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rel="tag">الموصل</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af/" rel="tag">بغداد</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ad%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%ab%d8%a9/" rel="tag">حديثة</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%89/" rel="tag">ديالى</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl"> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 300px; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p><b>المئات يتظاهرون في ساحة التحرير وسط بغداد للمطالبة باطلاق المعتقلين وخروج القوات الامريكية</b></p> <p>تظاهر المئات،اليوم الجمعة، في ساحة التحرير وسط بغداد للمطالبة بإطلاق سراح المعتقلين وتوفير مفردات البطاقة التموينية ورفض التمديد لبقاء الجيش الامريكي في العراق بعد نهاية العام الحالي. <br/>وقال مراسل راديو دجلة " إن المئات من المتظاهرين خرجوا، صباح اليوم، في تظاهرة سلمية في ساحة التحرير، وسط بغداد، للمطالبة بإطلاق سراح المعتقلين وتوفير مفردات البطاقة التموينية ورفض الوجود الامريكي". <br/>وأضاف "أن القوات الأمنية انتشرت في محيط ساحة التحرير تحسباً لحدوث أي خروقات أمنية"، مشيرا إلى "أن المتظاهرين رددوا شعارات تطالب بتحسين القطاع الاقتصادي والصناعات المحلية وإطلاق سراح المعتقلين". <br/>وطالب المشاركون في تظاهرة اليوم الجمعة بالاسراع في بناء قدرات الجيش العراقي وتأهيله ليكون اكثر قدرة على حماية حدود العراق. <br/>كما طالب المتظاهرون بوضع حد لحالات الفساد المالي والاداري المستشري في في الدولة واحالة الذين يقفون وراء الصفقات المشبوهة التي كشف النقاب عنها مؤخرا الى القضاء .</p> <p><b>برغم من حظر التجوال في نينوى.. مواطنون يصرون على التظاهر ويشتبكون مع القوات الأمنية</b></p> <p>أصر العشرات من أبناء محافظة نينوى ،اليوم الجمعة،على التظاهر بالرغم من حظر التجوال المفروض على المدينة، فيما اشتبكوا بالأيدي مع القوات الأمنية التي منعتهم من التوجه إلى ساحة الأحرار وسط الموصل. <br/>وقال مصدر مطلع " إن العشرات من أبناء المحافظة اشتبكوا، صباح اليوم، بالأيدي مع القوت الأمنية أثناء توجههم إلى ساحة الأحرار وسط الموصل"، مبيناً" أن المواطنين أصروا على الوصول إلى الساحة على الرغم من حظر التجوال المفروض على المدينة". <br/>وأضاف المصدر" أن المتظاهرين طالبوا برحيل القوات الأميركية من العراق فضلا عن إطلاق سراح المعتقلين".</p> <p><strong>برهم صالح يصدر قرارا للاجهزة الامنية بشأن الاوضاع في السليمانية </strong></p> <p>أصدر رئيس حكومة إقليم كردستان برهم صالح قراراً تضمن مجموعة من أوامر وتوصيات إلى الأجهزة الأمنية حول الأوضاع في مدينة السليمانية وأطرافها. <br/>وذكر بيان رئاسي أوضح فيه الخميس أنه ينبغي أن تتخذ الإجراءات الأصولية إزاء الأحداث المستجدة أو التي حدثت سابقاً وأن تكون الإجراءات قانونية بالكامل وكذلك لايجوز التعسف والمبالغة من قبل قوات الأمن الداخلي في التعامل مع المواطنين، ومن يتجاوز الحدود في ذلك يتحمل المسؤولية. <br/>وأضاف أنه لايجوز إبقاء أي شخص في المعتقلات بدون الأوراق التحقيقية ويجب تسليم الأوراق إلى قاضي التحقيق في المدة القانونية ليحدد القاضي مصير المعتقلين وفق القوانين المعمول بها. <br/>وشدد على أن يتابع الادعاء العام بجدية أوضاع المعتقلات وجميع الذين لديهم شكاوي أو وجهت لهم تهم، لضمان تنفيذ القانون وعدم إنتهاك حق أحد، مبينا ان يقوم محافظ السليمانية بتعيين هيئة من المحامين المتطوعين لتقديم الدعم القانوني عند الضرورة.</p> </p></div> <p><font color="#800000"><strong>أخبار عالمية</strong></font></p> <p><b>المالكي يقيل رئيس المحكمة الجنائية لتورطه بالفساد ويعين محسن ريسان بدلا عنه</b></p> <p>أكد مصدر مسؤول في المحكمة الجنائية العليا، أن رئيس الوزراء قرر تعيين محسن ريسان رئيساً للمحكمة بدلاً عن رئيسها السابق ناظم فرمان العبودي الذي أقيل بأمر من المالكي. <br/>واكد المصدر في تصريح صحفي"أن هناك خلافات عديدة بين رئيس المحكمة الجنائية العليا السابق وبين عدد من الموظفين في المحكمة لأسباب مختلفة"، مؤكدا "أن تلك الخلافات بدأت وتيرتها تتصاعد خلال الفترة الأخيرة". <br/>وكان مصدر في المحكمة الجنائية العليا قد كشف، امس الخميس، أن المالكي أمر بطرد رئيس المحكمة الجنائية العليا وإحالته إلى التحقيق، على خلفية شرائه 50 سيارة من نوع لاند كروز بأسعار مضاعفة.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار السياسية</font></h3> <p><strong>خالد الملا يعتبر المفسدين من أعدى اعداء العراق ويصفهم بالوباء </strong></p> <p>دعا رئيس جماعة علماء العراق في الجنوب خالد الملا البرلمان ولجنة النزاهة إلى كشف ملفات المفسدين وإحالتهم إلى القضاء. <br/>واوردت وكالة الصحافة المستقلة الجمعة عن بيان لمكتب الملا تأكيده إن الفاسدين أعدى علينا من عدونا لأنهم منا وهم وباء علينا وسبة لنا وعلينا أن نتصدى لهم بكل الوسائل المتاحة والمشروعة حتى لا يتمادوا في غيهم وفسادهم. <br/>واضاف أن بعض المسؤولين هم من أساء التصرف في هذا النظام الديمقراطي أو استخدمه لأجل مصالحه الخاصة. <br/>واشار الملا الى دور الحكومة باعتبار ان لها دور تنفيذي ولا ينبغي أن يكون دورها التستر على الفاسدين إن كانوا وزراء أو دون ذلك أو أعلى من ذلك لان هذه السرقات هي التي تجعل اقتصادنا منهار.</p> <p><b>حسين الشامي يهاجم بهاء الاعرجي وينفي وجود فساد في صفقة شراء جامعة البكر</b> </p> <p>رد رئيس مجلس إدارة جامعة الامام الصادق حسين بركة الشامي على تصريحات رئيس لجنة النزاهة البرلمانية النائب بهاء الأعرجي، دون ذكر اسمه، والتي اتهمه فيها بعملية فساد واسعة تتعلق بشراء جامعة البكر بقيمة مليار و300 مليون دينار فقط. <br/>وكشف الشامي في بيان صحفي الخلفيات القانونية والرسمية لإنشاء الجامعة، مؤكداً أنها ليست ربحية، وليست مشروعاً شخصياً بل هي مسجلة لجهة خيرية ولها مجلس أمناء وهي بمثابة الوقف الشرعي. <br/>وتساءل السيد الشامي في بيانه، عن مصير الدعوات التي اطلقها الأعرجي حول كشف ملفات فساد كبيرة، ثم تراجع عنها، منوهاً الى وجود تسويات خاصة في هذا المجال مع المتورطين الحقيقين في الفساد. <br/>وكان رئيس لجنة النزاهة في مجلس النواب بهاء الاعرجي قد كشف عن صدور 11 امر قبض بحق عدد من كبار الشخصيات من بينها وزير ووكلاء وزارات ومحافظين وضباط كبار ومديرون عامون علي خلفية قضايا فساد. <br/>واوضح الاعرجي "ان ابرز ملف للفساد تم الكشف عنه يتعلق باقدام وزارة الدفاع علي بيع جامعة البكر سابقا الي جامعة الامام جعفر الصادق بقيمة مليار و300 مليون دينار فقط ، منوها الي ان الجامعة تقع في منطقة الوزيرية وسط بغداد وتبلغ مساحتها 13 الف متر مربع" . <br/>واضاف "لقد ابطلنا البيع واحلنا القضية الى التحقيق والادلة الي القضاء حيث توجد لدينا اضبارة كاملة وواسعة لكل الاطراف المشاركة في هذه القضية ومن ثم سيحال المتورطون الي النزاهة". </p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار الاقتصادية</font></h3> <p><b>خبير اقتصادي : نسبة الفقراء بين سكان العراق تصل الى 29 %</b></p> <p>كشف الخبير الاقتصادي قصي الجابري، ان نسبة الفقراء بين سكان العراق تصل الى حوالي 29 % في الوقت الحالي. <br/>وقال الجابري في تصريح صحفي اليوم الجمعة " ان نسبة الفقراء في المجتمع العراقي تصل الى نحو 29 %، داعيا الدولة الى ضرورة وضع حلول للقضاء على هذه الظاهرة في المجتمع العراقي". <br/>واضاف "ان موضوع الفقر يعد من احد اهم التحديات التي رافقت المسيرة التنموية في العراق خلال العقود الثلاث الاخيرة ، وبات يضرب عمق البنى التحتية وتهدد النسيج الاجتماعي واليات تماسكه".</p> <p><b>لجنة الاقتصاد النيابية تدعو الى انشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات</b></p> <p>دعت لجنة الاقتصاد والاستثمار البرلمانية الى وضع خطط استراتيجية في مجال البيئة وانشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات. <br/>وقال عضو لجنة الاقتصاد والاستثمار البرلمانية عبد الحسين عبطان في تصريح صحفي اليوم الجمعة "ان اغلب دول العالم تستفيد من النفايات من خلال المعامل المتطورة والخاصه بها في موارد متعددة من اهمها الاسمدة الزراعية"، داعيا الى " وضع خطط استراتيجية في مجال البيئة وانشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات بدلاً من التخلص منها". <br/>واوضح عبطان" يفترض ان تكون هناك خطة استراتيجة للبلاد في كافه المجالات ومنها مجال البيئة الذي يتحسن من خلال انشاء معامل عملاقة تقضي على كثير من النفايات الموجودة في انحاء العراق". <br/>واشار عبطان الى" ان الدول الاوربية تستخدم هذه النفايات لتوليد الطاقة الكهربائية كما موجود في السويد، وهناك بعض الدول تقوم بأستخراج المواد التي تساعد في تبليط الشوارع".</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.5em"><font color="#800000">الاخبار الامنية </font></span></strong></p> <p><strong>مسلحون يختطفون صبياً وسط كركوك </strong></p> <p>أفاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن مسلحين مجهولين اختطفوا صبيا قرب منزله وسط كركوك. وقال المصدر إن مسلحين مجهولين يستقلون سيارة حديثة تمكنوا صباح اليوم من اختطاف صبي بالقرب من , </p> <p>منزله في منطقة طريق بغداد وسط كركوك.وأضاف المصدر أن المسلحين اقتادوا المختطف إلى جهة مجهولة مشيرا إلى أن قوة أمنية فتحت تحقيقا لمعرفة ملابسات الحادث والجهة التي تقف وراءه.</p> <p><b>اعتقال تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين بتهمة "الإرهاب" في ديالى</b></p> <p>أعلن مصدر في شرطة محافظة ديالى ،اليوم الجمعة، أن الأجهزة الأمنية اعتقلت تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين بتهمة "الإرهاب" خلال عمليات دهم وتفتيش في مناطق متفرقة من المحافظة. <br/>وقال المصدر" إن قوات من الشرطة شنت ظهر اليوم، عمليات دهم وتفتيش في مناطق بعقوبة وأطراف قضاء المقدادية شمال شرق بعقوبة وناحية بني سعد جنوب غرب بعقوبة، أسفرت عن إلقاء القبض على تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين للقضاء العراقي بتهمة الإرهاب". <br/>وأضاف المصدر" أن الأجهزة الأمنية اقتادت المعتقلين إلى مراكز الاحتجاز الأمني لإجراء التحقيقات معهم".</p> <p><strong>اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم قائدا جديدا لشرطة نينوى</strong> </p> <p>اعلن مصدر في شرطة نينوى ان امرا صدر بتعيين اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم قائدا جديدا لشرطة نينوى خلفا للواء الركن احمد حسن عطية . <br/>وقال المصدر "ان اللواء هاشم ، وهو من اهالي مدينة الكوت ، باشر دوامه الرسمي في شرطة نينوى مساء امس ". <br/>يذكر ان اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم هو اول قائد لشرطة نينوى من خارج المحافظة منذ العام 2003. </p> <p><strong>نقيب يقتل عنصراً في الصحوة جنوب غرب كركوك </strong></p> <p>افاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن عنصراً في الصحوة قتل بنيران نقيب إثر مشاجرة بينهما جنوب غرب كركوك.وقال المصدر إن ضابطاً برتبة نقيب في الصحوة أطلق النار في ساعة متقدمة من ليل أمس، </p> <p>على أحد عناصر الصحوة إثر مشاجرة وقعت بينهما في قرية الحمراء التابعة لناحية الرياض ( 55 كم جنوب غرب كركوك) مما أسفر عن مقتله في الحال مبيناً أن النقيب فر إلى جهة مجهولة.وأضاف المصدر أن قوة أمنية فرضت طوقا امنيا على مكان الحادث ونقلت جثة القتيل إلى دائرة الطب العدلي فيما نفذت عملية دهم وتفتيش للبحث عن النقيب الفار.