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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/zubair/" rel="tag">Zubair</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>Three decades of conflict have left hundreds of thousands of families struggling to find out what happened to their missing loved ones. Abandoning the search is not an option. Since 1980, the ICRC has spared no effort to put an end to their anguish. Operational update, March-May 2011. </p> <p>"Iraq is currently one of the countries with the highest number of missing persons and, as a result, with the highest number of families seeking information on their missing relatives," said ‘Dika Dulic’, the ICRC delegate in charge of issues relating to missing persons in Iraq. A lack of clear statistics, however, makes it difficult to accurately establish the true size of the problem.</p> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 48%; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <h3>How do I report my relative as a missing person?</h3> <p>The Ministry of Human Rights is responsible for collecting information about any person reported missing in connection with armed conflict or internal violence. The ministry has offices in each Iraqi governorate. In northern Iraq, the Ministry of Anfal is in charge of this issue.</p> <p>The Department for missing persons, prisoners of war and human remains has two hotline numbers: <br/>+964 781 375 7020 <br/>+964 781 375 7021 <br/>and can also be contacted by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/mailto:d.mom-mhr@humanrights.gov.iq">e-mail</a></p> <p>Information provided by Basra’s Al-Zubair Centre on soldiers exhumed or otherwise known to be dead can be found on the Ministry of Human Rights website: <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.humanrights.gov.iq /">www.humanrights.gov.iq</a>  You can also contact Al Zubair Centre directly.</p> <p>If you believe that one of your relatives has been killed, you can contact Baghdad’s Medico-Legal Institute by telephone: <br/>+964 78 137 57 655 or by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/mailto:mli_bag41@yahoo.com">e-mail</a></p> <p>In an effort to alleviate the agony of those still waiting for news, the ICRC, in its role as a neutral intermediary, facilitates dialogue between the parties involved in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, who have an obligation under international humanitarian law to account for those who went missing.Baghdad resident Hayat has led a sad life since her husband disappeared on 8 April 2003. "I lost hope," she said. "In the past nine years I have searched every prison. I ended up convincing myself that my husband Abdallah must have died."</p> <p>In an effort to alleviate the agony of those still waiting for news, the ICRC, in its role as a neutral intermediary, facilitates dialogue between the parties involved in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, who have an obligation under international humanitarian law to account for those who went missing.</p> </p></div> <p>Baghdad resident Hayat has led a sad life since her husband disappeared on 8 April 2003. "I lost hope," she said. "In the past nine years I have searched every prison. I ended up convincing myself that my husband Abdallah must have died."</p> <p>In April, the remains of 17 Iranian soldiers killed in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War were handed over from the Iraqi to the Iranian authorities under ICRC auspices at the Shalamja border crossing, near Basra.