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طول الطرق المؤدية لكربلاء خدمة للزوار">جمعية الهلال الاحمر تنشر خيما على طول الطرق المؤدية لكربلاء خدمة للزوار</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pilgrimages-preparations/" rel="tag">Pilgrimages - preparations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pilgrims/" rel="tag">Pilgrims</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/" rel="tag">Red Crescent</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>كثيرةٌ هي الجهات التي تعمل على تقديم الخدمات إلى حشود الزائرين المتجهين إلى مدينة كربلاء. جمعية الهلال الأحمر واحدة من هذه الجهات التي قدمت خدماتها من خلال نشر أكثر من ألف وخمسمائة خيمة على طول الطرق المؤدية إلى كربلاء. <br/>الزائرون وأن أبدو ارتياحهم للخدمات المقدمة لهم سواء من فرق الهلال الأحمر أو الفرق الأخرى. ألا أن ذلك لم يمنعهم من اتهام الجهات الحكومية المعنية بتقاعسها عن تقديم بعض الخدمات الضرورية. <br/>وفي الوقت الذي تتزايد فيه أعداد الزائرين المتوجهين إلى مدينة كربلاء من كل عام سيراً على الأقدام، يرى مهتمون أن تشكل هيئة خاصة بتلك المناسبات وهو مطلب تردد كثيرا خلال السنوات الفائتة دون ان يطبق. </p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13962"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/12/28/red-crescent-manager-for-kirkuk-survives-assasination-attempt/#respond" title="Comment on Red Crescent Manager For Kirkuk Survives Assasination Attempt">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/12/28/red-crescent-manager-for-kirkuk-survives-assasination-attempt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Red Crescent Manager For Kirkuk Survives Assasination Attempt">Red Crescent Manager For Kirkuk Survives Assasination Attempt</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/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/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassination-attempts/" rel="tag">Assassination attempts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-medical-and-humanitarian-workers/" rel="tag">Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/" rel="tag">Red Crescent</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>As I <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/12/28/%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82/" target="_blank">report below</a> the director of the Kirkuk branch of the Iraki Red Crescent is confirmed to have been the target of an attempted assasination by bombing on Tuesday.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13961"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/12/28/%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82/#respond" title="Comment on إصابة مدير جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقية بانفجار لاصقة في كركوك">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/12/28/%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to إصابة مدير جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقية بانفجار لاصقة في كركوك">إصابة مدير جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقية بانفجار لاصقة في كركوك</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/assassination-attempts/" rel="tag">Assassination attempts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-medical-and-humanitarian-workers/" rel="tag">Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/" rel="tag">Red Crescent</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>أصيب مدير جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقية بجروح متفاوتة على اثر انفجار عبوة ناسفة من النوع اللاصق كانت مثبته في سيارته أمس الثلاثاء.وقال مصدر حكومي إن عبوة لاصقة مثبته بسيارة حديثة تعود لمدير إدارة جمعة الهلال الأحمر العراقية فرع كركوك يعقوب يوسف لازم انفجرت مساء الثلاثاء في حي واحد حزيران قرب جامع الغفران جنوب المدينة مما أسفر عن إصابته بجروح متوسطة.وأضاف المصدر أن قوة من الشرطة فرضت طوقاً أمنياً على موقع الحادث ومنعت الاقتراب منه مشيراً إلى أن الشرطة أخلت المصاب إلى المستشفى العام القريب لتلقي العلاج.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13884"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/11/08/iraq-icrc-delivering-more-aid-where-it-is-needed-most/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: ICRC delivering more aid where it is needed most">No Comments</a></span> Posted on November 8th, 2011 by Fatima Jameel</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/11/08/iraq-icrc-delivering-more-aid-where-it-is-needed-most/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: ICRC delivering more aid where it is needed most">Iraq: ICRC delivering more aid where it is needed most</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <blockquote> <p>While the security situation in Iraq has slowly but steadily improved, there are many humanitarian needs that still have to be met. The ICRC has been improving its ability to do so. Magne Barth, the outgoing head of the ICRC delegation in Iraq, explains.</p> <p><strong>What is the situation in Iraq today and what are the ICRC’s priorities?</strong></p> <p>Iraq still faces a lot of challenges. The level of violence linked to the conflict is slowly decreasing, but its cost remains high in terms of civilian casualties. Central Iraq and Baghdad, especially, remain volatile, unpredictable and often dangerous due to acts of violence that still claim the lives of tens of persons every month. Meanwhile, the political process is still facing a lot of obstacles.</p> <p>The ICRC is expanding its humanitarian activities cautiously but deliberately. Our priority at the ICRC is to remain focussed on the areas and people most affected by the conflict and other violence. This means that we have to further expand our humanitarian work in the disputed territories and in the belt around Baghdad, giving priority to women heading households, physically disabled people, primary health in rural areas, displaced people and others who are not getting the services they are entitled to. The issue of missing persons continues to be one of our priorities.</p> <p>Furthermore, in line with our mandate, our work in behalf of detainees will continue to focus on conditions of detention and issues of treatment. The ICRC has generally good access, and this is an area in which we can talk to the authorities on how to improve compliance with international standards where necessary.