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<div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>Iraqi authorities have detained, interrogated, and beaten several protest organizers in Baghdad in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi authorities should stop the attacks and charge or release those being held, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 48%; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Iraqi authorities have taken several steps to eliminate protests in the capital from public view. On April 13, officials <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">issued new regulations</a> barring street protests and allowing them only at three soccer stadiums.</p> <p>In late February, Iraqi police <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths" class="external" target="_blank">allowed dozens of assailants</a> to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad. In the early hours of February 21, dozens of men, some wielding knives and clubs, attacked about 50 protesters who had set up two tents in Tahrir Square. During nationwide February 25 protests, security forces killed at least 12 protesters across the country and injured more than 100. On that day, Human Rights Watch observed Baghdad security forces beating unarmed journalists and protesters, smashing cameras, and confiscating memory cards.</p> <p>Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its ruling parties have used repressive measures against<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/24/iraqi-kurdistan-growing-effort-silence-media" class="external" target="_blank"> journalists</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">demonstrators</a> since the start of the daily protests in Sulaimaniya on February 17 seeking an end to widespread corruption and greater civil and political rights. On March 6, masked men <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/07/iraqi-kurdistan-prevent-attacks-protesters" class="external" target="_blank">attacked demonstrators</a> and set their tents on fire in Sulaimaniya. On April 18, security forces seized control of Sara Square, the center of Sulaimaniya’s protests, and have prevented further demonstrations.</p> <p>On April 27, the KRG issued a 19-page report of its investigation into the violence during the previous 60 days of demonstrations. It concluded that violence was committed by both security forces and protesters, and that "the police and security forces were poorly trained in handling it appropriately."</p> <p>Iraq’s constitution guarantees "freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration." As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq is obligated to protect the right to life and security of the person, and the right to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.</p> </p></div> <p>In Iraqi Kurdistan, a protest organizer, Isma’il Abdullah, was abducted, stabbed, and beaten on May 27, 2011. The Kurdistan government should make sure its promised investigation of the episode is thorough, fair, and transparent, and leads to the prosecution of those responsible, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>"Authorities in Baghdad and in Iraqi-Kurdistan are keeping their citizens from demonstrating peacefully," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Iraq needs to make sure that security forces and pro-government gangs stop targeting protest organizers, activists, and journalists."</p> <p>Several activists in the capital told Human Rights Watch that they believed that the increased security at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square and the recent arrests were an attempt to head off reinvigoration of public protests, amid efforts by various small protest groups to work together. They said that neighborhood officials had warned them that security forces had made increased inquiries into the activists’ whereabouts and activities over the past two weeks.</p> <h3>Baghdad Arrests</h3> <p>On May 28, soldiers in four Humvees and two other unmarked vehicles approached the offices of the human rights group Where Are My Rights in Baghdad’s Bab al Mu’adham neighborhood, as members met with fellow protest organizers from the February 25 Group. Members of both groups told Human Rights Watch that soldiers raided the building with guns drawn, took away 13 activists in handcuffs and blindfolds, and confiscated mobile phones, computers and documents.</p> <p>One detained activist who was released on May 29 told Human Rights Watch that during the raid a commanding officer introduced himself as "from Brigade 43"of the army’s 11<sup>th</sup> Division and said another officer was "from Baghdad Operation Command."</p> <p>"They did not show any arrest warrants and did not tell us why we were being arrested," this activist said:</p> <p>A female activist complained and asked to see warrants, and they told her to "shut up and get in the car." They blindfolded and handcuffed us, and while they were doing this, they asked, "Why are you having these meetings? Do you really think you can bring down the government?" And they asked who was supporting us.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/02/iraq-protest-organizers-beaten-detained-human-rights-watch/#more-13449" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13087"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/iraq-widening-crackdown-on-protests-human-rights-watch/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/iraq-widening-crackdown-on-protests-human-rights-watch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch">Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tahrir-square-protestor-arrests/" rel="tag">Tahrir Square protestor arrests</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tahrir-square-protests/" rel="tag">Tahrir Square Protests</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">ميدان التحرير‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%b4/" rel="tag">أسايش</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Kurdistan authorities should end their widening crackdown on peaceful protests in northern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and Sulaimaniya since April 17, 2011, including opening fire on demonstrators and beating them severely, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch also called on Iraqi authorities in Baghdad to investigate the detention and torture of a protester, Alaa Nabil, and to charge or release more than two dozen activists held in a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. Central government and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities should revoke their recent bans on unlicensed demonstrations in Sulaimaniya province and on street protests in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities in Kurdistan and Baghdad need to rein in their security forces and protect the right to protest peacefully," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "The Iraqi political authorities need to end their knee-jerk responses and stop banning protests, detaining demonstrators, and beating journalists."</p> <h3>Repression in Kurdistan</h3> <p>In the afternoon of April 18 in Arbil, the Kurdistan capital, dozens of armed men in civilian clothes attacked students from the Kurdistan region’s largest university, Salahadin, as they tried to hold a demonstration. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that the assailants also attacked journalists and at least one member of parliament.</p> <p>A third-year Salahadin student told Human Rights Watch that a large group of organized assailants wearing civilian clothes attacked the protesters with brute force.</p> <p>"We chanted ‘freedom, freedom,’ and then security forces came and abolished the demonstration," the student said. "They were hitting people by knives and sticks … and arrested 23 protesters."</p> <p>The assailants beat Muhamad Kyani, a member of the Iraqi national parliament for the opposition party Goran (Change) List, and his bodyguard while they were walking away from the demonstration. "There was no violence from us, nothing happened from our side to incite them," Kyani told Human Rights Watch. "I was on my way to the car when the Asayish [the official security agency for the Kurdistan region] threw me to the ground and started to kick and beat me." Kyani had two black eyes and other minor injuries from the beating. "They just wanted to intimidate and insult me and those with me," he said. "During the beating they swore at us and called me a traitor."</p> <p>Reporters without Borders documented attacks on at least 10 journalists covering the April 18 protest. The group said assailants also detained numerous journalists, including Awara Hamid of the newspaper <em>Rozhnam, </em>Bahman Omer of <em>Civil Magazine</em>, Hajar Anwar, bureau chief of the Kurdistan News Network, and Mariwan Mala Hassan, a KNN reporter, as well as two of the station’s cameramen.</p> <p>Shwan Sidiq of <em>Civil Magazine</em> was hospitalized after the assailants broke his hand. "My hand is broken, my head still hurts," he told Human Rights Watch. "What I saw was what in 1988 Saddam Hussein did against me and my family."<strong></strong></p> <p>Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the two ruling parties there, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, have used repressive measures against journalists since the start of the protests in Iraq on February 17. The local press freedom group Metro Center has documented more than 150 cases of attacks and harassment of Kurdish journalists since February 17. In March, Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 20 journalists covering the protests in Kurdistan.