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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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31,000, over 7,000 of whom were Iraqis. However it topped the table of positive decisions on those aslum applications, allowing in 9,765 to France’s 5,050.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=514506&ChannelId=4" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Lebanon: Calls for end to arbitrary deportation of refugees</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> <blockquote><p>Lebanon must halt its practice of arbitrarily detaining and deporting refugees, a human rights organization said Monday.At least 14 refugees, mostly from Iraq, have been coerced into signing deportation orders since the beginning of 2010, said Berna Habib, secretary of the board at Frontiers Ruwad (FR). After unlimited periods of arbitrary detention in miserable prison conditions, the refugees are signing the orders “out of despair,” FR’s Habib told The Daily Star.Late last month, an Iraqi refugee was deported ahead of a court hearing which would have determined whether he could remain in Lebanon. Ali Faris, another recognized refugee from Iraq, was deported on March 31 through the Lebanon-Syrian border. A court hearing held after he left ruled against his expulsion, Habib said. “All deportation orders should be suspended and reviewed, meanwhile, refugees who are arbitrarily detained should be released immediately,” said Habib.At least 1,500 migrants have been detained since 2007, with half of those remaining in custody arbitrarily for months or years, she added. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_wires-navyseal_0504may04,0,7658734.story" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Judge refuses to drop charges facing Navy SEAL – dailypress.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The court-martial of a Navy SEAL accused of punching a suspected terrorist in Iraq opened Monday with the judge rejecting a defense motion to dismiss the case based on something Geraldo Rivera said on television.</p> <p>Attorneys for Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe of Perrysburg, Ohio, introduced a transcript of an April 22 broadcast in which Rivera told the Fox network’s Bill O’Reilly that someone close to the military official who ordered the court-martial told him the official was pressured by a higher authority not to drop the case.</p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>McCabe attorney Haytham Faraj said Monday that the Rivera report suggested "unlawful command influence," and he asked that the charges be dismissed <br/>The judge, Capt. Moria Modzelewski, dismissed the TV commentary as speculation and declined the defense request.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Health</h3> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g46-V90DS8j1vpyarmMkIkzYVz6QD9FFQV8O0" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqis try to heal mental scars after years of war: Google News</a></strong></p> <blockquote><p>Jabar Abdul-Zahra’s flashbacks are so vivid he can feel the asphalt against his cheek that night six years ago when he lay pinned to the ground between his two critically wounded brothers, the three of them caught in the crossfire as American troops and local militiamen fought in a Baghdad neighborhood.</p> <p>The memory of waiting till dawn for the fighting to subside so he could ferry them to hospital has overshadowed the grief he felt when one brother later died from his wounds.</p> <p>But the 43-year-old computer engineer didn’t understand what was causing the flashbacks, or the palpitations and sheer terror that still overcome him whenever he sees people in uniform.</p> <p>Until he happened to get a contract to hook up the computers at a new center being set up in the backyard of the Imam Ali Hospital. There he met psychiatrist Haitham Abdul-Razaq — and found out he was one of tens of thousands of Iraqis with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/world/middleeast/04awakening.html?ref=world&pagewanted=print" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraqi Sunnis Frustrated as Awakening Loses Clout – NYTimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>FALLUJA, Iraq — Sheik Aiffan Saadoun al-Aiffan stepped across a scorched patch of farmland, raised his shotgun and fired once. A bird fell to the ground.</p> <p>“Shooting Qaeda,” he said, explaining how he had honed his accuracy, fighting alongside American forces. But those times of counterinsurgency, when tribal leaders like him switched sides in what became known as the Sunni Awakening, are giving way to the rise of a new political order in Iraq.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The recent parliamentary elections were a serious blow to the Awakening, which has been regarded as not just a movement to pacify restive areas, but also as a potential political force to re-empower Sunnis.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080586&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Iraqi electoral commission: Re-count results match previous results up to now – الشؤون السياسية – 04/05/2010</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">BAGHDAD, May 4 (KUNA) — The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said the results of Monday and Tuesday’s recount of votes matched previous results up to now. <br/>Head of IHEC’s electoral department Hamdiya Al-Hussaini told KUNA here Tuesday that the results were the same, but more checking was still required. <br/>IHEC recounted on Monday votes of 600 out of Baghdad’s nearly 11,000 centers. <br/>On Tuesday, it would recount votes of 800 other centers. <br/>The Rule of Law Coalition said, Monday, it expects that the results of the recount would match previous results, if IHEC insists on ignoring the comparison of results with the voters records.(end)</p> </blockquote> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1553036.php/Two-dead-in-Iraq-violence-two-al-Qaeda-leaders-arrested-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank">Two dead in Iraq violence, two al-Qaeda leaders arrested</a></strong><strong>: Deutsche Presse Agentur</strong></p> <blockquote><p>Two civilians were killed and 14 injured in a attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, while police arrested two al-Qaeda leaders, security officials said. <br/>The officials said gunmen shot and killed a pharmacist working at al-Salam hospital in the northern city of Mosul.</p> <p>Meanwhile police detained alleged Saudi al-Qaeda leader Mohamed Mahmoud Salama in a raid in western Mosul, a security source told the German Press Agency dpa. <br/>The two sides exchanged fire during the raid, leaving two policemen injured. <br/>Salama is believed to have entered Iraq in 2004. He was arrested by security forces in 2006 but managed to escape.</p> <p>Security forces announced that the imam of a Sunni mosque in Mosul was shot and killed by unknown gunmen after evening prayers on Monday night.</p> <p>On Monday, an Iraqi security operation targeting the hideouts of al-Qaeda militants in the city of Baquba led to the arrest of 25 al- Qaeda members, including a prominent leader. ‘Among those arrested is the emir of Baquba, known as Haji Basem, who is involved in the deaths of 24 people and the displacement of 50 families in the area during the years of escalated sectarian violence, between 2005 and 2007,’ a security source said on Tuesday.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/04/c_13277981.