</p> <p>As the country develops its great economic potential, the ICRC has scaled back and focused its assistance services. Nevertheless, we will continue to reach out to vulnerable groups and areas, and to provide the authorities with technical advice on how essential services can be improved. Increasingly, the ICRC is running medium- and long-term projects to help people make a living. The groups concerned include, for instance, women who are heading households, people with physical disabilities and displaced persons.</p> <p><strong>How do you see the situation on the Turkish and Iranian borders? What is the ICRC doing for the people affected?</strong></p> </blockquote></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/11/08/iraq-icrc-delivering-more-aid-where-it-is-needed-most/#more-13884" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13858"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/10/31/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b0%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%b6-%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%89/#respond" title="Comment on الهلال الأحمر في ديالى تحذر من تعرض قرى حدودية لكوارث طبيعية">No Comments</a></span> Posted on October 31st, 2011 by Suheila Jamil</div> <h3><a 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ناحية قزانية الحدودية يعانون من مخاطر السيول التي تخلفها مياه الأمطار الآتية من ايران خلال الفصل الحالي لاسيما بعد تعرض القرى المذكورة لأضرار كبيرة خلال السنوات الثلاث الماضية اثر محاصرتها بالسيول ما أدى الى تدمير عشرات الدور السكنية ونفوق عدد كبير من الحيوانات مع الحاق الضرر بأغلب ممتلكات المواطنين. وحذر السراج من وجود أكثر من 25 مليون لغم أرضي من مخلفات الحرب العراقية الايرانية ضمن الشريط الحدودي غالبيتها تقع ضمن حدود محافظة ديالى الممتدة من منطقة زرباطية لغاية أعالي خانقين بطول يبلغ نحو 200 كيلومتر محذرا من انجراف الالغام للمناطق السكنية بفعل السيول والامطار التي تهطل في ايران لاسيما ان المدة الاخيرة شهدت مصرع واصابة العديد من رعاة الاغنام اثر انفجار الالغام. وطالب الجهات المختصة باتخاذ اجراءات احترازية للحد من مخاطر الكوارث الطبيعية من بينها تنفيذ حملة عاجلة لمديرية الطرق والجسور تشمل تهيئة طرق بديلة للقرى الحدودية لانقاذ سكانها من مخاطر السيول لاسيما وان السنوات الاخيرة شهدت عمليات اغاثة جوية للقرى المذكورة بعد محاصرتها بالسيول فضلا عن تدخل مديرية الري لفتح قنوات جديدة للري تسهم بالتخفيف من مخاطر السيول. واضاف مدير فرع الهلال الاحمر قائلا كما طالبنا مديرية الدفاع المدني بتنفيذ حملات عاجلة لرفع جميع مخلفات الحرب العراقية الايرانية مع اهمية تفعيل الجهد الهندسي للأجهزة الامنية في ديالى.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11434"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/09/08/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b9-%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d9%85%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7/#respond" title="Comment on جمعية الهلال الاحمر توزع سلة رمضان للاعلاميين في ديالى">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Haleema Al-Azzawi</div> <h3><a 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title="red_crescent_diyala_ramadan_2010_foodbasket01 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4972107662/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 15px 10px 0px" height="262" alt="red_crescent_diyala_ramadan_2010_foodbasket01" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4972107662_6c0aeb6c27_o.jpg" width="350" align="left"/></a> <p>وزعت جمعية الهلال الاحمر العراقية في ديالى سلة رمضان الغذائية لعدد من الاعلاميين في المحافظة ضمن برامجها الانسانية المتميزة التي نفذتها في المحافظة.</p> <p>وبين مدير جمعية الهلال الاحمر في ديالى حازم السراج في حديثه لوكالة العراق بيتنا ان سلة رمضان برنامج مركزي انطلق خلال شهر رمضان المبارك وفي 18 فرعا في العراق، مؤكدا ان الهلال الاحمر بديالى وزعت 400 حصة غذائية خلال  شهر رمضان في المقدادية والخالص وخانقين وبلدروز اضافة الى مركز بعقوبة.</p> <p>مضيفا: ان جمعية الهلال الاحمر  تبذل جهودا متميزة لتوفير مواد الاغاثة والاحتياجات الطارئة لشرائح المهجرين والارامل والايتام والعوائل المتعففة في المحافظة، وتسعى لايجاد حلول جذرية لانهاء معاناة المواطنين وتوفير فرص عمل معيشية كافية تمثل مصدر رزق ثابت لهم عبر المبادرات التي نفذتها في ديالى.</p> <p> <a title="red_crescent_diyala_ramadan_2010_foodbasket02 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4972107668/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px" height="262" alt="red_crescent_diyala_ramadan_2010_foodbasket02" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/4972107668_56619f6658_o.jpg" width="350" align="left"/></a> <p>من جانبه ثمن نقيب الصحفيين العراقيين في ديالى ساجد المهداوي مبادرة جمعية الهلال الاحمر التي اعتبرها اعترافا كبيرا بدور الاعلام في المحافظة، وتدل على اهتمام الجمعية بالاعلاميين وما يقدومونه لابناء المحافظة.</p> <p>واوضح المهداوي في حديثه لوكالة العراق بيتنا ان جمعية الهلال الاحمر سجلت حضورا واسعا في ساحة المحافظة من خلال البرامج والمبادرات التي نفذتها في مجالات واسعة ولمختلف الشرائح.</p> <p>اعلاميو ديالى عبرو عن شكرهم وامتنانهم للجمعية التي اعتبروا التفاتتها دليلا واضحا على اهمية هذه الشريحة التي تعتبر عين المواطن والمسؤول عن النهوض بواقع المحافظة من جديد</p> </p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10810"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/29/selected-english-coverage-a-tiny-glimmer-of-hope-in-mosul/#comments" title="Comment on Selected English Coverage: A tiny glimmer of hope in Mosul">2 Comments</a></span> Posted on May 29th, 2010 by Maryam</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/29/selected-english-coverage-a-tiny-glimmer-of-hope-in-mosul/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Selected English Coverage: A tiny glimmer of hope in Mosul">Selected English Coverage: A tiny glimmer of hope in Mosul</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/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/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christians/" rel="tag">Christians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/community-leaders/" rel="tag">community leaders</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic/" rel="tag">ethnic</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-communities/" rel="tag">ethnic communities</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-minorities/" rel="tag">ethnic