</p> <p>As a neutral intermediary, the ICRC facilitates the dialogue between the parties who were involved in the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war and who carry the responsibility to clarify the fate of persons still unaccounted for. This includes: <br/>supporting authorities in the collection of information <br/>facilitating transmission of information between the parties chairing meetings <br/>facilitating joint missions in the field and the handover of human remains</p> <p>The ICRC continues to provide training and other support for the Ministry of Human Rights, Basra’s Al-Zubair Centre of Iraq and Baghdad’s Medical-Legal Institute.</p> <h4>Bringing aid to people facing hardship</h4> <p>Many people in Iraq are still struggling to earn a living and support their families. Between March and May, the ICRC:</p> <p>Distributed over 8 million Iraqi Dinars through cash-for-work scheme, to 450 vulnerable displaced people and residents of Deralok in Dohuk governorate; <br/>Awarded 108 grants to disabled people and women-headed households in Ninawa, Kirkuk, Basra, Missan, Erbil, Baghdad and Sulaimaniya, enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. <br/>Distributed individual food and hygiene parcels, including essential household items, to 2475 internally displaced households, benefiting some 14850 people, in the group settlements of Ninawa, Kirkuk and Wasit;</p> <p>Following heavy rainfalls and consequential flooding in Ninawa, Erbil and Salah Al-Din governorates in April, the ICRC assisted affected/displaced households, distributing: 4984 blankets, 634 towels, 1340 hygiene parcels, 1315 tarpaulins, 317 kitchen sets, <br/>763 food parcels, and 11.1 metric tons of rice. The ICRC assistance also reached families affected by the floods in Rabea and Baaj districts.</p> <h4>Assisting health-care facilities</h4> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/07/05/international-committee-of-the-red-cross-iraq-activities-update/#more-13625" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13094"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9-22-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%84-2011/#respond" title="Comment on الجمعة, 22 أبريل 2011">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Editors</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a9-22-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%84-2011/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent 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border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p><b>المئات يتظاهرون في ساحة التحرير وسط بغداد للمطالبة باطلاق المعتقلين وخروج القوات الامريكية</b></p> <p>تظاهر المئات،اليوم الجمعة، في ساحة التحرير وسط بغداد للمطالبة بإطلاق سراح المعتقلين وتوفير مفردات البطاقة التموينية ورفض التمديد لبقاء الجيش الامريكي في العراق بعد نهاية العام الحالي. <br/>وقال مراسل راديو دجلة " إن المئات من المتظاهرين خرجوا، صباح اليوم، في تظاهرة سلمية في ساحة التحرير، وسط بغداد، للمطالبة بإطلاق سراح المعتقلين وتوفير مفردات البطاقة التموينية ورفض الوجود الامريكي". <br/>وأضاف "أن القوات الأمنية انتشرت في محيط ساحة التحرير تحسباً لحدوث أي خروقات أمنية"، مشيرا إلى "أن المتظاهرين رددوا شعارات تطالب بتحسين القطاع الاقتصادي والصناعات المحلية وإطلاق سراح المعتقلين". <br/>وطالب المشاركون في تظاهرة اليوم الجمعة بالاسراع في بناء قدرات الجيش العراقي وتأهيله ليكون اكثر قدرة على حماية حدود العراق. <br/>كما طالب المتظاهرون بوضع حد لحالات الفساد المالي والاداري المستشري في في الدولة واحالة الذين يقفون وراء الصفقات المشبوهة التي كشف النقاب عنها مؤخرا الى القضاء .</p> <p><b>برغم من حظر التجوال في نينوى.. مواطنون يصرون على التظاهر ويشتبكون مع القوات الأمنية</b></p> <p>أصر العشرات من أبناء محافظة نينوى ،اليوم الجمعة،على التظاهر بالرغم من حظر التجوال المفروض على المدينة، فيما اشتبكوا بالأيدي مع القوات الأمنية التي منعتهم من التوجه إلى ساحة الأحرار وسط الموصل. <br/>وقال مصدر مطلع " إن العشرات من أبناء المحافظة اشتبكوا، صباح اليوم، بالأيدي مع القوت الأمنية أثناء توجههم إلى ساحة الأحرار وسط الموصل"، مبيناً" أن المواطنين أصروا على الوصول إلى الساحة على الرغم من حظر التجوال المفروض على المدينة". <br/>وأضاف المصدر" أن المتظاهرين طالبوا برحيل القوات الأميركية من العراق فضلا عن إطلاق سراح المعتقلين".