</p> <p><strong>مسلحون يطلقون النار على إذاعة في السليمانية </strong></p> <p>افادت محطة اذاعية محلية في السليمانية بأن مبناها تعرض إلى أضرار بعد إطلاق النار عليه من قبل مسلحين مجهولين ادى الى اصابة واجهة المبنى باطلاقات دون ان يسفر عن خسائر بالارواح، </p> <p>في وقت كانت السليمانية شهدت قيام مجهولين بحرق السيارة الشخصية لمسؤول بالحزب ذاته.وقال مصدر صحفي إن مسلحين مجهولين اطلقوا النار على مبنى الاذاعة الواقع شمال مدينة السليمانية وفروا الى جهة غير معروفة.</p> <p><strong>انفجار عبوة ناسفة وسط الرمادي </strong></p> <p>أفاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن ستة من عناصر الشرطة سقطوا بين شهيد جريح بانفجار عبوة ناسفة وسط مدينة الرمادي مركز المحافظة. وقال المصدر إن عبوة ناسفة انفجرت فجر اليوم في شارع المستودع , </p> <p>وسط الرماي مركز محافظة الأنبار مستهدفة دورية للشرطة الحكومية ما أسفر عن استشهاد ثلاثة من عناصرها وإصابة ثلاثة آخرين وتدمير إحدى عجلاتها.وأضاف المصدر أن قوة أمنية طوقت منطقة الحادث وفرضت إجراءات مشددة فيما نقلت المصابين إلى المستشفى القريب والشهداء إلى دائرة الطب العدلي.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">اخبار متفرقة من العراق</font></h3> <p><b>غرق طفلين في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار جنوبي كركوك</b></p> <p>أعلن مصدر امني، اليوم الجمعة، أن طفلين غرقا في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار جنوبي كركوك. <br/>وقال المصدر "إن طفلين من منطقة دور الفيلق جنوبي كركوك غرقا، صباح اليوم، أثناء اللعب في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار". <br/>وتشهد اغلب المدن العراقية منذ يومين موجة امطار عزيرة وعواصف شديدة ادت الى غرق الشوارع والازقة وانهيار بعض المنازل وسقوط ابراج الطاقة.</p> <p><strong>"الثور المجنح" و"الشمس السومرية" علامة فارقة في قمة الزهور ببغداد </strong></p> <p>بغداد – 22 – 4 (كونا) — يمتد "الثور المجنح" رمز الحضارة الاشورية في بلاد الرافدين على مساحة مئة متر مربع في حديقة الزوراء بالعاصمة بغداد ولكن هذه المرة يتشكل من زهور مختلفة الانواع في تشكيلة تختزل الوان الطيف العراقي. <br/>وغير بعيد عنه تنتصب منارة جامع الخلفاء وقبته في تشكيل من الورد والآس ونبات السايكس لاستعادة تراث عباسي وثمة زهور مختلفة الالوان والاجناس تمتد على الارض في اشعة دائرية مشكلة شمس تموز السومرية. <br/>هذا ما يمكن ان تشاهده في مهرجان الزهور الثالث في حديقة الزوراء بالعاصمة العراقية والذي كان متنفسا للعائلة البغدادية طوال اسبوع كامل حيث تم تحويل مساحة 50 ألف متر مربع الى ساحة كبيرة من الزهور والورود ذات الألوان الزاهية. <br/>وقد حمل المهرجان شعار (بغداد الق وزهور) بحسب ما قاله مدير اعلام امانة بغداد حكيم عبد الزهرة لوكالة الانباء الكويتية (كونا).</p> <p><strong>المصدر : </strong>(إقرأ المزيد)<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2161616&Language=ar" class="external" target="_blank">كونا : "الثور المجنح" و"الشمس السومرية" علامة فارقة في قمة الزهور ببغداد – عام – 22/04/2011</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12918"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/01/iraq-women-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 1st, 2011 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/01/iraq-women-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet">Iraq: women struggle 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-and-war/" rel="tag">women and war</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/womens-rights/" rel="tag">Women's Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Iraqi women have repeatedly been victims of armed conflict in recent decades. Today, as their dependence on a crumbling social structure grows, many find themselves struggling to make ends meet. The ICRC is helping them get back on their feet.</p> <p>A great many women in Iraq are facing challenges in the task of caring for their families, earning income and taking part in community and professional life. Since widespread violence erupted in 2003, they have been increasingly caught in the crossfire, killed, wounded or driven from their homes. As their menfolk have been killed or taken away in large numbers, the entire burden of running the household has been suddenly thrust upon them.</p> <p>"Regardless of the circumstance of loss, the mere fact that there is no traditional breadwinner directly affects the family’s financial situation," said Caroline Douilliez, head of the ICRC’s Women and War programme in Iraq. "The ICRC’s observations across Iraq have led us to the distressing conclusion that the lack of regular and sufficient income over the years has cast a huge number of families into severe poverty."</p> <div style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <p>30-03-2011 Operational Update </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/2011/iraq-update-01-02-2011-icrc-eng.pdf" target="_blank" class="external"><strong>Download full document: "Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet"</strong></a> PDF 368 KB </li> </ul></div> <p>According to ICRC estimates, between one and two million households in Iraq today are headed by women. This figure includes women whose husbands are either dead, missing (some since as far back as 1980) or detained. Divorced women are also taken into account. All these women were wives at one time, and today remain mothers to their children and daughters to their parents, and sometimes ultimately breadwinners and caregivers for all these people. Without a male relative, they lack economic, physical and social protection and support. Often they struggle with harrowing memories of the circumstance of death or disappearance of their husband. Displaced women face the added challenge of coping with the loss of a home that they had to leave because of threats to their safety, or for lack of income.</p> <p>"With no job opportunities, with no help from relatives themselves too poor to provide it, and with no assistance from the State social-security system, these women’s daily struggle revolves around putting food on the table and paying for shelter, schooling and medical care," said Ms Douilliez. "Sometimes their only option is to take their young boys out of school and send them out to earn a few dinars for the family. As a result, future generations pay the price of today’s difficult times. Without a proper education, today’s youth will not be equipped to face their own challenges once they have families of their own."</p> <p>In response to this emergency, the ICRC has launched programmes aimed specifically to assist women heading households alone. Since 2008, the organization has focused on finding ways to help women attain self-sufficiency.</p> <p>At the same time, the ICRC closely monitors the effects of efforts made by the State to improve social-welfare benefits for women facing particular hardship. The ICRC can attest to the struggle required to increase budgetary allocations and other resources for this vulnerable group. Ms Douilliez stresses the scale of the problem and the need for a comprehensive approach by the Iraqi government.</p> <p>The ICRC is engaged in dialogue with parliamentarians and other central and provincial policy-makers to ensure that the social-welfare system for vulnerable women receives the resources it needs.</p> <p><b>Assistance:</b> Between 2009 and 2010 the ICRC assisted around 4,000 women heading households who have been displaced from their homes. Food parcels and hygiene items were distributed to women in Baghdad, Diyala and Ninawa governorates.</p> <p><b>Micro-economic initiatives:</b> The ICRC provides in-kind grants to help finance income-generating projects. The grants are extended to women who are willing and able to run such projects, which are often home-based businesses such as small shops, trade projects or food production. The projects, which have been initiated in Najaf, Basra, Missan and Baghdad since 2009, are conducted in partnership with local NGOs and monitored for several months to ensure sustainability.</p> <p><b>Social welfare benefits:</b> The ICRC, working in partnership with local NGOs, helps women handle the formalities associated with applying for social-welfare benefits. As the cost of travel to gather documents is high, especially for women who have very limited resources, it reimburses the travel expenses incurred by women in Baghdad, Anbar, Basra and Missan who have not previously applied for the allowance. In addition, the ICRC has provided the agency in charge of administering the benefit with technical support.</p> <h4>Bringing aid to people facing hardship</h4> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people struggling to earn a living, such as women heading households, people with disabilities and the displaced. During the months of January and February, the ICRC:</p> <ul> <li>provided emergency winter assistance for more than 44,000 displaced people in Ninawa, Kirkuk, Diyala, Baghdad, Wassit, Babil, Anbar, Salah Al-Din, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya; </li> <li>awarded 82 grants to disabled people and women heading households in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Ninawa, Sulaimaniya and Erbil to enable them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. Around 900 households headed by women and the disabled have received such assistance since 2008. The grants have benefited over 5,000 people. </li> </ul> <h4>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h4> <p>Because health-care services in some rural and conflict-prone areas are still struggling to meet the needs of the civilian population, the ICRC continues to help renovate the premises of health-care facilities and train staff. To help disabled people reintegrate into the community, the ICRC also continues to provide limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services. In January and February:</p> <ul> <li>192 new patients were fitted with prostheses and 1,010 with orthoses at 10 ICRC-supported centres throughout Iraq; </li> <li>17 doctors and 44 nurses took part in a course on emergency services given in Sulaimaniya and Najaf for medical personnel from Koya, Erbil, Dohuk, Khanaqin, Sulaimaniya, Kirkuk, Babil, Muthanna, Diwaniya, Kerbala and Najaf. </li> </ul> <p>In 2010 the ICRC began providing on-site support for eight primary health-care centres in Diyala, Ninawa, Kirkuk, Babil and Diwaniya. By agreement with the local authorities, the ICRC visits the centres on a regular basis to maintain and, where necessary, upgrade water supply networks. The ICRC also provides advice for emergency stabilization and referral services. In addition, it helps local health administrations to ensure that stocks of medicines and vaccines are adequate and that these items are always readily available.