minorities</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninawa/" rel="tag">Ninawa</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/nineveh/" rel="tag">Nineveh</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninewa/" rel="tag">Ninewa</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/northern-iraq/" rel="tag">northern iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/" rel="tag">Red Crescent</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religious-minorities/" rel="tag">Religious minorities</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-mediation-in-mosul/" rel="tag">Sadrist mediation in Mosul</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/security-concerns/" rel="tag">security concerns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/shabak/" rel="tag">Shabak</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/shabaki/" rel="tag">Shabaki</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tal-kaif/" rel="tag">Tal Kaif</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkish-mediation/" rel="tag">Turkish mediation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/turkoman/" rel="tag">Turkoman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unami/" rel="tag">UNAMI</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yazidi/" rel="tag">yazidi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yezhidi/" rel="tag">Yezhidi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86/" rel="tag">بالمسيحيين</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>The article I have chosen to discuss comes from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.un.org/news/" class="external" target="_blank">UN News centre</a>. It has the very boring sounding title of <cite>"<a title="UN brings religious, ethnic communities to the discussion table in northern Iraq" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34857&Cr=iraq&Cr1=" class="external" target="_blank">UN brings religious, ethnic communities to the discussion table in northern Iraq</a>"</cite>  but in fact this is a genuinely exciting development. The situation in Ninawa, especially in Mosul, and in the Nineveh plain is complex, violent, and very discouraging. Briefly put there are two nationalisms Arab and Kurdish contending for control, each side suffers but who suffers particularly badly are ethnic minorities caught in the crossfire such as the Yezhidi and Shabaki, and religious minorities such as the Christians. The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-cleansing-of-christians/">Christians have suffered especially badly</a>. A lot of very hard and often dangerous "sherpa" work has gone into producing a situation where representatives of every community and body met in Tal Kaif last Thursday. </p> <p>This hard and often dangerous work has been done by local community leaders, polticians, academics, some foreigners who know and love the city, Red Crescent people, and many many members of local human rights bodies.  (The UN got involved relatively late on into the process and became involved only when they were sure that their participation would provide momentum). Getting to this point where people  met and discussed in a group how to move forward and bring peace to a part of Irak that desperately needs was desperately slow, delicate, and wearing. And will remain so. And yet, and yet, and yet, despite all the mistrust and all the fear and all the setbacks there is now just the tiniest glimmer of hope in Mosul.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Maryam</p> <blockquote><p>Security concerns and human rights topped a United Nations-backed discussion among the religious and ethnic communities of the northern Iraqi governorate of Ninewa. </p> <p>Participants at the meeting which took place on 27 May included representatives of the Christian, Shabak, Turkoman and Yazidi communities, as well of the Ninewa administration, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi Government. </p> <p>The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.uniraq.org/" class="external" target="_blank">UNAMI</a>) chaired the talks – the first-ever meeting of the Committee on Ethnic and Religious Communities in Ninewa – in the city of Tilkaef. </p> <p>Also among the topics discussed during the gathering where the representation of Ninewa’s various communities in Iraq’s security forces. </p> <p>The UNAMI meeting marked an important first step for further dialogue and action, said Jerzy Skuratowicz, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative. “While each of the components has its unique and distinct ethnic, cultural and religious heritage that must be preserved, it is also apparent that they all share many common concerns, which need to be addressed.” </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> UN News Centre |  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34857&Cr=iraq&Cr1=" class="external" target="_blank">UN brings religious, ethnic communities to the discussion table in northern Iraq</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10505"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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Afar´but as far as I can tell only al Jazeera mentioned that this is part of the ongoing ethnic cleanisng campaign against Shia Kurds called <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/fayli/">Fayli</a>. The Hilla Husseiniyah bombing also got a lot of coverage. I have sleected an article about the  Danish Refugee council funding an expansion of help for refugees in rural areas of Syria. (Maryam wrote about the Syrian Red Crescent’s MHUs here -  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/21/red-crescent-mobile-health-clinics-reach-out-to-refugees-and-rural-poor/">Red Crescent Mobile Health Clinics Reach Out To Refugees and Rural Poor</a>). The wheat Harvest should be good this year according to the FAO and I have also picked out two feature articles one is commentary "Mosque and State" from Nikolas K. Gvosdev who lectures at  the U.S. Naval War College, the other is the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.nytimes.com/" class="external" target="_blank">New york times</a> profile of Hadi al-Mahdi whose talk radio show is very popular because he is so outspoken. </p> <p>Suheila.