف الكفاءات العلمية..دعوات للحكومة للكشف عن منفذي هذه الجرائم, الاجهزة الامنية تتمكن من احباط محاولة لفرار سجناء من سجن بادوش في الموصل, السعودية قطعت رأس فتى عراقي عمره (15) عاما">3</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/04/" title="The outsourcing of war, فرنسا تضع خططا ودراسات لمعالجة مشكلة ملوحة مياه شط العرب, مقتدى الصدر: تمنيت مقابلة جوليان أسانج ولكني لم أستطع, معظم منفذي عمليات الاغتيال بالأسلحة الكاتمة للصوت ينتمون إلى الاجهزة الأمنية, ظهور إصابات بمرض انفلونزا الخنازير بالبصرة, ماذا دار في لقاء صدام ـ غلاسبي في العراق عشية حرب الخليج">4</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/05/" title="Mosul to produce 200,000 barrels of oil per day, تشييع أحدى الناجيات من حادثة كنيسة سيدة النجاة بعد قتلها نحرا من قبل مسلحين, مقتل موظف بوزارة الاسكان والاعمار العراقي بنيران مسلحين مجهولين, موجة من محاولات الاغتيال تستهدف عددا من ضباط وزارة الداخلية في العراق, ظاهرة التسول تغزو مدن العراق, Fewer weapons means few Kurdish women murdered, IRAQ Muslim solidarity towards Iraqi Christians, Phoenix Rock And Caves, زعيم التيار الصدري مقتدى الصدر يعود الى العراق بشكل مفاجئ, Al-Sadr Returns To His Home In Najaf">5</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110729090529/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/06/" title="Who Assassinated Iraqi Academics?, More than 2,000 Iraqi army officers killed in the past few months, وزير الخارجية الإيراني ينقل رسالة من مراجع إيران إلى نظرائهم في النجف, عشائر محافظة الأنبار تطالب بتشكيل لجنة تحقيق للكشف عن ملابسات اختطاف الشيخ حميد 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