</p> <p>Over 280,000 people, including internally displaced people, now have better access to basic health-care and emergency services in the eight primary health-care centres. By mid-2010, the ICRC was providing the centres with enhanced support for various services. Local health authorities appointed additional female doctors to work in some facilities and provided additional ambulances and beds.</p> <h4>Providing clean water and sanitation</h4> <p>Access to clean water remains difficult in much of Iraq. ICRC engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitary facilities, especially in places where violence remains a concern and in rural areas to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In January and February, these activities included:</p> <h5>Emergency assistance:</h5> <p>The ICRC delivered water by truck:</p> <ul> <li>to al-Sadr City (sectors 52 and 53), Husseinia and Ma’amil area in Baghdad governorate to over 4,840 internally displaced people; </li> <li>to al-Zeidan primary health-care centre in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Support for health-care facilities:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed the following works:</p> <ul> <li>upgrading the water storage capacity in al-Shirqat General Hospital (100-bed capacity) in Salah al-Din governorate; </li> <li>renovation of the sanitary facilities in three buildings (Zainab, al Kindy and al Razi) in al- Rashad Psychiatric Hospital Phase 2 Stage 2 (1,300-bed capacity) in Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>renovation of a primary health-care centre in al-Sadr City (300 patients per day) in Baghdad governorate. The area served by the centre has a population of 50,000; </li> <li>installation of specialized equipment in al-Sadr Teaching Hospital (200 bed capacity), Najaf governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Drinking-water supply:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed 10 main projects benefiting over 612,250 people throughout the country:</p> <ul> <li>renovation of Qaim water treatment plant in Anbar governorate, serving about 170,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Za’faraniya, Baghdad governorate, serving about 200,000 people; </li> <li>transfer and reinstallation of a compact unit from al-Quds to al-Rasheed in Baghdad governorate, serving about 15,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of five compact units in Abu Ghraib district, Baghdad governorate, serving about 74,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in al-Shirqat, Salah al-Din governorate, serving about 20,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Diyala governorate serving about 40,000 people; </li> <li>supply of a generator for Mendili and Qaratapa water treatment plants in Diyala governorate, serving about 42,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of water supply system in Qosh villages, in Ninawa, serving about 45,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of water supply system in Khanaqin, Diyala governorate, serving about 6,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Missan governorate serving about 250 people. </li> </ul> <h5>Renovation of infrastructure in places of detention:</h5> <p>● electro-mechanical works completed in Kadhimiya maximum security prison in Baghdad governorate; <br/>● improvement of the women’s yard in Hilla Prison (No. 2), Babil governorate, serving about 50 detainees.</p> <h4>Visiting detainees</h4> <p>In January and February, ICRC delegates visited detainees held by the Iraqi Correctional Service under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, various branches of the Kurdish Regional Government and the United States government in 27 places of detention in 14 governorates. The delegates monitored the conditions in which detainees were being held and the treatment they received.</p> <p>The ICRC shared its observations and recommendations with the detaining authorities with a view to bringing about improvements where needed.</p> <p>In some of the places of detention, the ICRC gave detainees mattresses, blankets and recreational items such as books and games.</p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between people held in detention facilities and their loved ones. In January and February over 350 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad. The ICRC also responded to over 750 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives or requesting other types of information, for instance on missing relatives. In addition, in Iraq, Iran and Kuwait, the ICRC issued close to 1,000 certificates of detention to former detainees and prisoners of war from previous international armed conflicts. The voluntary repatriation of two released detainees took place under the auspices of the ICRC. The organization also issued travel documents to 13 persons, mainly refugees, to enable them to resettle abroad. In February, the ICRC made arrangements for a three-day visit for seven Iraqi families (19 persons) to visit their loved ones detained in Kuwait Central Prison.</p> <h4>Clarifying the fate of missing people</h4> <p>During the months of January and February, the ICRC, in its role as a neutral intermediary, chaired a meeting between Iraq and Iran during which joint field work undertaken with a view to recovering the remains of soldiers killed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War was discussed. It also chaired one meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee dealing with missing persons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and participated in technical meetings with the parties concerned with a view to preparing joint field exhumations.</p> <p>The mortal remains of 38 persons, presumed to be Iraqi soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq War, were handed over by the Iranian to the Iraqi authorities under ICRC auspices.</p> <p>The ICRC continued to provide the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and Baghdad’s Medical-Legal Institute with the technical support they require to exchange information and build up their capacity in the area of forensics. In January, the ICRC provided training in forensic anthropology for 27 members of the Medico-Legal Institute.</p> <h4>Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law</h4> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to spread knowledge of international humanitarian law by organizing presentations for various audiences, including military personnel, prison staff, students and professors.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2011/iraq-update-2011-03-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12875"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/28/funding-shortfall-hits-plans-for-idps-returnees/#respond" title="Comment on Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/28/funding-shortfall-hits-plans-for-idps-returnees/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees">Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/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/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/category/women/" title="View all posts in Women and Children" rel="category tag">Women and Children</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/brookings-institution/" rel="tag">Brookings Institution</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/displacement/" rel="tag">displacement</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/health/" rel="tag">Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/idps-internal-refugees/" rel="tag">IDPs (Internal Refugees)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/infrastructure/" rel="tag">infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/internal-displacement/" rel="tag">internal displacement</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iom/" rel="tag">IOM</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqi-refugees/" rel="tag">iraqi refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/irin/" rel="tag">IRIN</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/middle-east/" rel="tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/migration/" rel="tag">migration</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugee-agency/" rel="tag">refugee agency</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugee-resettlement/" rel="tag">refugee resettlement</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees/" rel="tag">Refugees</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/refugees-resettlement-of/" rel="tag">Refugees - 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It sought to encourage IDPs to go back to their areas of origin, stay in the areas they have ended up in, or help them move to a new area. </p> <p>The government also established “Return Assistance Centres” in Baghdad, and offered a financial assistance package of US$850 and a six-month rental compensation package for registered IDPs. </p> <p>“We have plans to tackle internal displacement, help the returnees and encourage expatriates [mainly doctors and teachers who fled the violence] to return," Mousawi said. "All these plans need money [but] what we have is not enough." </p> <p>According to the UN Secretary-General’s representative on the rights of IDPs, Walter Kalin, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SNAA-8EBLQH?