</p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights & Humanitarian:</h3> <p><strong>ReliefWeb » Document » Denmark helps Syria cope with the long-lasting Iraqi displacement </strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The Danish Refugee Council has established a community centre in Dara’a, where a significant number of Iraqi refugees have found temporary settlement. The centre will be opened on a ceremony May 13 attended by the governor of Dara’a and the Danish ambassador.</p> <p>The ceremony will mark the second step in a plan to expand the response of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to Iraqi refugees residing outside Damascus and support the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in the assistance it provides to refugees and Syrian vulnerable families in areas far from the capital city where the international aid remains concentrated.</p> <p>DRC has been providing educational, vocational training and community services support to Iraqi refugees in Damascus since early 2008. Those services have, since late 2009, been expanded to the countryside cities of Homs and Dara’a.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MYAI-85F3PP?OpenDocument" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p> <strong>Baghdad recount completed, ‘no fraud’ | Radio Netherlands Worldwide</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A manual recount of votes in Baghdad has been completed and no instances of fraud were found there from the March election, electoral commission spokesman Qassim al-Abboudi said on Friday.</p> <p>"We finished the recount of 11,298 ballot boxes and no violations or fraud have been found," he told a news conference in the capital, adding that the results would be released on Monday.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/baghdad-recount-completed-no-fraud" class="external" target="_blank">source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> <p><em>See also:</em> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/05/2010514154641560714.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iraq vote recount reveals no fraud</strong></a><strong>:</strong> </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Kurds urge U.S. intervention to end Iraq stalemate – latimes.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Qubad Talabani, the Kurdish region’s representative in Washington, says the U.S. must ‘look out for its interests’ to ensure Iraq has a stable, democratic government.</p> <p>The spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish region criticized the Obama administration Thursday in Washington for not doing enough to end the current political impasse and urged American officials to embark on "intense shuttle diplomacy" between the deadlocked political parties.</p> <p>Qubad Talabani, who represents the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, said U.S. officials in Iraq have had limited involvement in efforts by political parties to form a government in the two months since the inconclusive national elections in March. <br/>Talabani said the Obama administration appeared determined to avoid the perception that it is "trying to concoct a democratic Iraq." But, he said, the U.S. must "look out for its interests" to ensure the country has a stable, democratic government.</p> <p>"It would be a shame to see an undemocratic government, after all the sacrifices," Talabani said in an interview after an appearance at the Nixon Center think tank in Washington.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-fg-us-iraq-20100514,0,7083755,print.story" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s new al-Qaida leader vows to continue deadly attacks</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>BAGHDAD, May 14 (Xinhua) — Iraqi al-Qaida group has nominated its new leader called "minister of war" and vowed to continue deadly attacks with "dark days in blood color," said a statement posted on a militant website on Friday.</p> <p>The so-called "minister of war" of the Islamic State of Iraq was identified as al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman and he will replace Abu Ayyub al-Musri, who was killed in a military operation by Iraqi and U.S. forces last month.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/14/c_13295134.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Blast hits Iraq football match: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Suicide bombers have struck a football match in northern Iraq, leaving at least 25 people dead and many more wounded.</p> <p>The blast targeted a game taking place on Friday in the town of Tal Afar, around 60km west of the city of Mosul. </p> <p>A local police official said a car bomb exploded at about 6pm local time (1500GMT) near a crowd of spectators.</p> <p>As people fled the scene of the first blast, two more bombers activated explosive belts in the crowd, the sources said.</p> <p>Local hospital officials put the number of injured at 125.</p> <p>"Many people were gathered to watch the match," Hussein Nashad, who witnessed the attack, told the AFP news agency. </p> <p>"We heard a loud explosion and the people behind me shielded me from the shrapnel. <br/>"I ran away, but then I heard someone shout ‘Allahu-akbar’ [God is greatest], and then there was another explosion," Nashad added, speaking from hospital where he was being treated for shock.</p> <h4>‘Dark days’</h4> <p>Many of the wounded were taken by ambulance to Dahuk, 95km away, because local hospitals were unable to cope with the influx of wounded spectators.</p> <p>Tal Afar is a predominantly Shia Turkomen town and has been a regular target for suicide bombers in the past.</p> <p>The attacks follow blasts in the city last October and July that left dozens of people dead. In March 2007, 152 people were killed when truck bombs targeted markets in the town.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/2010514161932327374.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Blast targeting Shiite mosque leaves 18 injured in Iraq – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Hilla, Iraq – At least 18 people were injured by an explosive device that went off after Friday prayers in Hilla, a police source said.