</p> <p>"Time and again we found that security forces and their proxies violate journalists’ freedom of expression through death threats, arbitrary arrests, beatings, harassment, and by confiscating and vandalizing their equipment," Stork said.</p> <p>In Sulaimaniya, daily clashes since April 17 have injured more than 100 protesters, journalists, and security forces. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that on April 17 security forces fired live ammunition into the air to clear protesters blocking a road, while others shot into the crowd indiscriminately, wounding at least seven demonstrators.</p> <p>"Police and security forces used everything to attack us," one protester told Human Rights Watch. "They opened fire, threw stones, used sticks and their Kalashnikovs to keep us from demonstrating."</p> <p>Protest organizers told Human Rights Watch that on April 18, security forces violently seized control of Sara Square, the center of daily protests in Sulaimaniya since February 17, and demolished the protesters’ podium. Security forces have fanned out across the city and have refused to allow protesters back to the site – renamed Azadi (Freedom) Square by demonstrators – resulting in clashes on April 18 and 19.</p> <p>On March 6, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/07/iraqi-kurdistan-prevent-attacks-protesters" class="external" target="_blank">masked assailants attacked demonstrators</a> and set their tents on fire but failed to evict protesters from the site.</p> <p>On April 19, protest organizers said, security forces detained dozens of students and others in and around Sulaimaniya, releasing most later in the day. One law undergraduate told Human Rights Watch that security forces attacked her and other protesters at the Dukan checkpoint on their way to Sulaimaniya.</p> <p>"We were forced to get off the buses," she said. "They threatened if we went [to the protest], we would be killed. A friend of mine asked them not to shoot us because we have pens and not guns, but when he raised his pen security forces opened fire and he was badly injured."</p> <p>Since then, this student said, she has received anonymous threatening phone calls telling her not to return to Sulaymaniya. Security forces raided Koya University, where she studies, and arrested two students. Their whereabouts remain unknown.</p> <p>The family of a prominent Kurdish writer and activist, Rebin Hardi, told Human Rights Watch that security forces severely beat him during and after his arrest on April 19 for participating in a protest in front of the Sulaimaniya courthouse. Photos taken after his release later that day viewed by Human Rights Watch showed severe swelling up and down the right sight of his body including his eye, arm, and thigh.</p> <p>Since February 17, clashes with security forces have killed at least seven civilians and injured more than 250 demonstrators in Kurdistan, but thousands have continued to protest alleged corruption and the political dominance of the KDP and PUK.</p> <p>On April 19, the government’s Security Committee for Sulaimaniya Province banned all unlicensed demonstrations. Legislation passed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in December gives authorities wide discretion in deciding whether to approve a license for a protest. The law’s wording is exceptionally vague and susceptible to abuse, Human Rights Watch said. Under article 3(c) of the law, authorities can reject a request if "the protest will damage the system or public decency."</p> <h3>Protests in Baghdad</h3> <p>Iraqi security forces in Baghdad are detaining and abusing activists in connection with protests against the chronic lack of basic services and perceived widespread corruption. On April 8, security forces in a vehicle with markings from the 43rd Brigade of the Army’s 11th Division, arrested Nabil at the end of a peaceful protest at Tahrir Square. He was immediately transferred to other security forces in civilian clothing, and held for a week.</p> <p>Released on April 15, Nabil, an organizer of the February 25 Group – one of several groups planning demonstrations in the capital – told Human Rights Watch that he had been beaten repeatedly while his hands were held behind his back with plastic zip-ties, and often while blindfolded. He said his captors also used a stun gun on his arms, chest, and back.</p> <p>"I heard them giving orders to shock us and hit us only below the neck, so there wouldn’t be any marks. They shocked me and hit me on the arms and back and chest," he said. "I got a cut on my head that was bleeding, and one of the guards yelled at another who caused it. ‘Why did you make him bleed? He is a son of a bitch and will make a scandal for us. Do not leave any marks. Hit him in places where there will be no marks.’"</p> <p>Nabil said his captors went through his cell phone and told him, "We know all these numbers, and we are watching and listening to all your calls.’"</p> <p>Nabil had previously been arrested on March 22, and Human Rights Watch witnessed signs of physical abuse immediately after his release from that detention. Human Rights Watch sent inquiries about Nabil’s arrest and others to the offices of the prime minister and security officials but has received no response from authorities.</p> <p>On April 13, security forces entered the adjoining offices of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) and the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), where the February 25 Group has held meetings in Baghdad. The security forces arrested one of the group’s members, Firas Ali, who has peacefully participated in several of the Tahrir Square demonstrations.</p> <p>A protester detained in early April for taking part in demonstrations at Tahrir Square told Human Rights Watch upon his release that he saw Ali inside a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. The witness said Ali was being held with more than two dozen protesters, 20 of whom were detained on the day of the April 15 demonstration.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch is also concerned about Haydar Shihab Ahmad, also from the February 25 Group, who has been missing since April 1, just after taking part in that day’s demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. Members of his family told Human Rights Watch that they have made several inquiries at prisons in Baghdad in unsuccessful attempts to locate him, and have received no official reply about whether he has been detained.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities need to release any peaceful protester held incommunicado and without charge, and account for those it is charging with a criminal offense," Stork said.</p> <p>Iraqi authorities have taken several steps to eliminate protests in the capital from public view. On April 13, officials issued new regulations barring street protests and allowing them only at three soccer stadiums.</p> <p>"We have specified Al-Shaab, Kashafa and Zawraa stadiums as permitted sites for demonstrations in Baghdad instead of Ferdus or Tahrir squares," Baghdad’s security spokesman, Major General Qassim Atta, said at a news conference televised by the state broadcaster, Iraqiyya TV. "Many shop owners and street vendors have called us and complained to us because demonstrations have affected their work and the movement of traffic."</p> <p>In late February, Iraqi police <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths" class="external" target="_blank">allowed dozens of assailants</a> to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad. In the early hours of February 21, dozens of men, some wielding knives and clubs, attacked about 50 protesters who had set up two tents in Tahrir Square. During nationwide February 25 protests, security forces killed at least 12 protesters across the country and injured more than 100. On that day, Human Rights Watch observed Baghdad security forces beating unarmed journalists and protesters, smashing cameras, and confiscating memory cards.</p> <p>On June 25, 2010, in response to thousands of Iraqis who took to the streets to protest a chronic lack of government services, the Interior Ministry issued onerous regulations that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/17/iraq-stop-blocking-demonstrations" class="external" target="_blank">effectively impeded Iraqis from organizing</a> lawful protests. The regulations required organizers to get "written approval of both the minister of interior and the provincial governor" before submitting an application to the relevant police department.</p> <p>Iraq’s constitution guarantees "freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration."As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq is obligated to protect the rights to life and security of the person, and the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Iraq should also abide by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, which state that lethal force may only be used when strictly unavoidable to protect life, and must be exercised with restraint and proportionality. The principles also require governments to "ensure that arbitrary or abusive use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials is punished as a criminal offense under their law."