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=irq" class="external" target="_blank">scale and history of forced displacement</a> in Iraq  has created a complex situation that needs a “comprehensive strategy” to address the immediate humanitarian needs and human rights of displacement-affected communities, and find durable solutions. </p> <p>“Iraq has suffered many waves of internal displacement throughout its recent past as a result of conflict, sectarian violence, and forced population movements associated with policies of the former regime – with an estimated 1.55 million persons remaining in displacement since 2006,” Kalin said in a 16 February report. </p> <p>“This situation is compounded by a marked deterioration of basic infrastructures and services across the country, lack of livelihoods and economic opportunities, continuing insecurity and sectarian divisions, as well as serious deficits in relation to governance, rule of law and the capacity of government structures." </p> <p>According to the Washington-based <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://csis.org/" class="external" target="_blank">Centre for Strategic and International Studies</a>, Iraqi IDPs and refugees are unwilling to return to their places of origin because of continued real or perceived threats of violence: Their homes were either destroyed or occupied by others; and they lacked employment opportunities and access to essential services. </p> <h3>Seeking partners</h3> <p>Mousawi said his ministry, which is mandated to implement government plans for IDPs and returnees, was only allocated the equivalent of US$250 million this year, but needs $416-500 million to fully implement its plans. Iraq’s parliament approved an $82.6 billion budget on 20 February. </p> <p>The ministry, he added, would review its plans and seek partners mainly in the UN. “Our priority is to help displaced people and returnees to meet their needs,” he said. “But returnees will need more to be spent on them than those still displaced because they need health, education and other services." </p> <p>Funding shortfalls have also affected the work of international organizations. In its 2011 Global Appeal, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said its budget for this year in Iraq was about $210.6 million, lamenting a 20-40 percent funding shortfall. </p> <p>“Some returnees and IDPs remain in dire circumstances that require urgent humanitarian interventions,” it said in an appeal earlier this year. </p> <p>(For latest statistics on returnees and IDPs by governorate, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.iauiraq.org/documents/1300/Return%20Update%20IRAQ%20JAN%202011.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">see</a>) </p> <p>According to Kalin, over 75 percent of IDPs live in rented accommodation or with host families, while over 20 percent live in irregular settlements, former military camps, tents and public buildings. </p> <p>There are an estimated 1.5 million IDPs across the country, according to Refugees International and the Brookings Institution. Many of these fled their homes after sectarian violence broke out following the 2003 war that toppled Saddam Hussein. </p> <p>(For a recent IOM review of displacement and return in Iraq since 2006, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.iauiraq.org/documents/1308/librar.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">see</a>) </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92060" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees | Iraq | Economy | Refugees/IDPs</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11654"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/10/21/death-and-body-bags/#comments" title="Comment on Death and body bags">1 Comment</a></span> Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Umm Fatima</div> <h3><a 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solid; width: 289px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin: 5px auto" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://gorillasguides.com/wp-content//20061018_boy_holding_the_feet_of_his_dead_father_hospital_morgue_baquba_october_18_2006.jpg"/></p> <p>Boy Holding The Feet Of His Father Baquba Hospital Morgue October 18 2006. </p> </p></div> <p>The aphorism came to mind again last week when US media reported that the United States had finally released its first official compilation of data on Iraqi casualties, more than seven years after its invasion of the country.</p> <p>The report, posted on the US Central Command website in July, drew little notice until last Thursday, when media outlets published details showing that 63,185 civilians and 13,754 members of the Iraqi security forces had been killed from early 2004 to August 2008.</p> <p>It is not clear why the figures did not include casualties from the immediate aftermath of the US-led invasion in 2003, or from the period after August 2008. It is not clear either how the data were compiled and using what methodology.</p> <p>The figures seem to represent a "policy engineered" anti-climax as the Obama administration, facing a mid- term election challenge, tries to bring an end to America’s misadventure in Iraq.</p> <p>The number of Iraqis killed during the US-led invasion and its aftermath has long been hotly debated, estimates ranging from fewer than 100,000 to more than a million.</p> <p>Knowing how these latest US figures were arrived at would speak volumes about how the United States is faring as it prepares to exit from Iraq.</p> <p>The casualty figures released by Washington are lower than those from Iraqi government sources. Last year, the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights reported that 85,694 Iraqis, including military and police personnel, had been killed from the beginning of 2004 through to October 2008.</p> <p>In January 2008, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that 151,000 deaths had taken place in the country due to the violence, with a 95 per cent confidence estimate of between 104,000 and 223,000 from March 2003 through to June 2006. The figures were based on the results of an Iraq family health survey published in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>, a respected US journal. </p> <p>Another estimate from the Iraq Body Count, a non- governmental organisation based in Britain that uses media accounts, has put the number of civilian dead in Iraq at 47,668 during the same period as the WHO study. The group’s latest figures for civilian deaths from violence in the country until September 19 2010 stood at between 98,252 and 107,235.</p> <p>A 2006 survey in <i>The Lancet</i>, a British medical journal, estimated that more than 600,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the war, a figure more than 10 times higher than other estimates at the time. </p> <p>Iraq has not officially reacted to any of the studies, though many Iraqis have rejected the new US figures on the number of civilian deaths in the conflict, saying that they are well below the actual numbers who have died. </p> <p>The numbers are misleading, critics say, because they are not based on a well- defined methodology dealing with all violence-related deaths, including assassinations and in operations conducted by the US military.</p> <p>Estimates of casualty figures during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq have been controversial because of the high political stakes involved and the possibility of manipulation aimed at swaying public opinion. The recent report was prompted by a Freedom of Information Act request from the National Security Archive at George Washington University. </p> <p>Scepticism has arisen about these latest figures not only because of possible discrepancies and the mysterious standards used to establish the magnitude of the casualties, but also because the parties involved have been reluctant to tell the truth about this human tragedy.</p> <p>A fundamental question is why the US military, which bears primary responsibility for the conflict, failed to address the issue start from the start and why it did not keep accurate records on the victims of the invasion and occupation.</p> <p>The military’s apparent incapacity to provide statistics about the causalities of US air bombardments and other related operations is a real and pressing concern.</p> <p>Another question of concern is why the US media, omnipresent in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, has not capitalised on its high standards of professionalism to gather accurate data about the human tragedy in Iraq.</p> <p>The Associated Press kept a record for the period from 28 April 2005 to 30 September 2010 listing some 49,416 deaths.</p> <p>Yet, even more disturbing than these US failures has been the failure by successive Iraqi governments to establish an efficient process of data collection to register the deaths of Iraqi citizens and to compensate their families.</p> <p>Failure to collect data and dodgy statistics are not the only problems. There is also the problem of how to count deaths that are directly related to the war and occupation, separating them from deaths as a result of violence in the country.</p> <p>Absent from the debate is any explanation of the humanitarian crisis that has struck Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion, including increasing poverty, unemployment, the deterioration of health services and the destruction of the country’s ecological system.</p> <p>Statistics such as those released by the US military have also largely ignored Iraqi fatalities caused by a lack of clean drinking water and a breakdown in utilities.