</p> <p>The bomb was planted beside the Shiite Imam al-Kadhim mosque in the city, 100 kilometres south of the south of Baghdad. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1555771.php/Blast-targeting-Shiite-mosque-leaves-18-injured-in-Iraq" class="external" target="_blank">source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iran Frees Iraqi Soldier in Border Incident – ABC News</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iran released an Iraqi border patrol officer Friday after he was detained briefly when Iraqi border guards were mistaken for Kurdish rebels on a northern stretch of the two countries’ border, an official said.</p> <p>The guard was released unharmed Friday evening, said Brigadier General Ahmed Gharib, head of Iraq’s border guards in Iraq’s northern Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya.</p> <p>"It was a misunderstanding. It’s not the first time it has happened," Gharib said. <br/>Officials said Iranian troops fired into the air after mistaking the Iraqis for rebels Thursday.</p> <p>There was no exchange of fire between the two sides in the incident, contrary to some reports, said Major General Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga security forces.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10650140" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p> <strong>Iraq expects bumper wheat harvest this year</strong><strong>: </strong><strong>Azzaman in English</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Good weather conditions will help Iraq reap up to 2 million tons of wheat this year, according to U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).</p> <p>Last year grain production declined drastically in the country due to severe drought. The drop in yields turned Iraq into one of the world’s largest wheat importers.</p> <p>Last year’s wheat produce was in the range of 1 million tons while Iraq’s needs are estimated at more than 4 million tons.</p> <p>Iraq’s wheat imports just from the U.S. cost the treasury up to $1.4 billion last year. <br/>Iraq’s reliance on food imports has increased and widened. The country currently imports vegetables and fruits as well as grains, meat, chicken, legumes, sugar and tea.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2010-05-14%5Ckurd.htm" class="external" target="_blank">source</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p> <strong>Mosque & State</strong><strong>: by Nikolas K. Gvosdev  The National Interest: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <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: 250px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>Nikolas K. Gvosdev, a senior editor at The National Interest, is a professor of national-security studies at the U.S. Naval War College. The views expressed are entirely his own</p> </p></div> <p>The accord signed in recent weeks between the two leading Iraqi Shiite political blocs—the Iraqi National Alliance and the State of Law party—has not only cleared the way for a new government to be formed in Iraq, but also, for the first time, has explicitly guaranteed a role for the senior Shiite clergy. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been named as the final, binding arbiter for any disputes among the members of the governing coalition. “The marjaiya [the assembly of the most senior ayatollahs] has the final say in solving all the disputes between the two sides and its directives and guidance are binding,” the agreement states.</p> <p>Seven years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Shiite clergy, who already exercised a great deal of behind-the-scenes influence over the political process, have now been given a more public role. True, this is not a constitutional mandate; the clerics have no formal power to interfere with government policy. And if the current Shiite coalition should dissolve (or lose power in subsequent elections), the agreement would not be binding on future governments. Nevertheless, this development is quite at odds with the vision of a secular Iraq that many Americans believed would be created in the wake of Hussein’s ouster.</p> <p>However, Iraq is not on the verge of being transformed into an Arab version of Iran’s Islamic Republic. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s novel innovation—creating a clerical “guardian” to oversee the state (velayat-e faqih) as an Islamic version of Plato’s philosopher-king—was rejected by the Shiite clergy of Iraq.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.nationalinterest.org/PrinterFriendly.aspx?id=23400" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Saturday Profile – Hadi al-Mahdi, a Strident Political Voice on Iraqi Radio – NYTimes.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>HADI AL-MAHDI, a man you might call the Rush Limbaugh of Iraq, bounded up the stairs to a radio studio in a converted villa beside the Tigris River. “Today,” he said, with impish determination, “we are going to defend the Sunnis.”</p> <p>For the next hour Mr. Mahdi, a Shiite married to a Kurd, did just that. In a sonorous, sarcastic voice, he ridiculed the murky process that disqualified Sunni candidates in Iraq’s recent elections as an assault on the multiethnic, multifaith democracy Iraq is supposed to be creating.</p> <p>As the sun set on another dusty Baghdad evening rush, he condemned not only the man behind the disqualifications (“He’s illiterate.”) but also Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki (“Is there glue in your chair?”), Mr. Maliki’s main challenger in the election, Ayad Allawi; the ministers of education and electricity, “this dirty Parliament” and the rest of Iraqi officialdom “living in the Green Zone, while your family is living abroad.” <br/>“Who is going to die? Your son?”</p> <p>Mr. Mahdi’s program — “To Whoever Listens” on Radio Demozy, FM 104.1 — is a thrice-weekly, populist jeremiad of all that is wrong with Iraq’s fledgling democracy, and one measure of what the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has done for it.</p> <p>His is not the only radio talk show in Iraq, but it is arguably the most breathtaking exercise of free speech in a place where its limits are still being established. It is, by some accounts, one of the most popular programs on the air in Baghdad. It is, without question, immensely entertaining.