</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12558"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/01/iraq-authorities-using-violence-and-bribes-to-curb-dissent/#comments" title="Comment on Iraq authorities ‘using violence and bribes’ to curb dissent">1 Comment</a></span> Posted on March 1st, 2011 by Khalil Ibn Hussein</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/01/iraq-authorities-using-violence-and-bribes-to-curb-dissent/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq authorities ‘using violence and bribes’ to curb dissent">Iraq authorities ‘using violence and bribes’ to curb dissent</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anbar/" rel="tag">Anbar</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad-operations-command/" rel="tag">Baghdad Operations Command</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/constitution/" rel="tag">Constitution</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption/" rel="tag">Corruption</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrations/" rel="tag">Demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights-act/" rel="tag">human rights act</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/inis/" rel="tag">INIS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/intelligence-services/" rel="tag">intelligence services</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/journalists/" rel="tag">journalists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/khad/" rel="tag">KhAD</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mosul/" rel="tag">Mosul</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/nouri-al-maliki/" rel="tag">nouri al maliki</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-activists/" rel="tag">political activists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/press/" rel="tag">Press</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/protests/" rel="tag">protests</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/security-forces/" rel="tag">security forces</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/the-nation/" rel="tag">The Nation</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Authorities in Iraq are using a mixture of strong-arm tactics and financial persuasion to prevent anti-government protests gaining momentum.</p> <p>The political stakes escalated significantly when thousands of people took to the streets of Baghdad and other major cities last week to demand reforms, improved services and an end to the corruption associated with Iraq’s new political elite.</p> <p>Those demonstrations, the largest yet in Iraq, were met by force, as riot police opened fire on protesters with live ammunition. At least 29 people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy.</p> <p>Since then, army and police units have beaten, arrested or threatened scores of political activists and journalists, their colleagues say. Meanwhile, government security and intelligence agencies are trying to root out the organisers of the protests, especially those who are using the internet in an attempt to organise another mass protest.</p> <p>Hussein Abdul Hadi, a blogger who helped to arrange the "Day of Rage" march in Baghdad, said: "The intelligence services are collecting information about activists and after the demonstrations they have been making arrests and detaining people."</p> <p>According to Mr Hadi and other activists, the number detained in the past three days runs into the dozens. Abul Razzq Nouri, a blogger from Anbar province who helped to organise last week’s demonstration, said protest organisers and demonstrators were being "hunted down". The security services deny any systemic effort to silence demonstrators and have promised to carry out a wide-ranging probe into allegations of abuse.</p> <p>Qassim Attar, spokesman at the Baghdad Operations Command centre, which oversees security of the Iraqi capital, said he believed some soldiers had "overreacted" and behaved "stupidly" during the protest. "We have opened an investigation into the claims of damage against journalists and protesters and if we find evidence that laws have been broken by members of the security services, they will be punished," he said.</p> <p>With more demonstrations contemplated, Mr Nouri said Iraq was entering a "dangerous time", with the prime minister, Nouri al Maliki, apparently insistent on quashing dissent on the streets.</p> <p>"Al Maliki doesn’t want any future demonstrations and he is doing all he can to stop us, he is coming after us," he said.</p> <p>Even before the Friday protests, the prime minister had moved to defuse them, imposing a curfew and a vehicle ban.</p> <p>Another success for the government in tamping down the protests has been its management of the media. In the months running up to the demonstrations, the government has given Iraqi journalists gifts including plots of land, low-interest loans for car purchases and cash handouts, all of them officially sanctioned and distributed under the auspices of the journalists’ union.</p> <p>Sabah Khadim Hamza, office director at the journalist’s syndicate, was adamant the land allocations and car loans were not bribes, but instead perks the union had struggled to get for its members. "Many government employees in the ministries enjoy such benefits and we wanted to win them for hard-working journalists," he said. "It does not mean reporters will stop being independent."</p> <p>But critics were not so sure. "Most of the domestic media didn’t cover the protests in detail and really downplayed them. They didn’t interview protesters or ask them why they were marching," said one journalist for a leading Iraqi television channel.</p> <p>"Basically, al Maliki has found out how to control journalists. He’s given them money and land, and on Friday they paid him back by not covering the protests. Only the reporters working for outside media did their jobs properly that day," he said.</p> <p>The government repression, plus payments to journalists to spin public opinion in the government’s favour, have so far been effective in limiting the size and frequency of protests in Iraq.</p> <p>"The government has bribed and beaten journalists to stop them covering the demonstrations," said Nasir al Shalal, a leading human rights activist. "The police and army in Baghdad, Mosul and Anbar were targeting reporters who were trying to film the protests or cover them properly."</p> <p>Mr al Maliki’s office has said it would investigate allegations of improper use of force. But it insists that any abuses were an overreaction by a handful of security personnel, not a matter of policy.</p> <p>Officials have also long brushed off allegations that Iraqi journalists receive government bribes. They say gifts of land and cheap loans are designed to support poorly paid reporters who would otherwise have to find another profession, not to buy their silence or complicity.</p> <p>Mr Shalal dismissed such assurances. "It was not an accident. It was all quite deliberate. A decision was taken at the highest level about how to handle this."</p> <p>In Mosul, a traditional centre of opposition to the central authority, protesters have accused the government of sending out hit squads, armed with silenced pistols, to sow chaos among the demonstrators.</p> <p>Omar Majid, a blogger from Mosul, said: "The emergency security forces arrested and beat tens of activists, and gangs working for the government, dressed in civilian clothes, shot and injured people here during the Friday protest, to spread fear. Now these gangs are after us and anyone connected with the movement. They are trying to stop us."</p> <p>Shaker Kitab, an MP from Iraqiyya, said there were indications the government was acting illegally to suppress demonstrations.</p> <p>"It was a very modern and peaceful protest, in accordance with people’s constitutional rights, I don’t understand why some of the security forces were violent in their response. This must stop. People are allowed to campaign peacefully for their rights."</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/iraq-authorities-using-violence-and-bribes-to-curb-dissent?pageCount=0" class="external" target="_blank">Full: Iraq authorities ‘using violence and bribes’ to curb dissent – The National</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10840"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/30/selected-english-coverage-a-well-deserved-honour/#respond" title="Comment on Selected English Coverage: A Well-Deserved Honour">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 30th, 2010 by markfromireland</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/30/selected-english-coverage-a-well-deserved-honour/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Selected English Coverage: A Well-Deserved Honour">Selected English Coverage: A Well-Deserved Honour</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/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/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-tamimi/" rel="tag">al tamimi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassination-attempts/" rel="tag">Assassination attempts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassinations/" rel="tag">Assassinations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/committee-to-protect-journalists/" rel="tag">committee to protect journalists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-threats/" rel="tag">Death Threats</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/integrity/" rel="tag">Integrity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/international-federation-of-journalists/" rel="tag">International Federation of Journalists</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/journalism/" rel="tag">journalism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/journalists-syndicate-ijs/" rel="tag">Journalists Syndicate (IJS)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/moaid-al-lami/" rel="tag">Moaid Al-Lami</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/shihab-al-tamimi/" rel="tag">Shihab al-Tamimi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/solidarity/" rel="tag">Solidarity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trade-unions/" rel="tag">Trade Unions</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>I have a lot of respect for Iraki journalists. The independent ones do a very dangerous job — between the frequent death threats and the actual assassinations, you would think that they would all just throw in the towel and find something less dangerous to do, but no. For every journalist I know who has quit working as a journalist because of the death of a colleague, or having received death threats. I know another who has kept on despite them being afraid for their life or another who has become a journalist despite knowing the risks.