</p> <p>Humanitarian agencies like the International Committee of the Red Cross have warned that the country’s healthcare facilities face grave shortages of staff and supplies, with the water, sewage and electricity infrastructure being in critical condition.</p> <p>Rates of cancer, leukemia and brain tumours, widely believed to have been caused by US weaponry, have been on the rise, some research suggesting that they rival those reported among survivors of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.</p> <p>The US military’s report on the death toll in Iraq comes at a time when US President Barack Obama has reached his lowest ratings in US opinion polls ahead of crucial mid-term elections next month.</p> <p>The release of the statistics while Obama embarks on a campaign to drum up support for Democratic Party candidates cannot be a coincidence.</p> <p>By publishing a limited number of casualties in Iraq, the Obama administration may be hoping that it can go ahead with its policy of "turning the page" in Iraq, ending the US military presence in the country by the end of next year.</p> <p>Exiting from Iraq would benefit the Democratic Party, whose president vowed to end the legacy of the Republican Party and its president in Iraq. </p> <p>If all goes to plan, Iraq will no longer be front-page news in America, as US soldiers pack up to leave in order to help Democrats achieve some sort of hoped-for victory in next month’s elections.</p> <p>However, the very day this article was sent to print, a spate of bomb attacks across Iraq killed and wounded many people, serving as proof that the threat of death remains a part of daily life in the country.</p> <p>If Albright’s idea that the price paid by Iraqi civilians for US policy "is worth it" can serve as any sort of reminder in this sad chapter of Iraq’s history, then it should be that the US-led invasion has turned into a humanitarian tragedy, as well as an American national predicament.</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1020/re3.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Death and body bags</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11358"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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In a bid to garner local support for the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, US officials pledged to build a sewage treatment plant at a cost of US$35 million. </p> <p>Work began in July 2004 and was supposed to be completed in 18 months, but continuing violence, design changes and the replacement of incompetent contractors delayed the project and costs ballooned to over $100 million. </p> <p>Six years on and with US forces preparing to withdraw from Iraq next month, not a single house is connected to the system. The US army has decided to hand over the partially finished project to a local contractor with the promise of providing the necessary funding to complete it. </p> <p>"The project is in its final stages and is expected to be handed over by the end of this year," Sheikh Hameed al-Alwan, head of Fallujah local council, told IRIN. "But unfortunately the plant will work only partially as its backbone, which is the main pipeline that sends all the waste to the main processing unit, will not be constructed because of the lack of funds." </p> <p>Without this vital pipeline, the plant will serve only a fraction of the city’s 580,000 residents, al-Alwan said, adding that the worst affected would be those in suburban areas. “Our only hope is that the Americans can secure the money to complete it, especially after the Iraqi government has said it does not have enough to allocate to it.” </p> <h3>Foul smells </h3> <p>Foul-smelling sewage has run through the rutted and pockmarked streets of Fallujah for more than three years. Residents currently depend on underground septic tanks which are in many cases leaking waste onto the streets from where it eventually ends up in the River Euphrates, a main drinking water source for Fallujah and other downstream cities. </p> <p>Abdul-Sattar Kadhum al-Nawaf, director of Fallujah general hospital, said the sewage problem had taken its toll on residents’ health. They were increasingly affected by diarrhoea, tuberculosis, typhoid and other communicable diseases. </p> <p>Al-Nawaf said that although he did not have specific numbers, 10-15 percent of patients at his hospital had water or sewage-related diseases. </p> <p>Experts say the Fallujah plant is just one of many abandoned, incomplete or hastily finished projects around the country. </p> <p>Anbar-based analyst Khudhair Jassim Ali, who lectures at the university, said that a lack of funds, corruption and a lack of cooperation between the government and companies working on projects have delayed badly needed infrastructure projects. </p> <p>"The government should follow up with these projects to take over from those parties that will leave Iraq, whether US forces or NGOs. It should fill the gap.”</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89829" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: Seeping sewage hits Fallujah residents’ health | Middle East | Iraq | Health & Nutrition Water & Sanitation | News Item</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11240"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/07/04/photo-essay-women-fetching-water/#comments" title="Comment on Photo Essay: Women Fetching Water">2 Comments</a></span> Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Umm Fatima</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/07/04/photo-essay-women-fetching-water/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Photo Essay: Women Fetching Water">Photo Essay: Women Fetching Water</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/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/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/category/photos/" title="View all posts in Photos" rel="category tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/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/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/category/women/" title="View all posts in Women and Children" rel="category tag">Women and Children</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/agriculture/" rel="tag">Agriculture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diwaniya/" rel="tag">Diwaniya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/drinkable-water/" rel="tag">drinkable water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fertiliser/" rel="tag">fertiliser</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/food/" rel="tag">food</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/infrastructure/" rel="tag">infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/neglect/" rel="tag">neglect</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photo/" rel="tag">Photo</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/poverty/" rel="tag">Poverty</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/riverbanks/" rel="tag">riverbanks</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rural-areas/" rel="tag">rural areas</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rural-poverty/" rel="tag">rural poverty</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/squatter-camps/" rel="tag">squatter camps</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/streams/" rel="tag">streams</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/team-members/" rel="tag">Team Members</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/umm-fatima/" rel="tag">Umm Fatima</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water/" rel="tag">Water</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-contamination/" rel="tag">Water Contamination</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-situation/" rel="tag">water situation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-and-children/" rel="tag">Women and Children</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Villages and rural areas have suffered a lot, the agriculture is collapsing or has collapsed in many places and  many people have moved to the cities to try to find work. Mostly there is no work to be found and what work they find is badly paid day labourer work. So they live in a squalid squatter camps and try to survive. </p> <p>For those who stay life is almost as tough. The rural areas have been neglected for a very long time and lack basic infrastructure and facilities the most desperate need is for clean drinkable water. Even for those villages on riverbanks or with wells or streams the water situation is desperate. The water is untreated and so it is often contaminated with fertiliser or faecal organisms. But an added hardship is that the women and the children have to go to the ponds and the stream to fetch the water and then carry it back. I recently visited my mother who lives in a small village in a quite difficult to travel to part of Diwnaiyah. She decided this year that she was too frail to make the journey to the city where I live with my husband and children for a holiday. So her holiday this year is that my sisters and I have travelled to her and fixed things in the house and in her field where she grows her food.</p> <p>I had forgotten how very very hard work it is to fetch and carry water.