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/world/middleeast/15mahdi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10316"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/03/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%ac%d9%86-14-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/#respond" title="Comment on السجن 14 عاما لرئيس جمعية الهلال الاحمر السابق">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Um Thalit</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/03/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%ac%d9%86-14-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%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="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to السجن 14 عاما لرئيس جمعية الهلال الاحمر السابق">السجن 14 عاما لرئيس جمعية الهلال الاحمر السابق</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption-allegations/" rel="tag">Corruption allegations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/" rel="tag">Red Crescent</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent-accusations-by-gzg-interior-ministy/" rel="tag">Red Crescent - 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There are Shi’ites, plenty of arms available for everyone, political and security chaos, a weak central government and occupation to justify the carrying of arms." </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD30Ak02.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source: Sami Moubayed on Muqtada al-Sadr and the new improved Mahdi Army</strong></a>  </li> <li>"What has the government brought us in the past four years except prisons and new graves?" <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0429/New-twist-in-Iraq-election-crisis-Maliki-s-enemies-latch-onto-torture-allegations" class="external" target="_blank">Source: Sadrisdt leader Hazem Al-Araji  on the revelation of torture in the "secret" prisons run by Maliki’s Office</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> </ul> <blockquote></blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s IHEC to start votes recount on Monday: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <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: 250px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><strong>Editor’s Note: </strong>al-Haidari, also said that there will be a decision on a Kurdish call for a recount in the northern town of Hawija on Monday.</p> </p></div> <p>BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said Thursday it will start manual recount of all ballots for Baghdad province on Monday and would continue for around two to three weeks.</p> <p>"The electoral commission decided to start the recount for the ballots of Baghdad province next Monday," Faraj al-Haidari, head of the IHEC told press conference here. <br/>Haidari also said that his commission would call on representatives of political bloc which ran in March 7 elections, along with media and international monitors to attend the recount process.</p> <p>Hamdiyal al-Hussieni, a female commission member told reporters in the press conference that her commission estimated the recount process to take two to three weeks.</p> <p>She said that the recount would take place in the al-Rasheed Hotel in the Green Zone that houses some Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. one.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/29/c_13272940.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>:</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Human Rights:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraqi human-rights worker killed by roadside bomb – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Baghdad – An Iraqi human-rights worker was killed by a roadside bomb in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk Thursday, police told the German Press Agency dpa. </p> <p>Police Colonel Salah al-Din Taha said the man was critically injured by a roadside bomb as he drove down al-Quds street in Kirkuk. </p> <p>Emergency responders rushed the injured man to hospital, where he died of his wounds, Taha said. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1551904.php/Iraqi-human-rights-worker-killed-by-roadside-bomb" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> <p><strong><em>See also</em>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/29/shirwan-ubaid-murdered-in-kirkuk/">Shirwan Ubaid Murdered In Kirkuk | Gorilla’s Guides</a></strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Baghdad vote recount to take 2 to 3 weeks – Conflict in Iraq- msnbc.com</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraq’s election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots could take up to three weeks as a car bomb killed eight people in the capital, highlighting again the tenuous security situation while the chaos arising from the March 7 parliamentary vote drags on.</p> <p>The timeline — possibly even longer than it took to count the whole country’s ballots after the March 7 election— means another delay for an election process that has already dragged on for weeks and threatens to undermine the country’s fragile stability. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36852711/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki’s enemies latch onto torture allegations – CSMonitor.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <h4>Key political bloc pummels Maliki over torture </h4> <p>The Sadr movement, the most powerful member of a Shiite political bloc that had contemplated joining forces with Maliki’s State of Law coalition, lashed out over the torture allegations. </p> <p>"What has the government brought us in the past four years except prisons and new graves?" Sadr official Hazem Al-Araji told Al-Sharqiya television network.