</p> <p>The word "indomitable" springs to mind.</p> <h3>Moaid Al-Lami</h3> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 305px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><a title="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4652418904/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="20100529_Muaid_al-Lami_head_of_Journalists_Syndicate_elected_International_Federation_of_Journalists_2panel" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905im_/http://static.flickr.com/3245/4652418904_6feb0e66ac.jpg" border="0"/></a></p> <p style="width: 300px"><strong>Photos:</strong> Moaid Al-Lami speaking at the World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , meeting in Cadiz</p> </p></div> <p>If the job of being a journalist is dangerous the job of being a journalist and running the Journalists’ Syndicate is doubly so. But that’s the job that  Moaid Al-Lami has chosen to do. It’s not as if he didn’t know the risks — his predecessor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL27791748" class="external" target="_blank">Shihab al-Tamimi</a>, died of his wounds on February 27th, 2008 after being ambushed in his car by gunmen. (The Committee to Protect Journalists <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://cpj.org/2008/02/head-of-iraqi-journalists-syndicate-wounded-in-ass.php" class="external" target="_blank">has an account of that ambush here</a>).</p> <p>Al-Lami himself has escaped two assassination attempts the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.protectionline.org/Moaid-Al-Lami-attacked.html" class="external" target="_blank">first was on 20th September 2008</a>, two months after he’d been elected to succeed Al-Tamimi. That attempt was a targeted bombing that left al-Lami with a shattered arm that took months to heal. </p> <p>The second attempt was just a few weeks ago on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.newssafety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18337:ifj-condemns-second-assassination-attempt-on-iraqi-journalists-leader&catid=83:iraq-media-safety&Itemid=100377" class="external" target="_blank">Sunday March 21st when he was attacked by gunmen</a> and narrowly escaped with his life.</p> <p>In between dodging assassination attempts he’s been running campaigns for a journalist protection law and to increase journalistic professionalism.</p> <p>In short he’s a brave chap, and a man who cares deeply about the integrity of his profession. So I was particularly pleased to be sent a link today, at which I read that he’d been elected by his fellow professionals to the Board of Advisers of the International Federation of Journalists at their conference in Cadiz.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">markfromireland</p> <blockquote><p>The World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , meeting in Cadiz, Spain, elected members of the Administrative Committee and its advisers. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p><strong>The following have been elected as IFJ Advisers</strong></p> <p>1. Zuliana Lainez Otero, Peru, ANP                         249</p> <p>2. Khady Cisse, Senegal, SYNPICS                         239</p> <p><strong>3. Moaid Allami, Iraqi Union of Journalists            231</strong></p> <p><em>snip</em></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-world-congress-elects-new-board-and-advisers" class="external" target="_blank">IFJ.org – IFJ Global – IFJ World Congress Elects New Board and Advisers</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9885"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/19/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%ad-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d9%81/#respond" title="Comment on مسح لمنظمة دولية : وكالة (أصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بين الوكالات والمواقع العراقية">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/19/%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%ad-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%b5%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d9%81/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to مسح لمنظمة دولية : وكالة (أصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بين الوكالات والمواقع العراقية">مسح لمنظمة دولية : وكالة (أصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بين الوكالات والمواقع العراقية</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/aswat-al-iraq/" rel="tag">Aswat Al Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media-surveys/" rel="tag">media surveys</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/news-sites/" rel="tag">News Sites</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote> <p>اصوات العراق: جاءت وكالة (أصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بين المواقع العراقية التي يزورها العراقيون بحثا عن اخر الاخبار في المسح الذي اجراه مجلس البحث والتبادل الدولي (ايركس) ومقره الولايات المتحدة الامريكية . <br/>وبينت دراسة لمجلس البحث والتبادل الدولي (ايركس) بعنوان (دراسة الاعلام العراقي / تحليل الجمهور المحلي ) ان وكالة (أصوات العراق) جاءت في المرتبة الاولى بين المواقع والوكالات العراقية التي يزورها العراقيون بحثا عن اخر الاخبار وبنسبة 24 % من العينة المستطلعة .</p> <p>وردا على سؤال ما هي المواقع التي تزورها بحثا عن اخر الاخبار جاءت وكالة (اصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بعد وكالات ومواقع عالمية مثل الياهو والغوغل والجزيرة والعربية والبي بي سي العربية. <br/>وقالت المنظمة ان مسح قياس (أيركس) للجمهور لعام 2009 في العراق هو دراسة بحثية نوعية خاصة عن استخدام الاعلام وعادات وسلوك الناس من ذوي الاعمار 15 عاما فما فوق ونموذج عينة شملت 2200 شخص في محافظات العراق الثمانية عشرة . <br/>واجري العمل الميداني للمسح في الفترة من 17 الى 26 تشرين الثاني  من العام 2009 وفوضت (ايركس) شركة ثري دي سيستمز للقيام بالبحث. <br/>وستعقد شركة دي ثري سيستمز، وهي شركة من الولايات المتحدة مؤتمراً صحفياً في الساعة العاشرة من صباح يوم الاربعاء المقبل في فندق الرشيد، لاعلان نتائج المسح . <br/>وقسمت الدراسة الى مخططات ورسوم بيانية عن السلوك الاعلامي للشعب العراقي في وسائل اعلام رئيسة هي التلفزين والراديو والاعلام المطبوع والانترنيت. <br/>وكشف المسح عن ان عدد العراقيين الذين يتابعون الانترتيت وصل الى سبعة ملايين وهو نفس العدد الذي يستمع للاذاعات . <br/>واوضح المسح انه مع تزايد استخدام الانترتيت في العراق ستشعر الصحف المكتوبة بتحد جديد بوصفها مزود للاخبار. <br/>وآيركس ( IREX ) منظمة دولية غير ربحية تقدم برامج إبداعية تشجع العمل القيادي للارتقاء بمستوى التعليم وتعزيز الإعلام المستقل وتنمية مجتمعات مدنية تعددية. <br/>تأسست (آيركس) عام 1968 ويعمل لديها فريق مكون من أكثر من خمسمائة خبير حول العالم.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://ar.aswataliraq.info/?p=217431" class="external" target="_blank">مسح لمنظمة دولية : وكالة (أصوات العراق) في المرتبة الاولى بين الوكالات والمواقع العراقية : أصوات العراق</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9882"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/19/aswat-al-iraq-no-1-news-outlet-in-iraq-us-survey/#respond" title="Comment on Aswat al-Iraq no.1 news outlet in Iraq – US survey">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/19/aswat-al-iraq-no-1-news-outlet-in-iraq-us-survey/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Aswat al-Iraq no.1 news outlet in Iraq – US survey">Aswat al-Iraq no.1 news outlet in Iraq – US survey</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/aswat-al-iraq/" rel="tag">Aswat Al Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media-surveys/" rel="tag">media surveys</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/news-sites/" rel="tag">News Sites</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote><p>The homepage of Aswat al-Iraq news agency came first among websites used by Iraqis to get their news, according to a survey that was conducted by the U.S.-based IREX. </p> <p>Around 24 percent of the surveyed sample said that they go to Aswat al-Iraq news agency’s website when they seek to get news about Iraq.</p> <p>Surveyed Iraqis said that they prefer Aswat al-Iraq news agency than important online news aggregators, such as Yahoo and Google news, and news outlets, like al-jazeera.net, alarabiya.net, bbc.co.uk/arabic/</p> <p>The survey considered a sample size of 2,200 people, and was conducted during the period 17-26 of November, 2009.