</p> <p><strong>برهم صالح يصدر قرارا للاجهزة الامنية بشأن الاوضاع في السليمانية </strong></p> <p>أصدر رئيس حكومة إقليم كردستان برهم صالح قراراً تضمن مجموعة من أوامر وتوصيات إلى الأجهزة الأمنية حول الأوضاع في مدينة السليمانية وأطرافها. <br/>وذكر بيان رئاسي أوضح فيه الخميس أنه ينبغي أن تتخذ الإجراءات الأصولية إزاء الأحداث المستجدة أو التي حدثت سابقاً وأن تكون الإجراءات قانونية بالكامل وكذلك لايجوز التعسف والمبالغة من قبل قوات الأمن الداخلي في التعامل مع المواطنين، ومن يتجاوز الحدود في ذلك يتحمل المسؤولية. <br/>وأضاف أنه لايجوز إبقاء أي شخص في المعتقلات بدون الأوراق التحقيقية ويجب تسليم الأوراق إلى قاضي التحقيق في المدة القانونية ليحدد القاضي مصير المعتقلين وفق القوانين المعمول بها. <br/>وشدد على أن يتابع الادعاء العام بجدية أوضاع المعتقلات وجميع الذين لديهم شكاوي أو وجهت لهم تهم، لضمان تنفيذ القانون وعدم إنتهاك حق أحد، مبينا ان يقوم محافظ السليمانية بتعيين هيئة من المحامين المتطوعين لتقديم الدعم القانوني عند الضرورة.</p> </p></div> <p><font color="#800000"><strong>أخبار عالمية</strong></font></p> <p><b>المالكي يقيل رئيس المحكمة الجنائية لتورطه بالفساد ويعين محسن ريسان بدلا عنه</b></p> <p>أكد مصدر مسؤول في المحكمة الجنائية العليا، أن رئيس الوزراء قرر تعيين محسن ريسان رئيساً للمحكمة بدلاً عن رئيسها السابق ناظم فرمان العبودي الذي أقيل بأمر من المالكي. <br/>واكد المصدر في تصريح صحفي"أن هناك خلافات عديدة بين رئيس المحكمة الجنائية العليا السابق وبين عدد من الموظفين في المحكمة لأسباب مختلفة"، مؤكدا "أن تلك الخلافات بدأت وتيرتها تتصاعد خلال الفترة الأخيرة". <br/>وكان مصدر في المحكمة الجنائية العليا قد كشف، امس الخميس، أن المالكي أمر بطرد رئيس المحكمة الجنائية العليا وإحالته إلى التحقيق، على خلفية شرائه 50 سيارة من نوع لاند كروز بأسعار مضاعفة.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار السياسية</font></h3> <p><strong>خالد الملا يعتبر المفسدين من أعدى اعداء العراق ويصفهم بالوباء </strong></p> <p>دعا رئيس جماعة علماء العراق في الجنوب خالد الملا البرلمان ولجنة النزاهة إلى كشف ملفات المفسدين وإحالتهم إلى القضاء. <br/>واوردت وكالة الصحافة المستقلة الجمعة عن بيان لمكتب الملا تأكيده إن الفاسدين أعدى علينا من عدونا لأنهم منا وهم وباء علينا وسبة لنا وعلينا أن نتصدى لهم بكل الوسائل المتاحة والمشروعة حتى لا يتمادوا في غيهم وفسادهم. <br/>واضاف أن بعض المسؤولين هم من أساء التصرف في هذا النظام الديمقراطي أو استخدمه لأجل مصالحه الخاصة. <br/>واشار الملا الى دور الحكومة باعتبار ان لها دور تنفيذي ولا ينبغي أن يكون دورها التستر على الفاسدين إن كانوا وزراء أو دون ذلك أو أعلى من ذلك لان هذه السرقات هي التي تجعل اقتصادنا منهار.</p> <p><b>حسين الشامي يهاجم بهاء الاعرجي وينفي وجود فساد في صفقة شراء جامعة البكر</b> </p> <p>رد رئيس مجلس إدارة جامعة الامام الصادق حسين بركة الشامي على تصريحات رئيس لجنة النزاهة البرلمانية النائب بهاء الأعرجي، دون ذكر اسمه، والتي اتهمه فيها بعملية فساد واسعة تتعلق بشراء جامعة البكر بقيمة مليار و300 مليون دينار فقط. <br/>وكشف الشامي في بيان صحفي الخلفيات القانونية والرسمية لإنشاء الجامعة، مؤكداً أنها ليست ربحية، وليست مشروعاً شخصياً بل هي مسجلة لجهة خيرية ولها مجلس أمناء وهي بمثابة الوقف الشرعي. <br/>وتساءل السيد الشامي في بيانه، عن مصير الدعوات التي اطلقها الأعرجي حول كشف ملفات فساد كبيرة، ثم تراجع عنها، منوهاً الى وجود تسويات خاصة في هذا المجال مع المتورطين الحقيقين في الفساد. <br/>وكان رئيس لجنة النزاهة في مجلس النواب بهاء الاعرجي قد كشف عن صدور 11 امر قبض بحق عدد من كبار الشخصيات من بينها وزير ووكلاء وزارات ومحافظين وضباط كبار ومديرون عامون علي خلفية قضايا فساد. <br/>واوضح الاعرجي "ان ابرز ملف للفساد تم الكشف عنه يتعلق باقدام وزارة الدفاع علي بيع جامعة البكر سابقا الي جامعة الامام