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0429/New-twist-in-Iraq-election-crisis-Maliki-s-enemies-latch-onto-torture-allegations" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq: Allawi’s List Threatens Civil Disobedience Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Salih al-Mutlak, the leading figure in Al-Iraqiya List that is led by the former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, has threatened the withdrawal of their coalition, which won 91 seats in the next Iraqi parliament in the recent legislative elections, from "the entire peace process and to take to the streets to side with the Iraqis and lead massive demonstrations and sit-ins and to call for a general civil disobedience if the arbitrary measures against the List, its members, and its supporters were not stopped."</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20768" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Clinton urged to protect ‘fragile’ Christian minority in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Church leaders from various denominations have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to work with Iraqi authorities in protecting the persecuted Christian minority. <br/>The National Council of Churches and its partners throughout the world on Monday sent a letter to Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates expressing concern about "the ongoing situation of violent attacks on minority groups in Iraq."</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.christiantoday.com/article/clinton.urged.to.protect.fragile.christian.minority.in.iraq/25808.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Civilian killed, 8 injured in Iraq’s violence</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A civilian was killed and eight people wounded in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad and Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala on Thursday, police said. </p> <p>A roadside bomb went off in the morning near a police foot patrol in southeastern neighborhood of Mashtal in Baghdad, wounding four policemen and two civilians, </p> <p>In Diyala province, a civilian was killed and two injured in a roadside bomb explosion near their vehicle close to the town of Wajihiyah, near the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, an anonymous provincial police source told Xinhua. </p> <p>In a separate incident, Iraqi security forces captured five al- Qaida militants while they were planting three roadside bombs at the residential area of al-Gatoon in western Baquba, the source added. </p> <p>During the day, Iraqi security forces arrested 12 more suspects in separate search operations across the province, which stretches from the eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of the country, the source added.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/29/c_13272507.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Car bomb near Baghdad liquor store kills 8 – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Eight people were killed Thursday evening when a car bomb exploded near a liquor store in Baghad, Iraqi news agencies reported. </p> <p>Another 20 persons were injured by the blast, which completely destroyed two stores located right next to each other. </p> <p>The attack came in the Al-Shurta Al-Rabia district in the south- western part of the city. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552086.php/Car-bomb-near-Baghdad-liquor-store-kills-8" class="external" target="_blank">Source</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>كونا : Car bomb in Baghdad kills 6, injures 18 – الدفاع والأمن – 29/04/2010</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Six people were killed in a car bomb explosion in western Baghdad on Thursday, an Iraqi policy source said. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2079639&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank">Source: KUNA</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Qaeda ‘postman’ dispatched Iraq chiefs to deaths</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>BAGHDAD – An Al Qaeda messenger unwittingly dispatched two top Islamist commanders to their deaths this month, when a US-backed force tracked him to their den and killed them, investigators told AFP on Thursday. </p> <p>Abu Omar Al Baghdadi and Abu Ayub Al Masri, who had direct links with Osama bin Laden, were killed in a shootout when a joint Iraqi-US force raided their safehouse north of Baghdad on April 18. </p> <p>Baghdadi was the political leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) while Masri, an Egyptian militant, was the insurgent group’s self-styled ‘minister of war.’ </p> <p>The pair, according to investigators, did not use cell phones or the Internet but relied on their own postman who relayed messages between them and other insurgents. <br/>Once a week the man, whose identity was not revealed, sat in a Baghdad cafe where he discreetly made contact with insurgents, delivering messages from Baghdadi and receiving others for the top Al Qaeda operative. </p> <p>Iraqi officials learned of the messenger’s existence on March 11 when security forces captured Munaf Abdul Rahim Al Rawi, the Al Qaeda chief in the Iraqi capital who was known as the ‘governor of Baghdad.’</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/April/middleeast_April498.xml&section=middleeast&col=" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Al-Shabaab responds to AQI killings – UPI.com</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 29 (UPI) — Somali al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabaab said it carried out a suicide attack on peacekeepers in Mogadishu in retaliation for the deaths of Iraqi al-Qaida leaders. </p> <p>Al-Shabaab said it targeted the base for peacekeepers with the African Union in Mogadishu in response to the killing of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq. The two were killed last week in Tikrit during a joint raid by Iraqi and U.S. forces.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/04/29/Al-Shabaab-responds-to-AQI-killings/UPI-30981272553011/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al-Shabaab responds to AQI killings – UPI.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Health Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Iraqi doctors use acupuncture during drug shortage | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of anaesthetic drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births.