</p> <div style="clear: both">Umm Fatima </div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; width: 460px; padding-top: 5px"> <div class="container"> <div class="shadow"> <div class="frame"> <p>In this first photograph the women and children set off to fetch their water. If you look at the sky and their shadows you can see that they have left it quite late. I can tell you from experience that it is best to get this job as early as possible before the heat of the sun make the job even harder than it already is. </p> <p><a title="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_01 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4759233943/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px" height="337" alt="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_01" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4759233943_db242d9b88_o.jpg" width="450"/></a></p> </p></div> <p> <!-- end frame --></div> </p></div> </p></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; width: 460px; padding-top: 5px"> <div class="container"> <div class="shadow"> <div class="frame"> <p>The second photograph shows how you collect the water from a pond or a stream: </p> <p>You put all of your containers on the bank then you get into the water and fill them one by one. </p> <p><a title="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_02 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4759233371/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="337" alt="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_02" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4759233371_f49941cff2_o.jpg" width="450"/></a></p> </p></div> <p> <!-- end frame --></div> </p></div> </p></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; width: 460px; padding-top: 5px"> <div class="container"> <div class="shadow"> <div class="frame"> <p>The third photograph does not really give you a clear idea of how <em>heavy</em> water is. Even a small pot like this is quite heavy. </p> <p>If you use a small pot you have to carry many small pots to the stream and then go back many times this makes you very tired and takes a long time. Or you can use or one or two big ones to have enough water for the day but carrying a big pot is very very hard work!  </p> <p><a title="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_03 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4759867838/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="337" alt="water_fetching_diwaniyah_village_photo_essay_03" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4759867838_6e6fbfe74f_o.jpg" width="450"/></a></p> </p></div> <p> <!-- end frame --></div> </p></div> </p></div> <div style="clear: both"></div> <p>I want to finish by saying a big "thank you!" to Erdla for fixing my English and getting the photos to look right.</p> <p>Umm Fatima</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11061"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/14/america-leaves-iraq-a-toxic-legacy-of-dumped-hazardous-materials-times-online/#respond" title="Comment on America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials – Times Online">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 14th, 2010 by Mohammed Khader Hashi</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/14/america-leaves-iraq-a-toxic-legacy-of-dumped-hazardous-materials-times-online/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials – Times Online">America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials – Times Online</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/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/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/environmental-toxicology/" rel="tag">environmental toxicology</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fallujah/" rel="tag">Fallujah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hazardous-waste/" rel="tag">Hazardous waste</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/infrastructure/" rel="tag">infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/newspaper/" rel="tag">newspaper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/radioactive-contamination-in-soil/" rel="tag">radioactive contamination in soil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/radioactive-waste/" rel="tag">radioactive waste</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/soil-contamination/" rel="tag">soil contamination</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/times-the-uk/" rel="tag">Times The - (UK)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment/" rel="tag">water treatment</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote><p>American troops going home from Iraq after seven painful years are leaving behind a legacy that is literally toxic. </p> <p>An investigation by <i>The Times</i> in five Iraqi provinces has found that hazardous material from US bases is being dumped locally rather than sent back to America, in clear breach of Pentagon rules. </p> <p>North and west of Baghdad, engine oil is leaking from 55-gallon drums into dusty ground, open acid canisters sit within easy reach of children, and discarded batteries lie close to irrigated farmland. A 2009 Pentagon document shown to <i>The Times</i> by a private contractor working with US soldiers mentions “an estimated 11 million pounds [5,000 tonnes] of hazardous waste” produced by American troops. </p> <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: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <h5><a title="20100614_times_contamination_article_screen_shot" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4700647500/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="20100614_times_contamination_article_screen_shot" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://static.flickr.com/4042/4700647500_f720ba0896.jpg" border="0"/></a>Related Links</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7149546.ece" class="external" target="_blank">America must ensure legacy is not polluted </a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7149545.ece" class="external" target="_blank">America must clean up its act </a></li> </ul></div> <p>But even this figure appears to be only a partial estimate. BrigadierGeneral Kendall Cox, who is responsible for engineering and infrastructure in Iraq, told <i>The Times</i> yesterday that he was in the process of disposing of 14,500 tonnes of oil and soil contaminated with oil. “This has accumulated over seven years,” he said. </p> <h5>Iraqis who have come into contact with some of the material suffer from rashes and blistering on their hands and feet. They also complain of gagging and coughing. Rats near sites where waste was dumped have died and lie next to soiled containers. </h5> <p>Abu Saif, a Fallujah scrap dealer who handles US military surplus, lifted up his trouser legs and raised his hands to show blistered skin. “I got this when I worked on what was supposed to be American scrap metal,” he said. “I checked with a doctor and he said these are the effects of dangerous chemicals.” </p> <p>Private recycling companies located within American bases have allegedly mixed hazardous material with ordinary scrap and passed it on to local dealers. “By the time we see this stuff it is too late,” said Abu Saif. </p> <p>Several workers at his and other yards have been injured while handling supposed scrap metal. “When they poured out what’s in these jerry cans they started coughing,” another yard owner said. “Some got rashes and many quit work. So when I get this kind of material now I bury it somewhere far away.” </p> <p>Some of the dumped materials have labels identifying them as US military property or come with paperwork from the Department of Defence. The Times discovered a 2008 e-mail from Allied Chemical of Morristown, New Jersey, to Pentagon officials warning of hazardous effects. </p> <p>A printout was attached to a discarded canister of sulphuric acid, a highly corrosive liquid used in wastewater treatment. It said of the substance: “Causes severe burns to skin and lungs … Get immediate medical attention … Use gas mask.” </p> <p>As the majority of US troops depart from Iraq this year, hundreds of bases are being closed and all hazardous material is supposed to be either returned to the US by ship via the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr or recycled in specially built facilities in northern and western Iraq. </p> <p>Brigadier-General Stephen Lanza, the US military spokesman in Baghdad, said: “We take this issue very seriously and want to solve the problem. There is a variety of ways in which this [dumping] could have happened. We are now putting a system into place. There is a lot of catching up to do.”</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7149611.ece" class="external" target="_blank">America leaves Iraq a toxic legacy of dumped hazardous materials – Times Online</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10959"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/06/%d9%86%d9%82%d8%b5-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%87-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85/#respond" title="Comment on نقص المياه يهدد استقرار العراق على المدى الطويل">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 6th, 2010 by Suheila Jamil</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wheat-barley/" rel="tag">wheat barley</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote> <p>الرمادي (العراق) (رويترز) – ينحي عبد الله حسن باللائمة في فساد محاصيله على نقص المياه المزمن ولا يثق كثيرا في أن الحكومة الجديدة ستستطيع احياء قطاع الزراعة بالعراق الذي دمرته الحرب ويعاني من قلة الاستثمارات.</p> <p>عبد الله (50 عاما) اب لخمسة ابناء ويعيش بالفلوجة في محافظة الانبار بغرب العراق وقد اضطر للتخلي عن زرع أفدنته الخمسين والحصول على عمل بقطاع البناء بعد أن قضت سنوات الجفاف على محاصيله من القمح والشعير والطماطم ( البندورة) والخيار والبطيخ.</p> <p>ولا يحدوه امل كبير في العودة الى الزراعة التي كانت مصدر دخله الاساسي على مدى 35 عاما وينوي بيع جزء من أرضه مع استمرار تراجع مستويات المياه في الانهار والخزانات مما يرفع تركيز الملوثات في المياه.</p> <p>وقال "يسوء وضع التربة يوما بعد يوم لان مستوى الملوحة يزيد والخصوبة تقل. هذا مثل السرطان الذي يصيب جسم الانسان."