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=130400" class="external" target="_blank">Aswat al-Iraq no.1 news outlet in Iraq – US survey : Aswat Al Iraq</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7645"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religious-minorities-suppression-of-rights/" rel="tag">Religious minorities - suppression of rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sabian-mandeans/" rel="tag">Sabian Mandeans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-government/" rel="tag">sectarian government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/taleban/" rel="tag">Taleban</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Zuhair Jerjis and Ahmed Mohammed are both ten years old and often meet after school to play video games. Though they enjoy each other’s company, Ahmed wonders whether he will one day have to kill his friend. </p> <p>The boys go to the same school and share a ride home to the same district of Baghdad, but their parents do not share the same faith. Zuhair’s family is Christian and Ahmed’s is Muslim. Recent religious lessons at school have left Ahmed questioning what end awaits his friendship. </p> <p>“When I study that we have to fight the unbelievers in the name of jihad, I think, ‘Will I kill Zuhair one day?’ …. Our teacher tells us it is forbidden in Islam to make friends with unbelievers,” he said. </p> <p>Being Christian, Zuhair does not attend religion classes, which focus exclusively on Islam. However, he feels the lessons have harmed his standing in school. </p> <p>After the class, he said, he feels rejected by his peers. During it, he feels lonely. </p> <p>“When all of my friends are in the class, I have to stand outside,” he said. </p> <p>Iraq’s children returned to school this autumn amid a simmering feud over how they study faith. </p> <p>Critics of a new curriculum, introduced gradually since the US-led invasion in 2003, say it has failed to tackle the causes of religious and sectarian hatred that have fuelled the violence of the last six years. Worse still, they accuse it of laying the foundations for future strife. </p> <p>The main concerns about the school programme are that it favours the Shia interpretation of Islam and doesn’t offer clarity about Islamic concepts that might have violent connotations. Additionally, there’s a worry that some teachers are focusing on subjects not directly addressed in the curriculum such as the treatment of non-Muslims and jihad, or holy war. </p> <p>Supporters of the new curriculum, however, say it merely rectifies past bias in religious education and accurately reflects Iraq’s identity. </p> <h3>SUNNI CRITICS</h3> <p>The vast majority of Iraqis are Muslims and schools teach the Islamic faith from the age of six to 18. Children from minority faiths, such as Christianity, are free to skip Islamic lessons but cannot study their own religion at state-funded schools. </p> <p>Until 2003, the curriculum reflected the beliefs of the Sunni sect, whose members included the former leader, Saddam Hussein. Sunni Arabs are a minority in Iraq, accounting for between a quarter and a fifth of the total population. </p> <p>Ethnic Kurds, who form a similar percentage of the population, are also mostly Sunni Muslims. However, they are largely schooled under a separate system overseen by a semi-autonomous government in the north. </p> <p>The current curriculum places more emphasis on Shia Islam, a sect followed by the majority of Iraq’s Arabs and by its most powerful politicians, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. </p> <p>Muhsin al-Freji, an adviser to the education minister, told IWPR the review of the curriculum had speeded up after Maliki took office in 2006. </p> <p>“We did our best to update the curriculum so it expressed the views of all Iraqis. A few changes were made, and more are on the way … We are dropping references to Saddam Hussein’s ideas and adding other items,” he said. </p> <p>The ministry was still revising the school programme, Freji said, but the process had been slowed down by objections from other parties. </p> <p>Sunni Arab politicians are among the Shia-led education ministry’s most strident critics. Alaa Makki, a Sunni member of parliament and head of a parliamentary committee on education, said the new curriculum was unbalanced. </p> <p>“The current changes have a huge sectarian impact,” he said. “The updating process should focus on the shared aspects [of Islam], not on a specific sect.” </p> <p>Makki said his committee had received several complaints from parents who felt the new curriculum was sectarian. He said the committee wanted the education ministry to consult it before making further changes. Reforming the curriculum was a “critical issue for the whole nation”, he said. </p> <p>Though he did not feel the school programme in its current form would incite violence, Makki warned that if more Shia doctrine was incorporated sectarian relations may worsen. His committee, he said, wanted textbooks to “avoid controversial issues that may stir enmity”. </p> <p>Mithal al-Alusi, an independent Sunni legislator who has adopted a secular platform, said the curriculum risked making Iraqi schools akin to the seminaries in Pakistan and Afghanistan that had fostered the hardline Islamist Taleban militia. </p> <p>“Our Islamic curriculum does not even represent Islam. It is aimed at creating a fascist religious identity,” he said. “I am concerned that we will have a new Taleban in Iraq when the current generation graduates from schools.” </p> <p>Freji dismissed these complaints, saying the new textbooks were neither biased nor inflammatory. </p> <p>“The education ministry follows the same strategy in all Iraqi schools – we do not differentiate among our pupils and we do not discriminate against religion or sect,” he said. The ministry was “doing its best to spread forgiveness and brotherhood”, he added. </p> <p>Subtle changes to the new textbooks can be traced to the centuries-old schism in Islam. </p> <p>Iraq’s sectarian rift revolves around the question of whether the Prophet Mohammed should have been succeeded by a member of his family, as the Shia believe, or by one of his companions, as the Sunni argue. </p> <p>Iraq’s former Sunni-accented textbooks followed all mentions of the Prophet with a traditional Sunni blessing, “Peace be upon him.” In the new textbooks, the blessing is a typically Shia one, “Peace be upon him and his family.” </p> <p>Many new textbooks have additional pages on the subject of Imam Hussein, a figure revered by Shia Muslims. Some intermediate school students also find fewer mentions in their books of Khalif Ma’aoya, a Sunni figure disliked by the Shia. </p> <h3>TEACHERS VEERING OFF SCRIPT</h3> <p>Anecdotal evidence from schools suggests many teachers exercise their own judgement in the classroom, placing less emphasis on parts of the curriculum that may conflict with their own views or those of most of their students. </p> <p>Classroom discussions have dwelled on violent topics not directly referred to in the curriculum, such as the treatment of non-Muslims or the obligation to wage jihad – concepts which have gained currency in Iraq’s recent conflict. </p> <p>Sanaa Muhsin, an Islamic studies teacher in her early forties from a school in Baghdad’s Shaab district, said “each Muslim had a duty to carry out jihad – namely to fight unbelievers”. She described as unbelievers those who did not follow Allah or the Prophet Mohammed. </p> <p>Khalid Ibrahim, a Baghdad primary school teacher, said his students often questioned if the killing of Americans or Jews could truly be sinful. They also questioned why religious fighters were called terrorists, he said, given the rewards said to be awaiting them in heaven. </p> <p>Ibrahim said he wondered whether many of today’s terrorists were driven by a fundamental misunderstanding of Islam. “They would not be criminals if they had been educated correctly,” he said. </p> <p>Sajjad Kiayyad, a seven-year-old schoolboy in eastern Baghdad, said he planned to become a holy warrior when he grew up. </p> <p>“I will fight the Americans because they are Jewish and unbelievers,” he said. “I will be victorious, or I will be a martyr in heaven.” </p> <p>Maryam Ali, a nine-year-old girl wearing a pink headscarf with her school uniform, said she was carrying out her own jihad by calling on “unveiled female friends to cover their heads”. </p> <p>Freji told IWPR the education ministry had instructed teachers to steer clear of issues that aroused conflict. The new curriculum, he said, focused on the fraternal aspects of Islam, “The Islamic religion, and therefore the Islamic curriculum, emphasises forgiveness and mercy.” </p> <p>Makki, the Sunni legislator, said textbooks should offer clarity about Islamic concepts that could have violent connotations. “We have to avoid incorrect interpretations by writing the curriculum in a straightforward, simple manner,” he said. </p> <p>Jihad must be taught as it was a central concept in Islam, he said, with textbooks presenting it as the duty to “rectify wrongs and establish a civilised community”. </p> <p>However, Alusi, the independent member of parliament, felt terms such as jihad ought to be eliminated from textbooks. </p> <p>“There is no need for jihad as long as there is a lawful government and parliament in Iraq,” he said. “The curriculum should be decided by experts – not by clerics or politicians.” </p> <p>Alusi said he was in favour of Islamic education in school as long as it excluded “destructive terrorist ideas”. </p> <p>Though Freji, the adviser to the education minister, has insisted the school programme is still under review, some question whether the government will ever accommodate its