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraqi intelligence officer killed in Baghdad bombing</strong></a><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> <blockquote><p>An intelligence officer affiliated to Iraqi Interior Ministry was killed and a government employee was wounded by two separate bomb explosions in their cars in Baghdad on Tuesday, the police said.</p> <p>Lieutenant Colonel Ali Hussein, head of intelligence service in northern Baghdad, was killed when a bomb planted in his car detonated in Baghdad’s northern district of Kadhmiyah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.</p> <p>The attack took place in the morning when the officer was driving to work, the source said.</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"> <p><strong>Editor’s note:</strong> The civil servant wounded in this bombing works  in the Prime minister’s office.</p> <p><em>Hussein Kareem</em></p> </p></div> <p>Meanwhile, another bomb attached to the car of an employee in the office of the Iraqi ministerial council detonated in the Qahtan Square in western Baghdad, wounding him and two civilians who were close to the scene, the source added.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/04/c_13277994.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>13 wounded in car bombing in northern Iraq</strong></a><strong>: (Xinhua) </strong></p> <blockquote><p>A booby-trapped car parked in the dense populated neighborhood of al-Dawassa in central Mosul detonated in the morning, wounding 13 people and damaging several nearby buildings and civilian cars, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. <br/>The blast occurred at the same neighborhood where the governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi lives, the source said, adding that the blast caused no casualty to Nujaifi and his house</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQNZ-iDlwjFMX9HrXgX7-7y-RuGQD9FFRKL80" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>2 US soldiers in Iraq die in non-combat incidents</strong></a><strong>: Google News </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq from injuries sustained in separate incidents unrelated to combat.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p>here</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/585058-muddying-the-waters" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Muddying the waters – Energy – ArabianBusiness.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Iraq’s oil minister has raised questions over the country’s planned energy expansion by indicating Baghdad would consider OPEC output curbs that may keep supply well short of ambitious capacity targets.</p> <p>After Baghdad signed contracts to add around ten million barrels per day (bpd) to its oil supply, tough talks were expected within the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on an eventual output target for Iraq.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">But Iraqi oil minister Hussain Al Shahristani seems to have jumped straight to the end game before even sitting down at the negotiating table with his fellow ministers.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view/201005042_more_mideast_airlines_have_iraq_on_their_radar/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>2 more Mideast airlines have Iraq on their radar – BostonHerald.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Two fast-growing Middle Eastern airlines said Tuesday they are considering starting up services to Iraq, looking to join the growing fleet of carriers serving the war-scarred country.</p> <p>The chief executives of FlyDubai and Qatar Airways each said they are weighing expansions to Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, including the Shiite holy city of Najaf and Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region.</p> <p>If the airlines go ahead, they will be joining a growing number of carriers — including Germany’s Lufthansa and Bahrain’s Gulf Air — entering the Iraqi market as security improves and business picks up.</p> <p>FlyDubai is also eyeing Sulaimaniyah in the north and Basra in the south, according to CEO Ghaith al-Ghaith. He told The Associated Press in an interview he is in talks with Iraqi and Emirati authorities to win approval for the routes.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p>here</p> <p>here</p> <p>here</p> <p> </p> <p>أخبار العراق</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7393"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/09/29/slain-athletes-families-demand-justice/#respond" title="Comment on Slain athletes’ families demand justice">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/09/29/slain-athletes-families-demand-justice/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Slain athletes’ families demand justice">Slain athletes’ families demand justice</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/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/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-anbar-governorate/" rel="tag">Al Anbar (Governorate)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anbar/" rel="tag">Anbar</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/death-squads/" rel="tag">Death Squads</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/follow-up/" rel="tag">Follow Up</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/imam-ali-hospital/" rel="tag">Imam Ali Hospital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kidnappings/" rel="tag">Kidnappings</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city/" rel="tag">Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/tae-kwan-do/" rel="tag">Tae Kwan Do</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-and-children/" rel="tag">Women and Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الأنبار‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af/" rel="tag">بغداد</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote><p>Relatives of the members of Iraq’s taekwondo team who were kidnapped and murdered in 2006 appealed for justice yesterday after Iraqi and US forces arrested a man in connection with the attack. </p> <p> <img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038im_/http://gorillasguides.com/wp-content/courage.jpg" align="left"/> The abduction of the 15-member national team shocked both Iraq and the world, and came as the country was engulfed in sectarian violence that killed tens of thousands of people in 2006 and 2007. </p> <p>Iraqi commandos, with American advisers present, arrested the suspect on September 24 in the western province of Anbar where the kidnapping took place, the US military said in a statement. </p> <p>“The suspect is also believed to be involved in multiple terrorist activities and crimes against the country of Iraq,” it added. </p> <p>Fifteen members of the Iraqi national taekwondo team—all Shias—were kidnapped in May 2006 as they drove back from a tournament in Jordan through Sunni Anbar province. </p> <p>Thirteen of their bodies were found a year later, while two others have not yet been recovered. </p> <p>Families of the team called for the right to meet the suspect and demanded justice. </p> <p>“We want to ask him ‘why?’” Jabbar Houssuni, whose son Ali was one of the kidnapped athletes, told AFP from his home in the predominantly Shia northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City. </p> <p>“What was the reason, what was the motivation? They were athletes, carrying the Iraqi flag—they were peaceful. None of them were armed.” </p> <p>Adil Hussein Ajar, whose two brothers Ali and Alaa were also among those kidnapped, said he still had “the hope that the killers will be arrested and their (the athletes’) blood will not have been taken without punishment.”