</p> <p> <a title="drought_anbar" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4675228808/" class="external" target="_blank"><img alt="drought_anbar" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://static.flickr.com/4047/4675228808_c81b6a0ab2.jpg" border="0"/></a> <p>وبعد الاضرار التي سببتها عقود من الحرب والعقوبات يعاني العراق من نقص حاد في المياه يتوقع أن يتفاقم مع نمو سكانه الذين يبلغ عددهم نحو 30 مليونا.</p> <p>وتغلب على العراق مساحات من الصحراء القاحلة لكن به أحد اكثر أنظمة الري اتساعا في العالم غير أن سنوات الحرب ونقص الاستثمارات والعقوبات حالت دون استغلاله القليل الذي تبقى من المياه.</p> <p>ويوفر نهرا دجلة والفرات وهما النهران الرئيسيان بالعراق القليل من الغوث للسهول الجافة لان السدود الكهرومائية في تركيا وايران وسوريا المجاورة قللت من تدفق المياه.</p> <p>والاستثمار في البنية التحتية المتهالكة مثل مضخات المياه ضروري لقطاعات رئيسية كالزراعة والنفط فضلا عن جهود اعادة الاعمار الاوسع نطاقا بعد سبع سنوات من الغزو الذي قادته الولايات المتحدة وأطاح بالرئيس صدام حسين.</p> <p>وكانت محافظة الانبار وهي منطقة صحراوية شاسعة من المناطق التي تضررت بشكل خاص. وأصبحت مساحات كبيرة من الاراضي التي كانت صالحة للزراعة على نهر الفرات غير مستخدمة لعدم كفاية طرق ضخ المياه النظيفة في التربة.</p> <p>وتقول الامم المتحدة انه يتم صرف نحو 83 في المئة من مياه الصرف الصحي دون معالجة في المجاري المائية فيما تقدر الحكومة أن 24 بالمئة من العراقيين لا يحصلون على مياه امنة.</p> <p>وتعمل الحكومة مع خبراء أمريكيين محاولة انشاء محطات للمعالجة وبحيرات صناعية لتنقية المياه الملوثة.</p> <p>وأنفق فريق اعادة اعمار محافظة في الانبار -وهي وحدة أنشأتها الولايات المتحدة للمساعدة في اعادة بناء العراق- اكثر من 100 مليون دولار لبناء وصيانة منشآت المعالجة ويتوقع أن تتوفر المياه النظيفة لنحو 97 بالمئة من السكان بحلول نهاية العام.</p> <p>ويعيش نحو 90 بالمئة من سكان الانبار البالغ عددهم 1.4 مليون نسمة على امتداد نهر الفرات حيث انخفضت مستويات المياه انخفاضا حادا. وكان متوسط معدل التدفق بالنهر الف متر مكعب في الثانية قبل اقامة سدود وتباطؤ معدل التدفق فيه الى 290 مترا مكعبا في الثانية في أغسطس اب الماضي وهو أدنى مستوياته منذ ستة أعوام.</p> <p>ويقول مسؤولون عراقيون ان منشات الصرف الصحي غير كافية ويشيرون الى أن تكلفة انشاء نظام للصرف الصحي في بلدة الرمادي تبلغ 400 مليون دولار على الاقل.</p> <p>وتساءل ابراهيم مدلول مدير ماء الانبار "أين سنجد المستثمرين الذين سيأتون ويستثمرون 400 مليون دولار في مشروع كهذا.."</p> <p>وأضاف أنه يتطلع الى مساندة الحكومة المركزية لدعم مشاريع بهذا الحجم.</p> <p>وقد يطول الانتظار.. فالعراق يعيش حالة من التشكك السياسي منذ انتخابات السابع من مارس اذار التي لم تسفر عن فائز واضح.</p> <p>وقد يستغرق تشكيل حكومة جديدة عدة اشهر وسيعني هذا تأجيل المشاريع الجديدة التي تحتاج الى موافقة الحكومة.</p> <p>ومن المتوقع أن تركز الحكومة الجديدة على تحسين الخدمات الاساسية بما في ذلك التفاوض على مزيد من امدادت المياه من الجيران والتركيز على ترشيد استهلاك المياه القليلة التي لدى العراق.</p> <p>ويهدد نقص المياه تطوير حقول النفط في العراق الذي يتمتع بثالث اكبر احتياطي في العالم والذي عقد في العام الماضي صفقات يمكن أن تدفعه الى مصاف كبريات الدول المنتجة.</p> <p>فيجب ضخ كميات كبيرة من المياه تحت الارض للحفاظ على الضغط عند استخراج النفط. ويحتاج انتاج برميل واحد من النفط الى نحو 1.6 برميل من المياه.</p> <p>ويعتبر تطوير الزراعة وقطاع النفط -الذي يعمل به عدد يزيد عن عدد العاملين في أي قطاع اخر- ضروريا لصرف الشبان العاطلين عن التشدد مع تعافي العراق من أعمال العنف الطائفي التي شهدها عامي 2006 و2007 .</p> <p>لكن عبد الله الذي يجني الفي دينار (1.71 دولار) في اليوم من عمله بالبناء لا يتوقع تحسنا كبيرا مع تولي الحكومة الجديدة.</p> <p>وقال "لا أظن أن صحوة حكومية ستحدث خاصة بعد اكثر من سبع سنوات من هذا التدهور… لست متفائلا."</p> <p>من سيرينا تشودري</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://ara.reuters.com/article/topNews/idARACAE6550BN20100606?sp=true" class="external" target="_blank">نقص المياه يهدد استقرار العراق على المدى الطويل | أخبار الشرق الأوسط | Reuters</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10957"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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father of five from Falluja in western Anbar province was forced to abandon his 50 acres of land and take a job in construction after years of drought killed off his wheat, barley, tomato, cucumber and watermelon harvests.</p> <p> <a title="drought_anbar" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4675228808/" class="external" target="_blank"><img alt="drought_anbar" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030im_/http://static.flickr.com/4047/4675228808_c81b6a0ab2.jpg" border="0"/></a> <p>He has little hope of returning to farming — his primary source of income for 35 years — and plans to sell some of his land as water levels in rivers and reservoirs continue to drop, increasing the concentration of pollutants in the water.</p> <p>"Day after day, the soil situation is deteriorating because the level of salt is increasing and fertility is decreasing. It’s like a cancer hitting the human body," Hasan said.</p> <p>Already damaged by decades of war and sanctions, Iraq has acute water shortages which are expected to worsen as its population of around 30 million grows.</p> <p>A country dominated by arid desert landscapes, it has one of the most extensive irrigation systems in the world but years of war, underinvestment and sanctions have prevented it from properly harnessing what little water it has left.</p> <p>Iraq’s main rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, provide little relief to the parched plains as hydroelectric dams in neighbouring Turkey, Iran and Syria have stemmed the water flow.</p> <p>Investment in dilapidated infrastructure like water pumps is vital for key industries like agriculture and oil, as well as the broader reconstruction effort seven years after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.</p> <h3>SEWAGE THREAT</h3> <p>Parched Anbar province, a vast desert area, has been hit particularly hard. Large areas of formerly arable land by the Euphrates have become unusable because of insufficient methods to pump clean water through the soil.</p> <p>The United Nations says around 83 percent of sewage is being discharged untreated into waterways, while the government estimates 24 percent of Iraqis do not have access to safe water.</p> <p>Working with U.S. experts, the government is trying to build treatment plants and biological lagoons to clean polluted water.</p> <p>In Anbar, a Provincial Reconstruction Team — a unit set up by the United States to help rebuild Iraq — has spent over $100 million (69 million pounds) to build and maintain treatment facilities and expects 97 percent of residents to have clean water by year’s end.</p> <p>Around 90 percent of Anbar’s 1.4 million people live along the Euphrates, where water levels have dropped dramatically. The river had an average flow rate of 1,000 cubic metres per second before being dammed and slowed to 290 cubic metres per second last August — its lowest level in six years.</p> <p>Iraqi officials say sewage facilities in Anbar are insufficient. A sewage system for the town of Ramadi would cost at least $400 million, they say.</p> <p>"Where are we going to find investors who will come and invest $400 million in a project like that?" said Ibrahim Madlool, the director general of water for Anbar province.</p> <p>"We are looking for support from the central government to support us in projects of this magnitude."</p> <h3>POLITICAL VOID</h3> <p>The wait may be long. Iraq has been in political limbo since a March 7 election produced no outright winner.</p> <p>It could take months before a new government is formed and that means delays in new projects that need cabinet approval.</p> <p>The new government is expected to focus on improving basic services, including negotiating more water supplies from neighbours and focussing on efficient use of the little water Iraq has.</p> <p>The lack of water threatens development of the oilfields. Iraq has the world’s third-largest reserves and struck deals last year which could propel it to major producer status.</p> <p>But large volumes of water must be pumped under ground to maintain pressure as oil is extracted. Production of a barrel of oil requires around 1.6 barrels of water.</p> <p>Developing agriculture and the oil sector, which employs more people than any other industry, are seen as crucial for keeping unemployed youth away from the insurgency as Iraq recovers from the sectarian bloodshed of 2006 and 2007.</p> <p>But Hasan, who earns 2,000 dinars ($1.71) a day in construction, expects little improvement from a new government.</p> <p>"I don’t believe that a conscious government awakening will happen, especially after more than seven years of this deterioration," he said. "I am not optimistic."</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6550H720100606?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=401" class="external" target="_blank">Lack of water threatens Iraq’s long-term stability | Reuters</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10499"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/red-cross-iraq-water-formerly-a-blessing-increasingly-a-problem/#respond" title="Comment on Red Cross: Iraq : water formerly a blessing, increasingly a problem">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Diya al din</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514035030/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/red-cross-iraq-water-formerly-a-blessing-increasingly-a-problem/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Red Cross: Iraq : water formerly a blessing, 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people in Iraq cannot get clean water or water in sufficient quantity. The ICRC is doing its best to improve access to safe water. This is an update on ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in March and April.