critics. They argue that it has already accomplished its objective: introducing a Shia slant to the teaching of Islam. </p> <p>“The updating [of the curriculum] is over,” an official from the ministry told IWPR. The official, who was not authorised to speak to the press and asked not to be named, said talk of updating the curriculum was “a long-term promise”. </p> <p>“The ministry keeps on saying the process is still underway in order to allay [the concerns of] the Sunnis,” the official said. </p> <p>Freji insists the ministry is sincere and says the updating process is slow. “It is not a one-day task and we cannot promise to accomplish it this month or this year,” he said. </p> <p>Some Shia politicians argue that the new curriculum’s focus on Islam is entirely practical – and does not discriminate against minorities. </p> <p>Muna Zalzala, a legislator from a major Shia party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, ISCI, cited the post-2003 constitution in support of the curriculum. </p> <p>“An item in the constitution said no laws should contradict Islam,” she said. “Therefore our Iraqi sons who are not Muslim have to know the basics of Islam in order to avoid unconstitutional and illegal matters.” </p> <h3>PARENTAL CONCERN</h3> <p>Many parents remain troubled. After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, they had hoped a new, democratic constitution would make education more inclusive. </p> <p>“I wish my daughter could learn our religion at school,” said Um Suhad, the mother of teenage girl and a member of the Sabean-Mandean community, which has been severely persecuted for its ancient faith. </p> <p>Alaa Ali, a father of two children who refused to disclose whether he was Shia or Sunni, said the new curriculum had “simply switched Saddam’s Sunni bias with Shia influence”. </p> <p>Given Iraq’s diversity and instability, some question whether faith should be taught at all in school. </p> <p>Hussein Alaa, a 30-year-old maths teacher brought up in a Shia family in the days of Saddam Hussein, recalled trying to reconcile the form of Islam he was taught at school to the one he learnt at home. </p> <p>“It was difficult as a six-year-old kid to learn a Sunni version of a prayer at school and a Shia one at home,” he said. </p> <p>The experience convinced him faith ought to be a private matter. </p> <p>“Religion is not a profession; it is a personal belief,” he said. “I would rather drop its teaching from schools.” </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=hen&s=o&o=l=EN&p=icr&s=f&o=357263" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi School Books Criticised for Sectarian Bias</a> by Abeer Mohammed. 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الجنوبية قبلت بالسقف الذي طرحه العراق والبالغ دولاراً و90 سنتا لكل برميل إضافي لتصبح بذلك مؤهلة لاحالة العقود عليها. <br/>وأشار الوزير الى ان هذه الشركات وافقت على إنتاج اضافي مقداره مليون و125 الف برميل يوميا من حقل الزبير البالغ احتياطه حوالى 4 مليارت برميل. <br/>الشهرستاني أكد إن وزارته ستوقع العقد خلال فترة لاتتجاوز الاسبوعين بعد أن تنتهي من وضع صيغة العقد النهائية ومن ثم تعرض على مجلس الوزراء لإبرامها اذا وافق عليها. <br/>يذكر إن الكونسورسيوم مكون من 35% لإيني و25% لكوغاز و20% لكل من اوكسيدنتال وسينوبك.</p> <p><strong>انتاج النفط العراقي يتجاوز معدلاته الاعتيادية</strong></p> <p>توقع وزير النفط حسين الشهرستاني تحقيق زيادة اضافية في الميزانية الاتحادية تصل الى 5 مليارات دولار من خلال زيادة الانتاج والصادرات النفطية. <br/>وقال مصدر مسؤول في الوزارة ان الوزير توقع الزيادة في الميزانية الاتحادية من خلال زيادة في الانتاج والتصدير النفطي خلال الشهر الماضية. <br/>واضاف ان هذه الزيادة حصلت في الحقول الجنوبية حيث وصل انتاج تلك الحقول الى اكثر من 100 الف برميل يوميا، مشيرا الى ان الوزارة ومن خلال الخطط والجهد الوطني لملاكاتها ستضيف الى الانتاج المحلي زيادة فعلية تصل الى 400 الف برميل يوميا خلال المدة القليلة المقبلة. <br/>واكد المصدر ان الوزارة الان تجاوزت اعلى معدلاتها في انتاج النفط حيث وصلت الى اكثر من مليوني برميل يوميا.</p> <p><strong>ألعراق ينفي مقايضة نفطه بالمياه مع تركيا</strong></p> <p>نفت وزارة الموارد المائية العراقية الثلاثاء أن تكون الاجتماعات بين بغداد وانقرة حول المياه قد تناولت موضوع مقايضة النفط العراقي بالمياه مع تركيا. <br/>وقال مدير عام إدارة الموارد المائية عون ذياب ان هذا الموضوع لم يطرح أبداً وان الحكومة العراقية لن تقبل بمثل هكذا معادلة. <br/>وأضاف ان النفط ثروة ناضبة ويكلف الدولة أموالا طائلة لاستخراجه بينما المياه هبة من عند الله كما وان هناك حقوقا ثابتة لمستخدمي المياه على طول مجرى الانهر الدولية سواء كانت دولة المنبع او المجرى او المصب، على حد قوله.</p> <p><strong>تفجير انتحاري يستهدف أحد قادة الصحوات في ناحية بهرز</strong> </p> <p>أعلنت مصادر أمنية وطبية عراقية مقتل 8 اشخاص واصابة 10 اخرين بتفجير انتحاري مساء الثلاثاء استهدف قائد إحدى الصحوات في ناحية بهرز جنوبي بعقوبة. <br/>وقال مصدر في غرفة عمليات ديالى لوكالات الأنباء ان انتحارياً يرتدي حزاماً ناسفاً فجر نفسه داخل مقهى مستهدفاً قائد صحوة المنطقة ليث مشعان الذي لقي مصرعه بالاضافة إلى اخرين من رواد المكان، من بينهم أحد افراد حماية مشعان.</p> <p><strong>المالكي يقود جهاز المخابرات الوطني حتى تشكيل الحكومة المقبلة</strong></p> <p>كشف مصدر في جهاز المخابرات الوطني العراقي إن رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي هو من يقود الجهاز الان. <br/>وقال المصدر في تصريح نقلته وكالة باب نيوز للأنباء ان اغلب ضباط الجهاز يتلقون الاوامر مباشرة من المالكي وإنه راجع العديد من الملفات التي تخص عمل المخابرات. <br/>وأكد ان المالكي يميل لترشيح توفيق الياسري للمنصب، مؤكدا ان إدراة جهاز المخابرات الوطني ستبقى بيد رئيس الوزراء حتى تشكيل الحكومة المقبلة. <br/>من جانبه قال القيادي في حزب الدعوة الاسلامي كمال الساعدي ان رئاسة جهاز المخابرات تحتاج إلى الحوار بين الكتل السياسية. <br/>واضاف ان الحكومة لم تحسم أمر مرشحها للمنصب مشيرا الى ان هناك حديثاً عن ترشيح الحكومة لأسمين لم يذكرهما. <br/>واصفا ترشيح رئيس الجهاز بالمعقد كونه سيخضع للحوارات والمفاوضات بين الكتل السياسية وهو ما يتطلب وقتا.</p> <p><strong>مفوضية الانتخابات تحدد مهلة ثلاثة ايام للبرلمان العراقي لاقرار قانون الانتخابات</strong></p> <p>حددت المفوضية المستقلة العليا للانتخابات في العراق الخميس المقبل موعدا نهائيا للبرلمان لسن قانون الانتخابات الجديد. <br/>وقالت المفوضية في بيان لها نشر امس الاثنين انه نظرا لارتباط عمل المفوضية بجدول زمني محدد لاجراء انتخابات مجلس النواب في موعدها المقرر في يناير المقبل ولضيق الوقت فانها تتوجه الى مجلس النواب بضرورة تشريع قانون الانتخابات قبل 15 اكتوبر الجاري. <br/>يذكر ان البرلمان العراقي لم يتوصل حتى الان الى صيغة نهائية لقانون الانتخابات وسط خلاف على عدد من التعديلات منها الموقف من محافظة كركوك.</p> <p><b>إعتقال 49 من المشتبه بهم في الموصل بينهم أمير شبكة إبتزاز</b></p> <p>إعتقلت القوات العراقية تساندها قوات إستشارية أمريكية 49 من المشتبه بهم في العملية العسكرية التي بدأت في الموصل مؤخرا. <br/>وذكر بيان صادر عن القوات متعددة الجنسيات أن القوات المشتركة واصلت تفتيشها عن أعضاء شبكة ابتزاز التابعة لما يسمى بدولة العراق الاسلامية المتمركزة في الموصل . <br/>مشيرا الى أن العملية اسفرت عن اعتقال 31 مشتبها بهم، بينهم أمير الشبكة إضافة الى 18 آخرين كانت قد إعتقلتهم امس. <br/>وأكد البيان أن المشتبه بهم هم جزء من مجموعة ارهابية بقيادة مايسمى دولة العراق الاسلامية والتي تقوم بأبتزاز الاموال من الناس الأبرياء من خلال تهديدهم باستخدام العنف ضدهم.</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.5em"><font color="#800000">الاخبار الامنية</font></span></strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://pukmedia.com/News/13-10-2009/news50.html" class="external" target="_blank">PUKmedia::: مکتب الإعلام المرکزی للإتحاد الوطنی الکوردستانی</a>: </p> <blockquote><p>عقدت اليوم الثلاثاء الجلسة الافتتاحية لكبار المسؤولين والخبراء للمجلس الاعلى للتعاون الاستراتيجي العراقي – التركي، وترأس الجانب العراقي وكيل وزارة الخارجية لبيد عباوي وترأس الجانب التركي السفير التركي في بغداد مراد اوزجليك. <br/>وتحدث عباوي رئيس الجانب العراقي في كلمته الافتتاحية حول ضرورة العمل المكثف بين الجانبين وانجاز اكثر من 40 اتفاقية ومذكرات تفاهم في مختلف اوجه التعاون الثنائي بين اكثر من 9 وزارات عراقية ومؤسسات استثمارية مع نظيراتها التركية، وشارك من الجانب العراقي ممثلين من مختلف الوزارات العراقية وفي مقدمتها الخارجية والداخلية والتجارة والموارد المائية والنفط. <br/>كما القى السفير مراد اوزجليك رئيس الجانب التركي كلمة عبر فيها عن شكره وامتنانه لشعب العراق وحكومته لحسن الاستقبال وكرم الضيافة التي حظي بها الوفد التركي في بغداد، واكد على اهمية التوصل الى الصيغ النهائية لمذكرات التفاهم والاتفاقيات التي ستوقع خلال الزيارة التي سيقوم بها رئيس الوزراء التركي رجب طيب اردوغان يوم الخميس القادم 15/10/2009، وبحضور رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي. <br/>وقد عقدت جلسات متواصلة بين ممثلي الوزارات المعنية بعد الجلسة الافتتاحية وتم خلالها التداول وبحث الافكار والنقترحات في الصيغ الكفيلة لانجاز هذه المهمة التأريخية خدمة لمصالح البلدين الجارين الصديقين، وستتم مواصلة الاجتماعات يوم غد بين الجانبين. </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>أهم الأحداث الأمنية والعسكرية التي شهدها العراق حتى مساء اليوم الثلاثاء</strong></p> <p>شهدت العاصمة بغداد وعددا من المحافظات حتى مساء اليوم الثلاثاء 13/10/2009 اعمال عنف متفرقة راح ضحيتها عدد من العراقيين بين شهيد وجريح، كما نفذت القوات الأمنية عمليات عسكرية في مناطق مختلفة من العراق اعتقلت من خلالها عددا من المطلوبين امنياً وقضائياً وضبطت كميات كبيرة من العتاد.</p> <p>فقد عثرت دورية تابعة للجيش العراقي على مخبأ للاسلحة في قرية السفينة التابعة لقضاء البعاج 120 كم غرب مدينة الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى. </p> <p>وذكر مصدر امنيا ن المخبأ يحتوي على اسلحة وقذائف هاون وقنابل يدوية مشيرا الى ان المواد المذكورة تم تسليمها الى الاجهزة الامنية في القضاء،وانفجرت عبوة ناسفة اليوم على احد الطرق الرئيسة في منطقة الفيصلية شمال الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى.</p> <p>وذكر مصدر امني ان العبوة كانت مزروعة على احد الشوارع الرئيسة في المنطقة المذكورة مستهدفة دورية للشرطة العراقية موضحاً ان الانفجار أسفر عن اصابة احد افراد الدورية وجرح اثنين من المدنيين كانا قريبان من مكان الحادث فضلا عن الحاق اضرار مادية بسيارة الدورية.واشار المصدر الى ان الاجهزة الامنية قامت بنقل المصابين الى احدى المستشفيى القريبة من الحادث.</p> <p>واستشهد اليوم الثلاثاء احد المقاولين على ايدي مسلحين مجهولين شرق مدينة الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى. </p> <p>وذكر مصدر امني ان مسلحين مجهولين اطلقوا نيران اسلحتهم على المقاول عند خروجه من منزله في منطقة اسكي موصل شرق المدينة ما ادى الى استشهاده على الفور.</p> <p>واعتقلت قوة من الجيش العراقي ظهر اليوم10 مطلوبين في منطقة الكاطون وسط مدينة بعقوبة مركز محافظة ديالى.وذكر مصدر امني انه وجد في حوزة المعتقلين كمية من الاسلحة والاعتدة تم مصادرتها وتسليمها الى قيادة عمليات المحافظة.وعثرت قوة من الجيش العراقي على اعتدة واسلحة مختلفة في مناطق الكرمة والثرثار والمعادة ضمن قاطع عمليات محافظة الانبار غرب البلاد.وجاء في بيان صادر عن وزارة الدفاع اليوم انه بناء على معلومات استخبارية دقيقة تفيد بوجود أكداس عتاد ضمن قاطع مسؤولية الفرقة الأولى في الجيش خرجت قوة يوم امس الاثنين لتفتيش المناطق المذكورة اعلاه ، مشيرا الى ان القوة تمكنت من العثور خلال العملية على عبوات ناسفة وأسلحة واعتدة مختلفة.فيما انفجرت عبوتان ناسفتان مزروعتان قرب منزل احد المواطنين في ناحية كنعان 10 كم شرق مدينة بعقوبة مركز محافظة ديالى .</p> <p>واوضح مصدر امني ان احداهما انفجرت اثناء وصول قوات الشرطة الى مكان انفجار العبوة الاولى مما ادى الى اصابة (2) من افراد الشرطة بجروح فضلا عن الحاق اضرار مادية بالمنزل ،مبينا انه تم القاء القبض على (7) من المشتبه بضلوعهم في الانفجار قرب مكان الانفجار.والقت قوات الشرطة العراقية القبض على عصابة متخصصة بعمليات التسليب شمال شرق مدينة الموصل مركز محافظة نينوى . </p> <p>وذكر مصدر امني ان دورية تابعة لشرطة زمار القت القبض على عصابة مكونة من اربعة اشخاص تقوم بسرقة وتسليب المواطنين على الطريق الخارجي مابين الموصل –زمار الذي يبعد 100كيلو متر شمال شرق الموصل. واشار المصدر الى ان دورية الشرطة قامت بنصب كمين لافراد العصابة وتمكنت من القاء القبض عليهم في الطريق المذكور وتمت احالتهم الى القضاء العراقي.واعتقلت قوات الاحتلال الامريكي صباح اليوم قيادي في تنظيم القاعدة الارهابي في منطقة جبال حمرين 20 كم شرق مدينة بعقوبة مركز محافظة ديالى.</p> <p>ذكر ذلك مصدر امني مضيفا ان القوات الامريكية قامت بأنزال جوي اليوم بعد غلق جميع الطرق والمنافذ للمنطقة المذكورة والقت القبض على المتهم وتسليمه الى القوات الامنية العراقية.</p> <p>فيما عاودت المدفعية الإيرانية اليوم الثلاثاء قصف القرى الحدودية في سفح جبل قنديل، بعد توقف دام عدة أيام.</p> <p>وقال مصدر مطلع في المنطقة ان المدفعية الايرانية قصفت ظهر اليوم الثلاثاء مناطق (سوردي وقلاتوكان وقرناقة وبشت آشان وبردي) في سفح جبل قنديل، مشيراً الى ان القصف الحق اضراراً مادية بالبساتين والاراضي الزراعية في المنطقة.</p> <p>والقى الجيش العراقي اليوم القبض على عصابة لخطف الاطفال في منطقة حي 17 التابع لقضاء المحمودية جنوب بغداد.وذكر مصدر امني ان عملية القاء القبض تمت بعد ورود معلومات استخبارية تفيد بوجود العصابة في المنطقة المذكورة، موضحا ان قوة من الجيش العراقي التابعة للفرقة 17 متواجدة في المنطقة قامت بعملية دهم وتفتيش بعد ان فرضت طوقا امنيا على الحي المذكور.</p> <p>واشار المصدر الى ان عملية الدهم حققت غرضها بالقاء القبض على العصابة المتخصصة بخطف الاطفال وبحوزتهم طفلة تم اختطافها قبل ثلاثة ايام وتم تحريرها وتسليمها الى ذويها.</p> <p>وانفجرت عبوة ناسفة كانت مزروعة على احد الشوارع الرئيسية في منطقة حي المهندسين شمال مدينة الموصل مستهدفة دورية للشرطة العراقية. وذكر مصدر امني ان الانفجار اسفر عن جرح اثنين من افراد الدورية ومدني كان قريبا من مكان الحادث.واعلن رئيس لجنة الأمن والدفاع في مجلس محافظة البصرة اللواء صباح الفتلاوي اليوم ان قيادة الشرطة العراقية في المحافظة والقوات الامريكية ملتزمان ببنود الاتفاقية الامنية المبرمة بين الطرفين برغم الخرق الامني الذي وقع الاسبوع الماضي.</p> <p>وقال الفتلاوي أن القيادات الأمنية في المحافظة بدأت بتطبيق آلية جديدة وهي ارتداء مجموعة من الشرطة العراقية الزي المدني وذلك بهدف السيطرة بشكل أكبر على الاوضاع في البصرة.</p> <p>موضحا ان تطبيق هذه الآلية جاء بعد الاحداث التي شهدها قضاء الزبير من قتل اصحاب محلات الذهب وعمليات السطو الاخرى التي طالت املاك عدد من المواطنين في المحافظة.</p> <p>والقى الجيش العراقي اليوم القبض على ارهابي يحمل عبوة ناسفة في منطقة حي القادسية التابع لقضاء المحمودية جنوب العاصمة بغداد. وقال مصدر مني ان دورية تابعة للجيش العراقي القت القبض على الارهابي الذي كان يحمل عبوة ناسفة في محاولة لزرعها على جانب الشارع العام المؤدي الى بغداد ، مبيناً انه تم تسليم الارهابي الى الجهات الامنية للتحقيق معه ومعرفة الزمر التي تقف وراء تمويله بالعبوات الناسفة.</p> <p>وانفجرت صباح اليوم الثلاثاء عبوة ناسفة مستهدفة الجيش العراقي وادى انفجارها الى استشهاد اثنين من منتسبي الجيش العراقي وجرح أربعة آخرين قرب ناحية الرشاد جنوب غرب كركوك.وقال مدير شرطة الاقضية والنواحي في كركوك العميد سرحد قادر أن العبوة الناسفة الحقت أضرارا مادية بالعجلة التي كانت نقل افراد الدورية مضيفا انه تم نقل المصابين الأربعة إلى مستشفى كركوك العام لتلقي العلاج.واعلنت مديرية شرطة الفلوجة فرض حظرالتجوال على سير سيارات الحمل نوع (كيا) داخل مدينة الفلوجة. وذكر مدير شرطة الفلوجة العقيد محمود فياض العيساوي ان اجراءات امنية مشددة اتخذت وتم نشر مفارز وسيطرات متحركة في المدينة لغرض منع سير هذه المركبات داخل الفلوجة ومنع دخولها.وتمكنت القوات الامنية من ابطال مفعول عبوة ناسفة زرعت على جانب الطريق بالقرب من الحديقة العامة وسط مدينة الفلوجة.وذكر مصدر امني ان وحدة مكافحة المتفجرات الهندسية التابعة لمديرية شرطة الفلوجة وبالتنسيق مع مديرية الدفاع المدني تمكنت من تفكيك العبوة من دون وقوع خسائر علماً ان هذه المرة الثانية التي يتم فيها ابطال مفعول عبوة ناسفة خلال يومين وفي المكان ذاته.ويذكر ان مدينة الفلوجة تشهد اجراءات امنية مشددة وحظر تجوال على سير مركبات نوع (كيا) ومنع دخولها الى المدينة. واعتدى اليوم محافظ ديالى السابق ورئيس القائمة العراقية في المحافظة عبد الله الجبوري بالضرب على احدى النساء في مبنى مجلس المحافظة.</p> <p>ذكر ذلك مصدر مسؤول في مجلس المحافظة ان المرأة المعتدى عليها كانت من ضمن النساء التي قدمن شكوى ضد الجبوري لاختطاف ابنائهن وقتلهم داخل مبنى المحافظة،مبينا ان الامر اثار انزعاج الجبوري فانهال على المرأة بالضرب وامام انظار اعضاء مجلس المحافظة،مشيرا الى ان اعضاء المجلس وقفوا صامتين من دون ان يتدخلوا او يحركوا ساكنا امام هذا الاعتداء.وانفجر حزام ناسف اليوم يرتديه شخص مستهدفا قائد صحوة ناحية بهرز 3كم جنوب بعقوبة مركز محافظة ديالى.وقال مصدر امني ان الانفجار اسفر عن استشهاد ثمانية اشخاص وجرح عشرة اخرين وبين المصدر ان الانتحاري استهدف مقهى شعبي ، مبينا ان المدعو ليث شعبان قائد صحوة ناحية بهرز من ضمن الشهداء الثمانية.وانفجرت اليوم عبوة ناسفة كانت مزروعة على احد الشوارع الرئيسية في منطقة حي الساعة غرب مدينة الموصل مستهدفة دورية للشرطة العراقية.وذكر مصدر امني ان الانفجار اسفر عن جرح ثلاثة من افراد الدورية والحاق اضرار مادية بسيارة الدورية والمحال التجارية المجاورة للحادث. موضحا ان الجرحى تم نقلهم الى المستشفى لتلقي العلاج اللازم،مبينا ان الاجهزة الامنية فرضت طوقا امنيا للبحث عن الجناة.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار السياسية</font></h3> <p><strong>البرلمان العراقي يوافق على الاتفاقية الأمنية مع بريطانيا</strong></p> <p>وافق مجلس النواب العراقي بالاغلبية الثلاثاء على الاتفاقية الامنية العراقية البريطانية التي تنظم دور ماتبقى من القوات البريطانية في البلاد. <br/>وتنظم الاتفاقية الاستفادة من الخبرة العسكرية البريطانية في دعم وتدريب قوات حماية الموانئ والمياه الإقليمية العراقية وكانت قد نوقشت قبل نهاية الفصل التشريعي الماضي دون إقرارها بسبب اعتراضاتٍ أثارَتها كتل نيابية. <br/>وخلال التصويت عبر عدد من النواب عن قناعتهم بان لاتفاقية لن تشكل اي مس أو تجاوز على السيادة العراقية كونها تنص على بقاء مائة جندي بريطاني فقط لغرض تدريب الكوادر الأمنية العراقية وتقديم المشورة للقوات العراقية متى أرادت ذلك.</p> <p><strong>الكتلة الصدرية تنسحب من جلسة البرلمان إحتجاجاً على تمرير الإتفاقية البحرية العراقية البريطانية</strong></p> <p>قررت الكتلة الصدرية الانسحاب من جلسة مجلس النواب احتجاجا على التصويت على اتفاقية الدعم والتدريب البحرية العراقية البريطانية. <br/>وقال عضو الكتلة فوزي أكرم ترزي في تصريح لوكالة كردستان للانباء إن الكتلة الصدرية 30 عضوا انسحبت من الجلسة احتجاجا على درج اتفاقية الدعم والتدريب البحرية العراقية البريطانية على جدول أعمال المجلس بهدف التصويت عليها، موضحاً أن اعضاء من جبهة التوافق والقائمة العراقية وكتلة الفضيلة وبعض الاعضاء الاخرين انسحبوا من الجلسة، وأن تمرير الاتفاقية هو غير قانوني وغير دستوري لعدم إكتمال النصاب القانوني، مضيفا أنه كتلته تطالب بأعادة التصويت مرة اخرى كونه غير قانوني وغير دستوري، حسب قوله.</p> <p><strong>نوري المالكي يدعو مجلس النواب إلى اعتماد القائمة المفتوحة في اجراء الانتخابات المقبلة</strong></p> <p>حذر رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي من تداعيات تأجيل الانتخابات التشريعية، داعيا مجلس النواب إلى اعتماد القائمة المفتوحة في إجرائها. <br/>وقال المالكي لدى استقباله رئيس التيار الوطني المستقل محمود المشهداني، إن تأجيل الانتخابات سيؤدي إلى حصول فراغ دستوري وموجة من الاضطراب تهدد بالقضاء على ما تم إنجازه. <br/>وأبدى المالكي تأييده لاعتماد القائمة المفتوحة في الانتخابات التي قال إنها تتناسب ووعي المواطن العراقي، واصفا القائمة المغلقة بالقائمة العمياء. <br/>يشار إلى أن ائتلاف دولة القانون بزعامة المالكي يجري مباحثات مع التيار الوطني برئاسة المشهداني لضم الأخير إلى الائتلاف.</p> <p><strong>هيئة النزاهة تطالب محافظي نينوى والأنبار بكشف المصالح المالية</strong></p> <p>أنذرت هيئة النزاهة العامة محافظي نينوى والانبار بالإيقاف عن العمل في حال عدم تقديمهما كشف المصالح المالية. <br/>وجاء في كتابين رسمين أصدرتهما النزاهة الثلاثاء حسب مانشرته وكالة كردستان للأنباء ان الهيئة سبق وان طلبت كشف المصالح المالية لمحافظي نينوى والانبار اثيل النجيفي وقاسم الفهداوي في ايار الماضي في حال عدم تقديمهما كشف المصالح المالية، مبيناً أنه تم تأكيد الطلب في الاول من تموز متضمناً مهلة شهرين تنتهي في الاول من ايلول. <br/>وأكدت النزاهة في كتابيها أنها ستضطر الى ايقاف المحافظين عن العمل طبقا للحكم الوارد في الملحق (أ ) للتقرير المالي السنوي.