</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=317068&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17" class="external" target="_blank">Gulf Times – Slain athletes’ families demand justice</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7331"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/09/15/indiscriminate-attacks-take-heavy-toll-on-civilians-international-committee-of-red-cross-activities-in-irak-august-2009/#comments" title="Comment on Indiscriminate attacks take heavy toll on civilians – International Committee of Red 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/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>In response to massive blasts that shook the country in August, resulting in hundreds of casualties in Baghdad and elsewhere, the ICRC rushed emergency supplies to medical facilities. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in August 2009.</p> <h3>Overview</h3> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>Help the victims of war: make a donation to the ICRC today</p> <p>"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) relies on everyone’s commitment to the humanitarian cause and its underlying values. The strongest possible support from individuals, companies and foundations is essential if we are to meet the challenges we are currently facing. Your support to ICRC is more than just a donation – it is a true act of humanity. Thank you". <b>Jakob Kellenberger, President of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a></b></p> <p><a title="Donate to the International Committee of the Red Cross" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/forms/webforms.nsf/F_DON?OpenForm&ParentUNID=F560E328F1874210C12570DD003BAFBE" target="_blank" class="external">Yes! I want to make a difference by donating online now</a></p> </p></div> <p>Over the month of August, hundreds of people paid the price for indiscriminate attacks in many parts of the country. Baghdadis were shocked by a wave of massive blasts that rocked the capital, leaving behind hundreds of civilian casualties in addition to major property losses. </p> <p>"The level of insecurity in Iraq remains high and should not be accepted as somehow ‘normal’ or unavoidable," said Juan-Pedro Schaerer, head of the ICRC delegation for Iraq. In the governorates of Baghdad, Ninewa and Diyala, many Iraqis live in constant fear for their lives whenever they leave their houses, as anyone could be hit simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. </p> <p>To help medical facilities cope with the influx of wounded people, around nine tonnes of surgical materials and other medical supplies were delivered to Baghdad Teaching Hospital in Baghdad governorate, to Mosul General Hospital, Hamdaniya General Hospital and Bartilla primary health-care centre in Ninewa governorate, and to Dohuk Emergency Hospital in Dohuk governorate.</p> <h3>Helping families obtain information about their relatives missing since the 1990-1991 Gulf War</h3> <p>Hundreds of thousands of families in Iraq are longing to obtain news of those who vanished in the armed conflicts of recent decades. The authorities concerned must do everything in their power, in accordance with international humanitarian law, to clarify what happened to those who went missing in armed conflicts and to provide the families with any information they obtain. </p> <p>The Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, investigating cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 61st session in August in Kuwait. The meeting was chaired by the ICRC and attended by the Commission’s members: Iraq, Kuwait and the Coalition (France, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States). The members reiterated their commitment to take every possible measure to fulfil their obligations and provide information that could explain what happened to those who went missing. In particular, they took steps that are likely to lead to the exhumation of sites that have been identified in Iraq and Kuwait. </p> <h3>Visiting detainees and helping them to maintain contact with their families</h3> <p>The ICRC regularly visits detention facilities to monitor treatment and conditions of detention. In August, ICRC delegates visited detainees:</p> <ul> <li>in US custody in Taji and Remembrance II, both in Baghdad Governorate; </li> <li>held in Tobji Juvenile Detention Facility (Baghdad Governorate) under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in Khalis Police Station (Diyala Governorate) under the authority of the Ministry of Interior, and in Fort Suse Federal Prison (Suleimaniya governorate) under the authority of the Ministry of Justice; </li> <li>in 10 prisons in Erbil, Dohuk and Suleimaniya governorates under the authority of the Ministry of Social Affairs and various security forces in northern Iraq, including Assayesh. </li> </ul> <p>The ICRC helps the detainees and their families to keep in touch by exchanging Red Cross messages, which are collected and distributed in cooperation with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, and by providing financial support enabling families to travel to Basra, in the southern part of the country, to visit relatives detained in Camp Bucca. In August, more than 300 detainees were visited by their relatives and almost 4,750 Red Cross messages were exchanged within Iraq and with other countries. </p> <p>Also in August, the ICRC helped eight foreign detainees released from Rusafa Prison in Baghdad to contact their respective embassies or the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to arrange for their return to their home countries. The ICRC directly facilitated the repatriations of a Bangladeshi, a Sudanese and a Palestinian, all of whom wanted to return home. </p> <h3>Support for limb-fitting centres</h3> <p>In addition to medical assistance provided for health facilities, the ICRC also supports 11 limb-fitting and rehabilitation centres run by the Iraqi Ministry of Health by providing equipment and training. In August, the ICRC awarded three-year scholarships to two Iraqis for training in prosthetics and orthotics, raising the number of scholarships granted to seven.</p> <h3>Delivering aid to displaced and otherwise vulnerable people</h3> <p>In August, the ICRC gave food parcels, rice bags, hygiene kits and towels sufficient for two months to about 15,600 internally displaced people (IDPs) – mainly families headed by women – in Baghdad, Diyala, Salah Al Din, Dohuk and Erbil governorates. </p> <p>The ICRC also provides support for income-generating and livelihood projects that enable communities to regain economic self-sufficiency. For example, more than 2,000 workers are supporting their families on the income they receive repairing and cleaning irrigation canals in Diyala, Erbil and Kirkuk governorates under a cash-for-work programme. </p> <p>In Kirkuk governorate, the ICRC vaccinated more than 21,700 sheep and 5,850 goats against pox. These animals provide an income for some 1,000 people.