</p> <p>Reporting on Thursday on a small study of 200 cases at a Baghdad hospital, the doctors said their results suggested the ancient Chinese technique could also be a useful addition to standard medical practice in fully equipped hospitals.</p> <p>The doctors used acupuncture, where fine needles are inserted into certain points on the body, to see if they could replace or reduce the need for a drug called oxytocin which is often given to mothers just after a c-section delivery to help the womb contract and to cut the risk of bleeding. Oxytocin is a hormone that also occurs naturally in the body during labour.</p> <p>The study covered emergency caesarean section at the Red Crescent Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Baghdad between 2004 and 2006, when oxytocin stocks were low.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63R6C120100428" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>FT.com / Iraq – Iraq in talks to buy BAE Hawk jets</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The Iraqi government is in talks to buy Hawk trainer jets from the UK in a deal that could be worth up to £1bn and would be a boost for BAE Systems, the defence contractor that manufactures the aircraft.</p> <p>It would be Iraq’s biggest arms purchase from Britain for more than two decades. It is understood that officials from the Iraqi Air Force will be visiting the UK next month to test the Hawk, which is used to train fast-jet pilots.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a469906-5369-11df-bfdf-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=17aab8bc-6e47-11da-9544-0000779e2340.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Kuwait: UN pays $590 mln in damages for 1990 invasion – Adnkronos Security</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>A United Nations commission has paid 590 million dollars to nine successful claimants in connection with Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. </p> <p>The latest round of payments brings the total amount of compensation disbursed by the UN Compensation Commission to individuals, corporations, governments and international organisations to nearly 29.5 billion dollars, the UN said on Thursday. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.321531713" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq’s air dream to London turns into a nightmare</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years has turned into a nightmare for Iraq after its national airline boss had his passport seized and a chartered plane was impounded. </p> <p>The transport ministry in Baghdad on Thursday confirmed that Iraqi Airways chief Kifah Hassan’s travel document was taken after papers were served by lawyers acting for Kuwait Airways, which says it is owed 1.2 billion dollars. </p> <p>The dispute dates back to now executed dictator Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, when, according to the oil-rich emirate, 10 of its planes were plundered after its airport had been seized. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/April/international_April1524.xml&section=international&col=" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Commentary and Analysis</font></h3> <p><strong>Muqtada unleashes new, improved army : By Sami Moubayed : Asia Times Online</strong>: </p> <blockquote><p>All the ingredients that led to the creation of Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1982 exist in Iraq today. There are Shi’ites, plenty of arms available for everyone, political and security chaos, a weak central government and occupation to justify the carrying of arms.</p> <p>Muqtada has been working hard for two years to transform the Mahdi Army into another Hezbollah, personally inspired by Hassan Nasrallah. That is why he froze all activities of the Mahdi Army, so he can take a long hard look at membership and filter out the undisciplined, the reckless and the corrupt (of which there were plenty in 2003-2007).</p> <p>That is why he went back to the seminary, so he could elevate his academic credentials and rise from the rank of sayyed to that of an ayatollah (which enables him to issue fatwas) and grants him greater authority within the Shi’ite community at large. And that explains why, against all odds, he has insisted on refraining from any sectarian rhetoric, copying the Nasrallah model in Lebanon, who always speaks of Lebanon, not of Shi’ites.</p> <p>Muqtada also copied Hezbollah’s massive charity network, monopolizing education, hospitals and fund-raising within the Shi’ite districts of Iraq to make sure that no family goes to bed hungry and all receive a monthly stipend from the Mahdi Army. Much like a modern Robin Hood, Muqtada is suiting himself to become spokesmen, defender and leader for the poor of Iraq.</p> <p>Now is the time to unveil the new Mahdi Army. It will look, sound and act like Hezbollah. No more street violence or sectarian tension triggered by the Sadrists. On the contrary, the Mahdi Army – this time with strong Iranian support – will replace the failed state of Maliki. It will extend an arm to the Sunnis and Kurds willing to work with it, making sure that no prime minister is brought to power, without full consent of Muqtada.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LD30Ak02.html" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong></p></blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/red-crescent/page/2/">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span-10 last"> <div class="span-10" id="tabs"> <ul> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#featured-articles">Featured Articles</a></li> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#latest-articles">Latest Articles</a></li> </ul> <div id="featured-articles" class="widget"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2012/01/20/iraq-people-consider-fleeing-as-violence-increases/">IRAQ: People consider fleeing as violence increases</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125010032/http://gorillasguides.com/2012/01/16/corruption-in-iraq-your-son-is-being-tortured-he-will-die-if-you-dont-pay-world-news-the-guardian/">Corruption in Iraq: ‘Your son is being tortured. 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