</p> <p><strong>وزير الداخلية الإيراني يدعو دول الجوار العراقي إلى تجاوز خلافتها لمساعدة العراق</strong></p> <p>قال وزير الداخلية الإيراني مصطفى محمد نجار إن بلاده تنظر بإيجابية إلى اجتماع دول الجوار العراقي المرتقب في شرم الشيخ، وتدعو تلك الدول إلى تجاوز خلافاتها لمساعدة شعب العراق وحكومته. <br/>وأوضح في تصريح صحفي أن المشاكل الأمنية في العراق تعود إلى تدخل القوى الأجنبية في شؤونه، مبيناً أن أمن دول المنطقة وأمن العراق مرتبطان ببعضهما ومؤكداً أن الشعبين الإيراني والعراقي بينهما حضارة وثقافة وقواسم تاريخية ودينية مشتركة. <br/>ونفى نجار تدخل بلاده في الشأن الداخلي العراقي، قائلاً إن بلاده تسعى دوماً للحفاظ على استتباب الأمن والاستقرار في المنطقة و خاصة في العراق. <br/>وأضاف إن إيران استعداد لوضع تجاربها في المجالات الاقتصادية والسياسية والصناعية و التقنية تحت التصرف العراقي، آملاً بنجاح مؤتمر شرم الشيخ في إيجاد آليات جديدة لاستتباب الأمن في العراق والمنطقة.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار الاقتصادية</font></h3> <p><strong>وزارة التجارة تصدر بطاقة تموينية جديدة للسنتين المقبلتين 2010 و2011 بشكل موحد</strong></p> <p><a title="20091013_ration" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4008422243/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px" alt="20091013_ration" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905im_/http://static.flickr.com/3518/4008422243_72a01300c2.jpg" align="right" border="0"/></a>كشف مصدر مسؤول بوزارة التجارة ان نموذج البطاقة التموينية الجديد يتضمن كوبونات تشمل حصص السنتين المقبلتين 2010 و2011 بشكل موحد لجميع سكان البلاد بما فيهم اقليم كردستان العراق. <br/>وقال مدير عام دائرة التموين والتخطيط بالوزارة رياض فاخر الهاشمي لصحيفة الصباح ان الوزارة ارتأت ان يتضمن النموذج الجديد للبطاقة التموينية كوبونات تغطي حصص المواطنين لاشهر السنتين المقبلتين 2010 و2011 بغية تخفيف عناء المراجعات عن المواطنين من جهة، وتقليل مبالغ طباعة البطاقة التي تكلف اموالا وجهودا كبيرة سنويا. <br/>واضاف ان الدائرة اتخذت جميع التحضيرات بوقت مبكر بغية اتمام عملية توزيعها بين العائلات مطلع العام المقبل، وتلافي اي تأخير بهذه العملية التي ستتم عبر مراكز التوزيع المنتشرة في انحاء البلاد كافة، والقريبة عن محلات سكن العائلات اذ حددت مقارها في المدارس والمجالس البلدية بالتنسيق مع وزارتي الدولة لشؤون المحافظات والتربية ومجالس المحافظات.</p> <p><b>التجارة تحجب مفردات البطاقة التموينية عن 22 ألف موظف حكومي</b></p> <p>اعلنت وزارة التجارة أن عدد الموظفين المشمولين بقرار حجب مفردات البطاقة التموينية من الذين يتقاضون رواتب تتجاوز المليون و500 ألف دينار فأكثر بلغ 22 ألف موظف حتى الان. <br/>وقال مصدر مسؤول بالوزارة في تصريح له إن عددا من الوزارات ارسلت الى دائرة التموين والتخطيط بوزارة التجارة جميع البيانات الخاصة بموظفيها الذين يتقاضون راتبا شهريا قدره مليون ونصف المليون فأكثر اذ بلغ عددهم بموجب تلك البيانات 22 ألف موظف حتى الان . <br/>من جهته، اوضح مدير عام دائرة التموين والتخطيط رياض فاخر الهاشمي أن قرار حجب مفردات البطاقة التموينية عن أصحاب الدخول العالية يشــمل الشخص فقط ولا يشمل أفراد عائلته.</p> <p><b>وزارة الزراعة تطالب مجلس النواب بإقرار قانون حماية المحاصيل</b></p> <p>ذكرت وزارة الزراعة أن قانون حماية المحاصيل والمنتجات الزراعية النباتية والحيوانية ومكافحة الاغراق معروض حاليا أمام مجلس النواب بانتظار مصادقته ولم يتخذ المجلس أي إجراء حتى الان بصدده. <br/>وقال مصدر مسؤول في الوزارة في تصريح صحفي له إن الوزارة كانت قد رفعت الى إحدى اللجان المتخصصة في مجلس النواب قانونا لحماية المحاصيل والمنتجات الزراعية النباتية والحيوانية ومكافحة الاغراق، موضحا أن القانون معروض امام المجلس منذ مدة بانتظار اقراره. داعيا الى سرعة البت باصدار القانون لما يمثله من أهمية قصوى في حماية المحاصيل الزراعية والحيوانية في البلاد من سياسة الاغراق التي أضرت بالسوق المحلي طوال السنوات الست الماضية.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-5028"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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This has included fewer Iraqi civilian deaths, U.S. casualties, and, says a new report, journalists.</strong> </p> <p>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.cpj.org/reports/2008/07/journalists-killed-in-iraq.php" target="_blank" class="external">release</a> said that 41 journalists worldwide were killed this year. And while Iraq has improved, it is still the deadliest nation in the world for journalists, as it has been for nearly six years. </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/12/19/media-deaths-down-but-iraq-still-top-danger-zone/#more-5028" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-4607"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/09/17/books-iraq-we-blew-her-to-pieces/#respond" title="Comment on BOOKS-IRAQ: "We Blew Her to Pieces"">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/09/17/books-iraq-we-blew-her-to-pieces/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to BOOKS-IRAQ: "We Blew Her to Pieces"">BOOKS-IRAQ: "We Blew Her to Pieces"</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fallujah/" rel="tag">Fallujah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ips/" rel="tag">IPS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ips-reports/" rel="tag">IPS Reports</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraq-veterans-against-the-war/" rel="tag">Iraq Veterans Against The War</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/" rel="tag">media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/racism/" rel="tag">Racism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/torture/" rel="tag">Torture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%84%d9%88%d8%ac%d8%a9%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الفلوجة‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote><p>“Anytime we did have embedded reporters with us, our actions changed drastically. We never acted the same. We were always on key with everything, did everything by the book.” </p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p>“But on these convoys, I saw marines defecate into MRE bags or urinate in bottles and throw them at children on the side of the road,” he stated. </p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p>“There was also another motive,” Ewing said, “If the kids were around our vehicles, the bad guys wouldn’t attack. We used the kids as human shields.” </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>MARFA, Texas, Sep 16 (<a title="IPS" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43891" class="external" target="_blank">IPS</a>) – Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows what the U.S. military is doing in Iraq better than the soldiers themselves. A new book gives readers vivid and detailed accounts of the devastation the U.S. occupation has brought to Iraq, in the soldiers’ own words.</strong> </p> <p>“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Soldier-Afghanistan-Eyewitness-Occupations/dp/1931859655" target="_blank" class="external">Winter Soldier Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupation</a>,” published by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://www.haymarketbooks.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=Haymarket" target="_blank" class="external">Haymarket Books</a> Tuesday, is a gut-wrenching, historic chronicle of what the U.S. military has done to Iraq, as well as its own soldiers. </p> <p>Authored by Iraq Veterans Against the War (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://ivaw.org/" target="_blank" class="external">IVAW</a>) and journalist <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://a9.com/?q=Aaron+Glantz&sourceid=mozilla-search" target="_blank" class="external">Aaron Glantz</a>, the book is a reader for hearings that took place in Silver Spring, Maryland between Mar. 13-16, 2008 at the National Labour College. </p> <p>“I remember one woman walking by,” said Jason Washburn, a corporal in the U.S. Marines who served three tours in Iraq. “She was carrying a huge bag, and she looked like she was heading toward us, so we lit her up with the Mark 19, which is an automatic grenade launcher, and when the dust settled, we realised that the bag was full of groceries. She had been trying to bring us food and we blew her to pieces.” </p> <p>Washburn testified on a panel that discussed the rules of engagement in Iraq, and how lax they were, even to the point of being virtually non-existent. </p> <p>“During the course of my three tours, the rules of engagement changed a lot,” Washburn’s testimony continues. “The higher the threat the more viciously we were permitted and expected to respond.” </p> <p>His emotionally charged testimony, like all of those in the book that covered panels addressing dehumanisation, civilian testimony, sexism in the military, veterans’ health care, and the breakdown of the military, raised issues that were repeated again and again by other veterans. </p> <p>“Something else we were encouraged to do, almost with a wink and nudge, was to carry ‘drop weapons’, or by my third tour, ‘drop shovels’. We would carry these weapons or shovels with us because if we accidentally shot a civilian, we could just toss the weapon on the body, and make them look like an insurgent,” Washburn said. </p> <p>Four days of searing testimony, witnessed by this writer, is consolidated into the book, which makes for a difficult read. One page after another is filled with devastating stories from the soldiers about what is being done in Iraq. </p> <p>Everything from the taking of “trophy” photos of the dead, to torture and slaughtering of civilians is included. </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/09/17/books-iraq-we-blew-her-to-pieces/#more-4607" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130205192905/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/media/page/2/">« Previous Entries</a></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 href="#latest-articles">Latest Articles</a></li> </ul> <div id="featured-articles" class="widget"> <ul> <li><a 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