</p> <h3>Providing clean water</h3> <p>ICRC water engineers continued to repair and otherwise improve water infrastructure. In August, the ICRC:</p> <ul> <li>completed repair work on Al Wathba water treatment plant in Baghdad, serving around 100,000 people; </li> <li>installed a new submersible pump on the Korez bore well in Khanaqin town and connected it to the water network, thereby increasing the water supply for 660 residents; </li> <li>cleaned and sterilized the storage tanks and repaired the operating theatre at Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf, which has 400 beds and serves around 546,000 inhabitants of Najaf city and nearby villages; </li> <li>finished building Al Resalah primary health-care centre, which can treat around 50 people per day and serves around 25,000 people in Wassit governorate; </li> <li>repaired two incinerators at Basra General Hospital, which has 600 beds; </li> <li>increased the pumping capacity, re-operated the filters and replaced the chemical treatment units and electromechanical works in New Tikrit Stage II water treatment plant in Salah Al-Din governorate, which provides water for around 80,000 people; </li> <li>finished building an emergency unit for al Hashimiyah Hospital, which has more than 100 beds, in Babil governorate; </li> <li>repaired the water treatment plant in Mandali, Diyala governorate, improving the quality of water provided for around 20,000 people, and covered the X-ray room in Mandali’s primary health-care centre with lead protection sheets, in addition to carrying out electrical work there. </li> </ul> <p><strong>Water was delivered by truck to:</strong> <ul> <li>4,500 displaced people, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and eight primary health-care centres in Sadr City, Al Kindi General Hospital, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, and Al Rashad Psychiatry Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad. </li> </ul> <h3>Promoting international humanitarian law</h3> <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 promote international humanitarian law within civil society. Within this framework, a series of presentations was organized for various audiences all over Iraq. </p> <p>Iraq is the ICRC’s second biggest operation worldwide, with more than 90 expatriates and around 530 national staff in Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Erbil, Suleimaniya, Dohuk, Ramadi and Khanaqin responding to the urgent needs of civilians adversely affected by the conflict.</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a title="Iraq: indiscriminate attacks take heavy toll on civilians - ICRC activities in August 2009 - Operational update posted 15 -September -2009" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-update-150909" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: indiscriminate attacks take heavy toll on civilians – ICRC activities in August 2009 – Operational update posted 15 -September -2009</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7157"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%84/" rel="tag">الموصل</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/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"> <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: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>The ICRC delegation in Iraq seize the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to stress that the basic rules of the law of armed conflict remain as important as ever and that Iraqi civilians must be spared the effects of hostilities. Through the testimonies presented in this newsletter Iraqi men and women explain how recent events have affected them and their families. </p> <p><strong>Download and read in full:</strong> <img alt="Iraq: civilians without protection" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-icon-icon_pdf/$File/icon_pdf.gif?OpenElement" border="0"/>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-newsletter-120809/$File/Newsletter IQS violence agst civilians.pdf">Newsletter – civilians without protection </a></p> </p></div> <p>There is a common perception that the armed conflict in Iraq is largely over. However, widespread violence and a lack of respect for human life continue to affect the Iraqi people. Despite the decrease in the number of deaths and injuries this year compared with 2006 and 2007, violence remains a feature of everyday life. Now the concern is that people in Iraq and elsewhere may come to accept this high level of insecurity as somehow "normal" and unavoidable.</p> <p>Currently, about 500 people are killed on average every month and 2,000 wounded in mass explosions and indiscriminate attacks occurring mainly in Baghdad, Ninewa and Diyala governorates. Civilians are the primary victims of these incidents, which create a general sense of insecurity as anyone could be hit simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Women fear for themselves and their families every time they leave their homes to go to the market or accompany their children to school. Businesses are regularly destroyed or severely damaged in indiscriminate attacks, often leaving many families without their only source of income.</p> <p>International humanitarian law is designed to limit the effects of armed conflict and to protect those who are not or no longer participating in the fighting – an aim central to the four international treaties known as the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, which were adopted exactly 60 years ago today. This anniversary is an occasion to remember that a distinction must always be drawn between combatants and those taking no part in hostilities. <br/>Through the testimonies presented here Iraqi men and women explain how recent events have affected them and their families. These harrowing stories show that the current security situation and the resulting humanitarian needs still leave many Iraqi men and women uncertain about their future.</p> <p>We would like to seize the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to stress that the basic rules of the law of armed conflict remain as important as ever and that Iraqi civilians must be spared the effects of hostilities. If that were to happen, there would be much less suffering.</p> <ul> <li>Update of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> activities in Iraq for July 2009 in boxed section below: </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>Source: International Committe of Red Cross (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a>) Field Newsletter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-newsletter-120809" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: civilians without protection</a></p> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 15px auto; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 95%; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <blockquote> <h3>13-08-2009  Operational update Iraq: helping the victims of bombings</h3> <p>The ICRC responded to urgent needs arising from indiscriminate attacks that claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians in July, and carried out other humanitarian activities for detainees and the civilian population. This is an update on ICRC activities in Iraq in July 2009. </p> <h4>Overview </h4> <p>Violence against civilians again made headlines during the month of July. A series of severe bombings took place, mainly in Baghdad and the central part of Iraq. The ICRC remains concerned about indiscriminate attacks against civilians. </p> <p>The organization responded to these attacks by assisting the hospitals that treated most of the injured. Around 12 tonnes of medical materials were delivered to Al Hamdaniya General Hospital, Al Jumhoury Teaching Hospital, Al Salam General Hospital, Talafar General Hospital and Al Mosul General Hospital (Ninewa governorate), Dohuk Emergency Hospital (Dohuk governorate) and Khanaqin General Hospital (Diyala Governorate). </p> <p>Working with Iraqi Red Crescent Society, the ICRC also distributed hygiene kits and kitchen sets to 900 people affected by the explosion that hit the Shorija quarter of Kirkuk. </p> <h4>Visiting detainees and helping them to maintain contact with their families </h4> <p>The ICRC regularly visits detention facilities to monitor treatment and conditions of detention. In July, ICRC delegates visited detainees: </p> <ul> <li>in Harithiya Prison (Baghdad governorate) under the joint authority of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence, in Rusafa Prison and Kadhimya Maximum Security Prison (both in Baghdad governorate) and in Fort Suse (Suleimaniya governorate), all under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, as well as in Al Karkh Juvenile Detention Facility (Baghdad governorate) under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs; </li> <li>in five prisons in Erbil, Dohuk and Suleimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <p>Many families braved the harsh summer heat and sand storms that hit the country to make the long journey to Camp Bucca, where nearly 1,250 detainees received visits from their relatives in July. The visits were made possible thanks to financial support the families are receiving from the ICRC. </p> <p>Families and their detained relatives also used Red Cross messages, collected and distributed by the ICRC and the Iraqi Red Crescent, to stay in touch. In July, more than 17,500 Red Cross messages were exchanged within Iraq and with relatives in other countries. </p> <h4>Providing clean water </h4> <p>The water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers decreased dramatically, setting off alarm bells and leading to water shortages. The drought that has affected the country in recent years has also had a severe impact on the population. The ICRC continues to support improvements to water infrastructure to ensure better access to safe water. In July, it: </p> <ul> <li>upgraded the water storage capacity of Al Rashad Psychiatric Hospital in Sadr City, Baghdad, which has 1,300 beds; </li> <li>cleaned the water storage tanks and carried out repair work to improve the electricity supply and the operating theatre at Al Sadr Teaching Hospital, which has 426 beds; </li> <li>repaired the water supply of Al Jumhury Teaching Hospital in Mosul, which has 850 beds; </li> <li>completed a drought response project providing water to around 5,000 people in five villages who saw their water source disappear as a result of the drought in Aqra district, in Dohuk governorate; </li> <li>repaired and expanded the Bazwaya primary health-care centre in Ba’asheka sub-district, in Ninewa governorate. The project doubled the capacity of the centre, which can receive now an average of 100 patients per day. The centre serves the 14,000 inhabitants of the villages of Bazwaya and Al Mouafaqiya, and is the nearest health-care facility for around 3,000 internally displaced families living in the Five Forts camp; </li> <li>repaired two incinerators in Basra General Hospital, which has a capacity of 600 beds; </li> <li>improved the quality of the water supplied by the Samara Water Treatment Plant, in Salah Eddin governorate; </li> <li>completed the Senik Quarter water supply project in Mala Omar village, in Erbil governorate, as well as a project in Khanaqin town to repair three wells supplying water to 6,600 people; </li> <li>provided a new caravan, with a women’s consultation section, a pharmacy and two toilets, for the health-care centre in Al Rahma settlement, in Najaf governorate. Around 24,000 people benefit from the services of this centre. </li> </ul> <p>Water was delivered by truck to: <ul> <li>Qalawa Quarter camp in Suleimaniya, hosting around 360 internally displaced people; </li> <li>4,500 displaced people and eight primary health-care centres in Sadr City, Al Kindi General Hospital, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and Al Rashad Psychiatry Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad. </li> </ul> <h4>Promoting international humanitarian law </h4> <p>A series of presentations was organized for various audiences as part of the ICRC’s activities to promote international humanitarian law and raise awareness of the organization’s mandate and activities in Iraq.</p> </blockquote> <p>Source: 13-08-2009  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> Operational update:  Iraq : <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-120809" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: helping the victims of bombings</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-6983"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/07/24/iraq-icrc-activities-in-june-2009/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: ICRC activities in June 2009">No Comments</a></span> Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/07/24/iraq-icrc-activities-in-june-2009/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: ICRC activities in June 2009">Iraq: ICRC activities in June 2009</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English 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الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wasit/" rel="tag">Wasit</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/yarmouk-hospital/" rel="tag">Yarmouk Hospital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/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>The ICRC delivered emergency medical aid to hospitals in the wake of several bomb blasts that struck the country in June. It continued to carry out visits to detainees and maintained a range of other activities benefiting the civilian population.</p> <h3>Overview</h3> <p>Scores of civilians lost their lives during the month of June in several bomb blasts, mainly in Baghdad and Kirkuk, that shattered the optimism that Iraqis had built up in early 2009. <br/>The ICRC responded by delivering one tonne of emergency medical supplies to Al Jumhuriyya General Hospital in Kirkuk and Al Imam Ali General Hospital in Baghdad, where most of the casualties were taken. It also supplied Al Imam Ali General Hospital with surgical drainage material and 120,000 litres of water. The ICRC provided these items while continuing to deliver monthly supplies of drugs and medical equipment for hospitals and primary health-care centres in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Erbil, Suleimaniya and Ninewa governorates.</p> <p>Farmers in parts of central and southern Iraq are unable to cultivate arable crops, as land that was highly productive in past decades has been severely affected by the recent droughts. In the villages of Fayadiya (Babil governorate), and Al Salam and Albo Jamr (Wassit governorate), the ICRC gave about 200 farmers more than 80 tonnes of fertilizer to help them cultivate their land and regain self-sufficiency. In the village of Marranah (Najaf governorate), 185 rice farmers were given 28 tonnes of fertilizers that will help to boost rice yields.</p> <h3>Emergency assistance to explosion victims</h3> <p>In addition to the assistance it provided to Al Jumhury General Hospital for victims of the massive blast in Kirkuk, the ICRC gave such items as thermoses, blankets, kettles, teapots, kitchen sets, tarpaulins, buckets, jerrycans and ready-to-eat meals for four days to 900 people affected by the explosion.