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[…]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 31st, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/politics-security/" title="View all posts in Politics and Security" rel="category tag">Politics and Security</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barzani/" rel="tag">Barzani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/disputed-areas/" rel="tag">Disputed Areas</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala/" rel="tag">Diyala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/krg-demands-for-excess-budget-allocations-by-gzg/" rel="tag">KRG demands for excess budget allocations by GZG</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/krg-intransigence/" rel="tag">KRG Intransigence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdish-separatism/" rel="tag">Kurdish Separatism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-nouri-al/" rel="tag">Maliki - Nouri al-</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muqtada-al-sadr/" rel="tag">Muqtada al-Sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninawa-governorate/" rel="tag">Ninawa (Governorate)</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/31/relations-sour-between-kurds-and-central-government/#respond" title="Comment on Relations sour between Kurds and central government">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4497"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/26/do-the-us-and-iraqi-government-care-about-iraqi-children/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Do the U.S. and Iraqi government care about Iraqi children?">Do the U.S. and Iraqi government care about Iraqi children?</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p> <br/> Who would believe the U.S. and the Iraqi government’s claims that they care about the well being of Iraqi children?<br/> Concern over the fate of Iraqi children is perhaps the biggest lie the U.S. has tried to spread after the notorious fallacy of weapons of mass destruction.<br/> Iraqi politicians and leaders of the […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 26th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/children/" title="View all posts in Children" rel="category tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/postcards-from-iraq/" title="View all posts in Postcards from Iraq" rel="category tag">Postcards from Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/society-and-economy/" title="View all posts in Society And Economy" rel="category tag">Society And Economy</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-zamman/" rel="tag">al-Zamman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/child-exploitation/" rel="tag">Child Exploitation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/child-poverty/" rel="tag">Child Poverty</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/early-warning/" rel="tag">Early Warning</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/militias/" rel="tag">Militias</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/orphans/" rel="tag">Orphans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/26/do-the-us-and-iraqi-government-care-about-iraqi-children/#comments" title="Comment on Do the U.S. and Iraqi government care about Iraqi children?">Comments: 1</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4464"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a5%d9%82%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a4%d8%ab%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%84/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to محللون: تجاذبات إقليمية ودولية تؤثر على تطبيع العلاقات العراقية السعودية">محللون: تجاذبات إقليمية ودولية تؤثر على تطبيع العلاقات العراقية السعودية</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>رأى محللون سياسيون عراقيون، أن التجاذبات الإقليمية والدولية، فضلا عن المحلية، ما تزال تحول دون تطبيع العلاقات العراقية السعودية، وفي حين بين بعضهم أن هنالك “أجندة” معينة يتوجب على العراق الإيفاء بها قبل أن يتم مثل هذا التطبيع، رأى اخرون أن السعودية “تخسر كثيرا” إذا ما  تأخرت بالانفتاح على العراق.<br/> وقال المحللون د.سعدي الحديثي، […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 19th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/middle-east/" title="View all posts in Middle East" rel="category tag">Middle East</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraq/" rel="tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/saudi-arabia/" rel="tag">Saudi Arabia</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%84%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b0%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a5%d9%82%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a4%d8%ab%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%84/#respond" title="Comment on محللون: تجاذبات إقليمية ودولية تؤثر على تطبيع العلاقات العراقية السعودية">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4465"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/mary-dejevsky-we-may-yet-miss-musharraf/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mary Dejevsky: We may yet miss Musharraf">Mary Dejevsky: We may yet miss Musharraf</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>With Mr Musharraf’s departure – and, as it happens, the withdrawal of the Georgian contingent from Iraq to fight their own war – that coalition, as any sort of viable alliance, is no more. What we have is a United States in the throes of an election campaign that is likely to bring sharp changes […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 19th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/politics-security/" title="View all posts in Politics and Security" rel="category tag">Politics and Security</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/independent-the-uk/" rel="tag">Independent -The (UK)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pakistan/" rel="tag">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/mary-dejevsky-we-may-yet-miss-musharraf/#respond" title="Comment on Mary Dejevsky: We may yet miss Musharraf">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4467"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/%d9%84%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%80%d9%87-%d9%85%d9%80%d9%86-%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%80%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%80%d9%8a-%d8%a3%d9%88%d8%a8%d9%80%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%9f/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to لوجـه مـن… يدعـم المالكـي أوبـاما؟">لوجـه مـن… يدعـم المالكـي أوبـاما؟