</p> <p>The Tigris and the Euphrates, which supply the bulk of Iraq’s water, are slowly dwindling and in some areas can no longer be used as a reliable source of drinking water. Across the country, the shrinking of the rivers is having serious consequences on the functioning of water treatment plants. It also affects underground aquifers, where the salt content of the water is increasing. This water is often unfit for human consumption or even for agricultural use. </p> <p>The volatile security situation in some areas and the rising price of fuel have put additional strain on already scarce services, as have population growth and displacement. In many places, the strain is further compounded by a lack of qualified engineers and staff able to maintain and repair water and sanitation facilities. Many farming communities were hard hit by the drought that struck northern Iraq in 2008. Average rainfall over the past 10 years has been far lower than in previous decades. In the north, water supply systems fed by springs and shallows aquifers have been depleted and often have less water available to meet demand. Although rainfall has been better in many places during 2009 and 2010, low water-levels continue to affect agriculture production, meaning Iraq needs to import more rice and wheat. With less water of sufficient quality generally available, management of the existing resources is key. </p> <p>Because large suburban residential areas have sometimes developed without adequate infrastructure, and certain sewage treatment plants are bypassed, wastewater is discharged untreated into rivers and lakes. Ditches and ponds filled with foul-smelling polluted water blight many neighbourhoods. The United Nations recently estimated that around 83% of sewage is being let into rivers and waterways. </p> <p>Water treatment and distribution facilities are also disrupted by persistent power shortages. Iraq is currently producing around 6,000 megawatts of electricity a day, while demand is estimated at 10,000 megawatts. Health, water and sewage facilities and other infrastructure in many parts of the country still rely on back-up generators to meet their need for electric power. </p> <p>Water distribution systems that are old or badly maintained are further weakened by illegal connections and substandard plumbing within households. Leakages cause large amounts of wasted water and frequent contamination. According to the United Nations, nearly half of Iraqis in rural areas are without safe drinking water. The Iraqi government estimates that 24% of Iraqis in the country as a whole, or nearly one in four, do not have access to safe water. </p> <p>"Reliable access to enough water of sufficient quality remains a major challenge for large parts of the population", said Julien Le Sourd, the ICRC’s water and habitat coordinator in Iraq. "The ICRC is doing its utmost to improve this by repairing and upgrading water supply and sewage systems. We do this in partnership with the authorities and we are also providing training for maintenance staff working in water treatment plants." </p> <p>In March and April, ICRC water engineers:</p> <ul> <li>completed work at the Ashty water station, in Erbil governorate, which provides safe drinking water for around 10,000 people living in nearby villages; </li> <li>built an emergency unit in the 50-bed Qala’t Salih Hospital in Missan governorate; </li> <li>upgraded the storage capacity for drinking water and for water used in the cooling system in Medical City Hospital, Baghdad. The hospital can accommodate 1,400 patients and treats around 10,000 outpatients per day; </li> <li>renovated a primary health-care centre serving around 400 patients in Sadr City, Baghdad; </li> <li>connected the school of al Rahma camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Najaf City, which has 1,000 pupils and teachers, to the municipal water and electricity supply networks; </li> <li>supplied and installed a new mortuary refrigerator with a capacity of 12 corpses in Beiji General Hospital, in Salah Al Din governorate; </li> <li>delivered water by truck to 4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and to 340 in Husseinia and Ma’amil, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and Fatma al Zahra Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate, and to 360 in Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya; </li> <li>installed equipment used to fill water bags for distribution during emergencies at Al Wathba water treatment plant in Baghdad; </li> <li>repaired the Hindiyah water treatment plant in Karbala, which supplies water to around 125,000 people; </li> <li>installed a large-capacity pump in al Fadhliya water treatment plant, Thi Qar governorate, providing drinking water for 82,000 people. </li> <li>assessed, in cooperation with Iraqi Correctional Services engineers, 11 detention facilities under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, evaluating needs and recommending improvements for the delivery of essential services (water, electricity, sewage). </li> </ul> <p><b>Bringing aid to vulnerable people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC maintained its support for people facing special difficulty earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households, people with disabilities and displaced people: </p> <ul> <li>more than 2,300 displaced families headed by women in Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items; </li> <li>around 2,100 people displaced in March from Mosul to Hamdanya and Tilkaif were given food parcels and rice; </li> <li>61 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk and Ninawa governorates were given micro-economic aid enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. A total of 459 disabled people have now received such aid in a programme that started in 2008. </li> </ul> <p><b>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</b> </p> <p>Iraqi health facilities still benefit from ICRC support. To help disabled people reintegrate into the community, the ICRC provides limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services. In March and April: </p> <ul> <li>six hospitals and three primary health-care centres received medical supplies and equipment; </li> <li>25 doctors and 28 nurses successfully took part in a training course on strengthening emergency services given at Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf and at Sulaimaniya Emergency Hospital; </li> <li>two people from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research involved in the teaching of prosthetics and orthotics went to the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics in the United Kingdom under ICRC sponsorship for advanced training. </li> </ul> <p><b>Visiting detainees</b> </p> <p>ICRC delegates continued to visit detainees in order to monitor the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment they receive. In all cases, the ICRC shares its findings and recommendations in confidence with the detaining authorities. In March and April, the ICRC visited detainees held: </p> <ul> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate and Tasfirat Najaf, in Najaf governorate; </li> <li>in Mina and Samawa prisons, Basra governorate; </li> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Kirkuk governorate; </li> <li>in US custody, in Remembrance II, Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>in four prisons and one police station in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <p>Around 1,550 detainees held in Hilla I & II Correctional Facilities were given mattresses and recreational items such as ping-pong tables, soccer balls and volleyballs. </p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between detainees and their families. In March, it arranged for six Iraqi families to enter Kuwait and visit their relatives detained there since 1991. In addition, around 10,500 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad during the month of March. </p> <p>During March and April, the ICRC responded to more than 3,600 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives. It also issued 220 certificates to former detainees making them eligible to receive social welfare benefits. </p> <p>At the request of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the ICRC issued 73 travel documents for Palestinian refugees in Iraq to enable them to resettle abroad. </p> <p><b>Clarifying what happened to missing people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC supports the authorities in their efforts to clarify what happened to those who went missing in connection with the Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It also helps train forensic professionals in the identification and management of mortal remains and regularly supplies equipment. In the past two months: </p> <ul> <li>the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, handling cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 64th session in Kuwait, which was chaired by the ICRC and attended by representatives from Iraq, Kuwait and the 1990-1991 Coalition (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Saudi Arabia). Nine samples of human remains were handed over by the Iraqi to the Kuwaiti delegation for DNA analysis in an effort to determine if they belonged to missing Kuwaiti nationals. The sub-committee will hold a special meeting on forensics in Kuwait in May; </li> <li>mortal remains of Iraqi soldiers were repatriated from Kuwait under ICRC auspices. </li> </ul> <p><b>Promoting international humanitarian law</b> </p> <p>In line with its mandate, the ICRC promotes compliance with international humanitarian law and reminds parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians. 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