</p> <h3>Visits to detainees</h3> <p>The ICRC regularly visits detention facilities to monitor treatment and conditions of detention. In June, ICRC delegates visited:</p> <ul> <li>detainees held by the US/Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) in Camp Taji and Camp Cropper, in Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>for the first time, detainees held at the Military Intelligence Central Prison in Baghdad, under the authority of the Ministry of Defence, and detainees held at Al Janubi Police Station in Ramadi (Anbar governorate), under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior; </li> <li>detainees held in Baghdad Central Prison (Baghdad governorate) and in Fort Suse (Suleimaniya governorate), both under the authority of the Ministry of Justice; </li> <li>detainees in eight detention facilities in Erbil, Dohuk and Suleimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <h3>Restoring and maintaining family links</h3> <p>"It is of the utmost importance that detainees and their families be able to meet," said the ICRC’s Laurent Saugy. "These visits reassure the families and bring psychological relief to all concerned." Since 2005, the ICRC has been providing financial assistance enabling families to travel to Basra, in the southern part of the country, to visit relatives detained in Camp Bucca. In June, almost 1,800 detainees received visits from their relatives.</p> <p>Maryam, whose son is being held there, is one of those who benefited from this financial aid. She travelled to Basra with her 10-year-old daughter all the way from Mosul, in the north. "It is always hard to go back home without him," she said, with tears in her eyes. "He has been here for three years now. If it had not been for the ICRC, I would not have been able to come and see him."</p> <p>Detainees and families also stay in touch through Red Cross messages, which are collected and distributed by Iraqi Red Crescent Society volunteers and ICRC staff. In June, more than 21,500 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families within and outside Iraq. <br/>Also in June, the ICRC issued travel documents to 96 Palestinian refugees from Al-Waleed Camp (Anbar Governorate) to enable them to travel to Europe and the United States, where they will be resettled with the help of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.</p> <h3>Missing persons</h3> <p>Efforts continue to find out what happened to people unaccounted for as a result of the region’s conflicts. The Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, investigating cases of persons still missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 60th session in June. The meeting was chaired by the ICRC and attended by the Commission’s members: Iraq, Kuwait, and four members of the Coalition (France, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States).</p> <p>The ICRC organized a meeting of forensic experts from Iraq, Kuwait, France, the United States and the ICRC. The aim was to expedite exhumation of the remains of Iraqis and Kuwaitis who went missing following the Gulf War, and to share new techniques and methods of excavation, recovery and identification of remains.</p> <h3>Better access to clean water</h3> <p>Iraqis continue to face problems obtaining clean water. The ICRC therefore remains committed to supporting improvements to the water infrastructure. In June, it:</p> <ul> <li>completed work boosting the capacity of Abu Tiban Water Treatment Plant (Anbar), serving around 65,000 people; </li> <li>supplied spare parts to the Directorate of Sewage in Muthanna to support their fleet of sewage collection trucks; </li> <li>installed new walk-in and mortuary fridges and generators in Abu Ghraib General Hospital and Al Rashad Psychiatric Hospital, both in Baghdad, and in Baquba Medico-Legal Institute, in Diyala; </li> <li>completed the upgrading of electromechanical installations in Al Haj Dawood al Janabi primary health-care centre in Baghdad, which treats an average of 130 patients per day. </li> </ul> <p> Water was delivered by truck to: <ul> <li>Qalawa Quarter camp for internally displaced persons, in Suleimaniya, hosting around 360 people; </li> <li>4,500 displaced people in Sadr City, Al Kindi General Hospital, Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and Al Rashad Psychiatry Teaching Hospital, in Baghdad. </li> </ul> <h3>Raising awareness of international humanitarian law</h3> <p>As part of its activities to promote international humanitarian law and raise awareness of the ICRC’s mandate and activities in Iraq, the organization gave several presentations and held workshops for various audiences, including journalists.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-update-150709" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: ICRC activities in June 2009</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-6562"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/06/19/iraq-icrc-activities-in-may-2009/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: ICRC activities in May 2009">No Comments</a></span> 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During the month of May, the ICRC continued to respond to the emergency needs of the population. 19-06-2009  Operational update </p> <p>In May, the Iraqi Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the ICRC signed a memorandum of understanding which led to the launching of a programme to strengthen emergency services in Iraq. The two-year programme focuses on training around 600 doctors and nurses from all over Iraq in the management of trauma, control of infection and teamwork. It involves senior ICRC medical personnel based in Suleimaniya and Najaf governorates. "We hope that this joint initiative will help improve the quality of emergency services provided in Iraq," said Pascal Ollé, the ICRC health coordinator. <br/>As part of its activities to promote international humanitarian law and raise awareness of the ICRC’s mandate and work in Iraq, the organization hosted several round table discussions with senior officials, religious leaders, Imams, professors and students in Erbil in late May. </p> <h3>Visiting detainees and helping them maintain contact with their families </h3> <p>The ICRC continues visiting people detained under the authority of the Iraqi central government, the US led Multi-National Forces-Iraq (US/MNF-I) and the Kurdistan regional government to monitor their conditions of detention and the manner in which they are treated. </p> <p>In May, the ICRC: </p> <ul> <li>visited detainees held at Camp Cropper in Baghdad by the US/MNF-I authorities; </li> <li>for the first time visited detainees held at the First Brigade Prison in Baghdad (Ministry of the Interior); </li> <li>visited Kadhemiya Maximum Security Prison in Baghdad (Ministry of Justice); </li> <li>conducted a follow-up visit to Tobji Juveniles Prison in Baghdad (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs); </li> <li>visited detainees in Fort Suse Prison, in Suleimaniya (Ministry of Justice) as well as four other detention facilities in Erbil, Dohuk and Suleimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <p>The ICRC and the Iraqi Red Crescent Society also help detainees to stay in touch with their families through the exchange of Red Cross messages and phone calls. In May alone, more than 12,570 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families. The ICRC also provides financial assistance to families to visit their detained relatives. Families made more 2,800 visits to detainees in Camp Bucca. </p> <h3>Assisting the most vulnerable groups </h3> <p>The ICRC provides relief assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled their homes because of the armed conflict. </p> <p>In May:</p> <ul> <li>More than 40,000 IDPs in Ninewa, Suleimaniya, Diyala and Baghdad governorates received food and hygiene products monthly, as well as essential household items, such as kitchen sets, buckets, thermos flasks and jerrycans. </li> <li>About 100 households headed by women in Adhamiya, in Baghdad, were provided with food parcels and rice. </li> <li>Several pilot projects aimed at helping households headed by women earn an income got under way in Baghdad and Najaf governorates.. </li> <li>The ICRC issued 73 travel documents to allow Palestinian refugees from Al-Waleed Camp (Anbar governorate) to be resettled in a third country with the UNHCR’s assistance. </li> </ul> <h3>Improving water supplies and health care </h3> <p>With the beginning of the hot season, the consumption of water has increased. As the current water supply is insufficient to meet existing needs, the ICRC is continuing to support the repair and improvement of infrastructure, and helping address emergency water needs. <br/>In May, it</p> <ul> <li>supplied and installed new pumps to improve the treatment and delivery of water from Abu Tiban Water Treatment Pant in Anbar governorate, which serves around 65,000 people; </li> <li>cleaned pits and replaced submersible pumps in six sewage stations in Basra city; </li> <li>completed the installation of a new compact unit in Sergtkan, in Erbil governorate, serving about 10,000 beneficiaries. <br/>Water was delivered by truck to: </li> <li>Qalawa Quarter IDP camp, which shelters around 360 people in Suleimaniya governorate; </li> <li>4,500 IDPs in Sadr city, Al-Rashad Psychiatry Teaching Hospital, Al-Imam Ali Teaching Hospital and Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital, in Baghdad. </li> </ul> <p>The ICRC also improved water and sanitation at hospitals and primary health care centres. <br/>In May the organization completed:</p> <ul> <li>the repair of the mechanical incinerator in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in Baghdad; </li> <li>the water and sanitation system and electromechanical repairs in Al-Suaidah health care centre; </li> <li>the rehabilitation of Qal’at Sukkar health care centre in Thi-Qar governorate; </li> <li>and connected Al-Huwair primary health care centres, in Basra governorate to the water-supply system. </li> </ul> <h3>Promoting international humanitarian law </h3> <p>In line with its mandate, the ICRC promotes international humanitarian law and works to ensure respect for it.. In May seminars and presentations on this body of law were organized for different audiences in Baghdad and Erbil. </p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-180609" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: ICRC activities in May 2009</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-3800"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/16/sadr-city-conditions-worsen/#respond" title="Comment on Sadr City Conditions Worsen">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2008 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/16/sadr-city-conditions-worsen/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Sadr City Conditions Worsen">Sadr City Conditions Worsen</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/health-crisis-iraq/" title="View all posts in Health" rel="category tag">Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/adhamiya/" rel="tag">Adhamiya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-assault-on-sadr-city/" rel="tag">American Assault on Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad-hospitals/" rel="tag">Baghdad Hospitals</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/electricity-crisis-irak/" rel="tag">Electricity Crisis (Irak)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/imam-ali-hospital/" rel="tag">Imam Ali Hospital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/israel/" rel="tag">Israel</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iwpr/" rel="tag">IWPR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mahdi-army/" rel="tag">Mahdi Army</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city/" rel="tag">Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city-hospital/" rel="tag">Sadr City (Hospital)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-bloc/" rel="tag">Sadrist Bloc</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-leaders-detention-campaign-by-gzgbadr/" rel="tag">Sadrist leaders - detention campaign by GZG/Badr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-crisis-iraq/" rel="tag">Water Crisis (Iraq)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%87%d8%af%d9%8a/" rel="tag">جيش المهدي</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1/" rel="tag">حركة الصدر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="border-right: rgb(203,202,202) 1px solid; padding-right: 10px; border-top: rgb(203,202,202) 1px solid; margin-top: 1em; padding-left: 10px; font-weight: normal; float: right; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; border-left: rgb(203,202,202) 1px solid; width: 305px; color: rgb(0,0,0); padding-top: 10px; border-bottom: rgb(203,202,202) 1px solid; background-color: #fff"> <blockquote> <p>“It’s like you’re deciding to commit suicide if you want to go on top of the roof because you will be at the mercy of American snipers and aimless barrages of bullets from the militants.” </p> </blockquote> <p>Hospitals are short on electricity and small public and private clinics have shut down altogether. </p> <p>Air strikes by US forces have inflicted the most damage in the area, known as a stronghold against the US-led occupation. Yet some in the district are sharply critical of the militias who hold sway here. </p> <p><a title="Sadr City Conditions Worsen" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.iwpr.net/?p=icr&s=f&o=344626&apc_state=henh" class="external" target="_blank">Sadr City Conditions Worsen</a> by By an <a title="Institute of War and Peace Reporting" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.iwpr.net/" target="_blank" class="external">IWPR</a>-trained reporter in Baghdad (ICR No. 258, 14-May-08) </p> <p>The reporter is an <a title="Institute of War and Peace Reporting" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://www.iwpr.net/" target="_blank" class="external">IWPR</a>-trained journalist in Baghdad who asked to remain anonymous because of security concerns.