</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>نوري المالكي رئيس الوزراء في المنطقة الخضراء ببغداد أسرع الى القفز من سفينة بوش الآيلة الى الاختفاء، ولا نقول الى الغرق في بحر السياسة العالمي، لذلك نراه يقفز خلف أوباما وهو يمتطي جواده المنطلق نحو البيت الأبيض في واشنطن، بعدما تحوّل المالكي في نظر الحزب الديموقراطي ديموقراطياً أكثر من الديموقراطيين أنفسهم، لا سيما أن موقفه […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 19th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/politics-security/" title="View all posts in Politics and Security" rel="category tag">Politics and Security</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/abdul-mahdi-adil/" rel="tag">Abdul-Mahdi - Adil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-election/" rel="tag">American election</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baquba/" rel="tag">Baquba</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/dawa-party/" rel="tag">Dawa Party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala-surges/" rel="tag">Diyala "surges"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/elections-governorates/" rel="tag">Elections (Governorates)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-nouri-al/" rel="tag">Maliki - Nouri al-</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/siic-formerly-sciri/" rel="tag">SIIC (Formerly SCIRI)</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/19/%d9%84%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%80%d9%87-%d9%85%d9%80%d9%86-%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%80%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%80%d9%8a-%d8%a3%d9%88%d8%a8%d9%80%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%9f/#respond" title="Comment on لوجـه مـن… يدعـم المالكـي أوبـاما؟">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4460"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/18/%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d9%87%d9%88-%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b7%d8%b9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to خبراء: العراق هو "نقطة التقاطع" في المصالح الإستراتيجية لتركيا وإيران">خبراء: العراق هو "نقطة التقاطع" في المصالح الإستراتيجية لتركيا وإيران</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>اتفق خبراء ومحللون إستراتيجيون عراقيون، السبت، على أن العراق يشكل بؤرة الاهتمام الإقليمي والدولي حاليا، مثلما يشكل نقطة تقاطع للمصالح الإستراتيجية لكل من إيران وتركيا، لكنهم اختلفوا بشأن طبيعة هذه المصالح وأهدافها، ومدى ارتباطها بإستراتيجية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية تجاه المنطقة.<br/> وقال الخبراء والمحللون، د. شيرزاذ الجاف، عباس الياسري، ود. سعدي الحديثي، للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 18th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/middle-east/" title="View all posts in Middle East" rel="category tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/politics-security/" title="View all posts in Politics and Security" rel="category tag">Politics and Security</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iran/" rel="tag">Iran</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/israel/" rel="tag">Israel</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdish-separatism/" rel="tag">Kurdish Separatism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pjak/" rel="tag">PJAK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pkk/" rel="tag">PKK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkey/" rel="tag">Turkey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkish-land-incursions/" rel="tag">Turkish land incursions</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/18/%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d9%87%d9%88-%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%b7%d8%b9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5/#respond" title="Comment on خبراء: العراق هو "نقطة التقاطع" في المصالح الإستراتيجية لتركيا وإيران">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4436"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/10/it-became-necessary-to-destroy-the-town-to-save-it/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to It Became Necessary To Destroy The Town To Save It">It Became Necessary To Destroy The Town To Save It</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>A U.S. army soldier from Fox Troop, Sabre Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, sets a mud hut on fire in a deserted village on the outskirts of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province, some 75 kilometers ( 46.6 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Soldiers from Fox Troop burned down a deserted village […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 10th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/photos/" title="View all posts in Photos" rel="category tag">Photos</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/war-on-terror/" rel="tag">"War on terror"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-election/" rel="tag">American election</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-crimes/" rel="tag">American War Crimes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/balad-roz/" rel="tag">Balad Roz</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala/" rel="tag">Diyala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala-surges/" rel="tag">Diyala "surges"</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/editorials/" rel="tag">Editorials</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/orphans/" rel="tag">Orphans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/vietnam/" rel="tag">Vietnam</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/widows/" rel="tag">Widows</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/10/it-became-necessary-to-destroy-the-town-to-save-it/#comments" title="Comment on It Became Necessary To Destroy The Town To Save It">Comments: 1</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4420"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/07/the-tragic-last-moments-of-margaret-hassan-robert-fisk/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The tragic last moments of Margaret Hassan - Robert Fisk">The tragic last moments of Margaret Hassan - Robert Fisk</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>It was Margaret who took leukaemia medicines donated by readers of The Independent to the child cancer victims of Iraq back in 1998 after we discovered that hundreds of infants were dying in those areas where Western forces used depleted uranium munitions in the 1991 Gulf War. She was a proverbial tower of strength, and […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 7th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-jazeera-broadcasting/" rel="tag">Al Jazeera Broadcasting</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-criminals-dick-cheney/" rel="tag">American War Criminals (Dick Cheney)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-criminals-george-tenet/" rel="tag">American War Criminals (George Tenet)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/depleted-uranium/" rel="tag">Depleted Uranium</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fisk-robert/" rel="tag">Fisk - Robert</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hassan-margaret/" rel="tag">Hassan - Margaret</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/independent-the-uk/" rel="tag">Independent -The (UK)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/qatar/" rel="tag">Qatar</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sanctions/" rel="tag">Sanctions</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/07/the-tragic-last-moments-of-margaret-hassan-robert-fisk/#respond" title="Comment on The tragic last moments of Margaret Hassan - Robert Fisk">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4402"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/armed-violence-and-humanitarian-action-in-urban-areas/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas">Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p>Mogadishu, Grozny, Kabul and Baghdad have all been affected by the violence of an armed conflict at one time or another. For humanitarian organizations, which often work more in rural areas, these places present particular challenges. Are other towns in countries which are at peace but experiencing uncontrolled growth the breeding ground of new forms […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on August 5th, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/analysis/" rel="tag">Analysis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption/" rel="tag">Corruption</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-cleansing/" rel="tag">Ethnic Cleansing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/health/" rel="tag">Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/idps-internal-refugees/" rel="tag">IDPs (Internal Refugees)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescentred-cross/" rel="tag">Red Crescent/Red Cross</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/resources/" rel="tag">Resources</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/08/05/armed-violence-and-humanitarian-action-in-urban-areas/#respond" title="Comment on Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas">Comments: None</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-last"> <h2 style="line-height: 1.2em;" id="post-4380"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/07/31/mideast-arabs-despair-of-us-even-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to MIDEAST: Arabs Despair of U.S. Even More">MIDEAST: Arabs Despair of U.S. Even More</a></h2> <div style="clear: left;"></div><div class="entry"> <p> Neither Bush nor McCain so much as mention — let alone criticise — Israel’s inhumane treatment of Palestinian populations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. This treatment includes frequent military assaults often targeting civilians, the use of ‘targeted assassinations’, the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip (which has brought that territory to the […]</p> <p class="postmetadata">Posted on July 31st, 2008 under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/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/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/middle-east/" title="View all posts in Middle East" rel="category tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/category/politics-security/" title="View all posts in Politics and Security" rel="category tag">Politics and Security</a>. Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/analysis/" rel="tag">Analysis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barack-obama/" rel="tag">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/egypt/" rel="tag">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/gaza/" rel="tag">Gaza</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ips/" rel="tag">IPS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ips-reports/" rel="tag">IPS Reports</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iran/" rel="tag">Iran</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080917162922/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/israel/" rel="tag">Israel</a>, <a 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