</p> </div> <p>Weeks of fighting have shut off many essential services in the Shia neighbourhood. </p> <p>Living conditions in Sadr City, already one of Baghdad’s most impoverished slums, have deteriorated sharply following weeks of fighting between Shia militiamen and United States-backed Iraqi troops that has killed hundreds, according to Iraqi lawmakers. </p> <p>“The situation has deteriorated significantly because most of the services have been stopped,” said Aliyah Nassif Jassim, a member of parliament from the Iraqia bloc, who recently visited the district as part of a parliamentary delegation. “Many civilian homes have been destroyed as a result of the air strikes and the military operations.” </p> <p>A fragile four-day ceasefire agreement between radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government signed on May 12 has reduced but not halted fighting in the area, a Shia neighbourhood run by Sadr militiamen. The US military has maintained that Iranian fighters are supporting Sadr loyalists there. Iran has denied having a military presence in Iraq. </p> <p>Salih al-Agili, an MP loyal to Sadr who lives in Sadr City, said more than 100 houses have been destroyed by the continuous skirmishing and air strikes since the outbreak of hostilities more than a month ago. </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/16/sadr-city-conditions-worsen/#more-3800" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-3758"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/10/sadr-city-update/#respond" title="Comment on Sadr City update">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/10/sadr-city-update/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Sadr City update">Sadr City update</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/war-crimes/" title="View all posts in War Crimes" rel="category tag">War Crimes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/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/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-air-attacks-on-civilian-areas/" rel="tag">American air attacks on civilian areas</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-assault-on-sadr-city/" rel="tag">American Assault on Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-attacks-on-civilians/" rel="tag">American attacks on civilians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-attacks-on-medical-and-humanitarian-workers/" rel="tag">American attacks on medical and humanitarian workers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-crimes/" rel="tag">American War Crimes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/child-killing/" rel="tag">Child Killing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/civilian-casualties/" rel="tag">Civilian casualties</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/follow-up/" rel="tag">Follow Up</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/imam-ali-hospital/" rel="tag">Imam Ali Hospital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-high-proportion-of-casualties/" rel="tag">Women - high proportion of casualties</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-killing-of/" rel="tag">Women - killing of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-killing-ofamerican-air-attacks-on-civilian-areas/" rel="tag">women-killing-ofamerican-air-attacks-on-civilian-areas</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong> The toll is still rising from report below <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/10/at-least-4-dead-and-at-least-one-hundred-wounded-sadr-city-friday-night/" target="_blank">At least 4 dead and at least one hundred wounded Sadr city Friday night</a>. So far toll is 20 dead 115 wounded and rising Imam Ali hospital 15 dead and 54 wounded, Sadr Hospital 5 dead and 61 wounded toll will rise as many of wounded not able to be treated</p> <p>Editor’s Note: Fixed typing twice – first his, then mine</p> <p>Suheila</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-3730"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/08/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%b4%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-19-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1/#comments" title="Comment on مقتل سبعة أشخاص وإصابة 19 في مدينة الصدر خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية">1 Comment</a></span> Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/2008/05/08/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%b4%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b5-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-19-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to مقتل سبعة أشخاص وإصابة 19 في مدينة الصدر خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية">مقتل سبعة أشخاص وإصابة 19 في مدينة الصدر خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/category/war-crimes/" title="View all posts in War Crimes" rel="category tag">War Crimes</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-air-attacks-on-civilian-areas/" rel="tag">American air attacks on civilian areas</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-assault-on-sadr-city/" rel="tag">American Assault on Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-attacks-on-civilians/" rel="tag">American attacks on civilians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/american-war-crimes/" rel="tag">American War Crimes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/civilian-casualties/" rel="tag">Civilian casualties</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/imam-ali-hospital/" rel="tag">Imam Ali Hospital</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city/" rel="tag">Sadr City</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadr-city-hospital/" rel="tag">Sadr City (Hospital)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">مدينة الصدر‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" style="margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 10px; font-weight: normal; float: right; padding-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 20px; border-left: rgb(203,202,202) 1px solid; width: 51%; color: rgb(0,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255)" align="right"> <p>قالت مصادر طبية، الخميس، إن المستشفيين الرئيسيين في مدينة الصدر شرقي العاصمة بغداد، استقبلا سبعة قتلى و(19) جريحا جراء العمليات المسلحة التي شهدتها المدينة خلال الـ (24) ساعة الماضية. </p> <p>وذكر مصدر طبي من مستشفى (الإمام علي) في مدينة الصدر، طلب عدم كشف اسمه، للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء ( أصوات العراق)، اليوم الخميس، أن المستشفى “تسلم، خلال الـ (24) ساعة الماضية، أربعة قتلى و(12) جريحا.”<br/>وأوضح أن تقارير الشرطة المرفقة مع هؤلاء القتلى والجرحى ” أفادت بأنهم سقطوا ضحية العمليات العسكرية التي شهدتها المدينة خلال الساعات الماضية.”<br/>وأضاف مصدر طبي آخر من مستشفى (الشهيد الصدر) في المدينة أن المستشفى “استقبل جثث ثلاثة قتلى، فضلا عن سبعة جرحى” خلال الفترة نفسها.<br/>يذكر أن كلا من مستشفيي (الصدر) و(الإمام علي) هما المستشفيان الرئيسيان في المدينة الواقعة شرقي العاصمة بغداد، وهما مسؤولتان عن تسلم جثث وجرحى الإشتباكات الدائرة في المدينة بشكل شبه يومي.<br/>وتتعرض مدينة الصدر، وهي أهم معقل في بغداد للتيار الصدري و(جيش المهدي) التابع له، للقصف المستمر وحملات والتفتيش بحثا عن العناصر المسلحة، وذلك منذ المواجهات الدامية التي شهدتها المدينة، في الأسبوع الأخير من آذار/ مارس الماضي، بين القوات الأمنية ومجموعات من (جيش المهدي)، بعد ساعات من إنطلاق خطة (صولة الفرسان) في مدينة البصرة جنوبي البلاد. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://66.111.34.180/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=4&NrArticle=78645&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1" class="external" target="_blank">اصوات العراق – مقتل سبعة أشخاص وإصابة 19 في مدينة الصدر خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية</a> </p> </p> </div> <p>The main hospitals in Sadr City, received seven dead and (19) wounded all are casulaties of the armed operations being carried out in the city during the past 24 hours.</p> <p>Imam Ali hospital received:</p> <ul> <li>4 dead </li> <li>12 wounded.</li> </ul> <p>Sadr hospital received: </p> <ul> <li>3 dead </li> <li>7 wounded.</li> </ul> <p>According to the source at Imam Ali Hospital the police documentation on these deaths and injuries received by the hospital reported that, </p> <blockquote><p>they have fallen victim to military operations in the city during the past few hours”</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120120024038/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/imam-ali-hospital/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/20120120024038/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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