جعفر الصادق بقيمة مليار و300 مليون دينار فقط ، منوها الي ان الجامعة تقع في منطقة الوزيرية وسط بغداد وتبلغ مساحتها 13 الف متر مربع" . <br/>واضاف "لقد ابطلنا البيع واحلنا القضية الى التحقيق والادلة الي القضاء حيث توجد لدينا اضبارة كاملة وواسعة لكل الاطراف المشاركة في هذه القضية ومن ثم سيحال المتورطون الي النزاهة". </p> <h3><font color="#800000">الاخبار الاقتصادية</font></h3> <p><b>خبير اقتصادي : نسبة الفقراء بين سكان العراق تصل الى 29 %</b></p> <p>كشف الخبير الاقتصادي قصي الجابري، ان نسبة الفقراء بين سكان العراق تصل الى حوالي 29 % في الوقت الحالي. <br/>وقال الجابري في تصريح صحفي اليوم الجمعة " ان نسبة الفقراء في المجتمع العراقي تصل الى نحو 29 %، داعيا الدولة الى ضرورة وضع حلول للقضاء على هذه الظاهرة في المجتمع العراقي". <br/>واضاف "ان موضوع الفقر يعد من احد اهم التحديات التي رافقت المسيرة التنموية في العراق خلال العقود الثلاث الاخيرة ، وبات يضرب عمق البنى التحتية وتهدد النسيج الاجتماعي واليات تماسكه".</p> <p><b>لجنة الاقتصاد النيابية تدعو الى انشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات</b></p> <p>دعت لجنة الاقتصاد والاستثمار البرلمانية الى وضع خطط استراتيجية في مجال البيئة وانشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات. <br/>وقال عضو لجنة الاقتصاد والاستثمار البرلمانية عبد الحسين عبطان في تصريح صحفي اليوم الجمعة "ان اغلب دول العالم تستفيد من النفايات من خلال المعامل المتطورة والخاصه بها في موارد متعددة من اهمها الاسمدة الزراعية"، داعيا الى " وضع خطط استراتيجية في مجال البيئة وانشاء معامل للاستفادة من النفايات بدلاً من التخلص منها". <br/>واوضح عبطان" يفترض ان تكون هناك خطة استراتيجة للبلاد في كافه المجالات ومنها مجال البيئة الذي يتحسن من خلال انشاء معامل عملاقة تقضي على كثير من النفايات الموجودة في انحاء العراق". <br/>واشار عبطان الى" ان الدول الاوربية تستخدم هذه النفايات لتوليد الطاقة الكهربائية كما موجود في السويد، وهناك بعض الدول تقوم بأستخراج المواد التي تساعد في تبليط الشوارع".</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.5em"><font color="#800000">الاخبار الامنية </font></span></strong></p> <p><strong>مسلحون يختطفون صبياً وسط كركوك </strong></p> <p>أفاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن مسلحين مجهولين اختطفوا صبيا قرب منزله وسط كركوك. وقال المصدر إن مسلحين مجهولين يستقلون سيارة حديثة تمكنوا صباح اليوم من اختطاف صبي بالقرب من , </p> <p>منزله في منطقة طريق بغداد وسط كركوك.وأضاف المصدر أن المسلحين اقتادوا المختطف إلى جهة مجهولة مشيرا إلى أن قوة أمنية فتحت تحقيقا لمعرفة ملابسات الحادث والجهة التي تقف وراءه.</p> <p><b>اعتقال تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين بتهمة "الإرهاب" في ديالى</b></p> <p>أعلن مصدر في شرطة محافظة ديالى ،اليوم الجمعة، أن الأجهزة الأمنية اعتقلت تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين بتهمة "الإرهاب" خلال عمليات دهم وتفتيش في مناطق متفرقة من المحافظة. <br/>وقال المصدر" إن قوات من الشرطة شنت ظهر اليوم، عمليات دهم وتفتيش في مناطق بعقوبة وأطراف قضاء المقدادية شمال شرق بعقوبة وناحية بني سعد جنوب غرب بعقوبة، أسفرت عن إلقاء القبض على تسعة أشخاص بينهم أربعة مطلوبين للقضاء العراقي بتهمة الإرهاب". <br/>وأضاف المصدر" أن الأجهزة الأمنية اقتادت المعتقلين إلى مراكز الاحتجاز الأمني لإجراء التحقيقات معهم".</p> <p><strong>اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم قائدا جديدا لشرطة نينوى</strong> </p> <p>اعلن مصدر في شرطة نينوى ان امرا صدر بتعيين اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم قائدا جديدا لشرطة نينوى خلفا للواء الركن احمد حسن عطية . <br/>وقال المصدر "ان اللواء هاشم ، وهو من اهالي مدينة الكوت ، باشر دوامه الرسمي في شرطة نينوى مساء امس ". <br/>يذكر ان اللواء الركن مهدي صبيح هاشم هو اول قائد لشرطة نينوى من خارج المحافظة منذ العام 2003. </p> <p><strong>نقيب يقتل عنصراً في الصحوة جنوب غرب كركوك </strong></p> <p>افاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن عنصراً في الصحوة قتل بنيران نقيب إثر مشاجرة بينهما جنوب غرب كركوك.وقال المصدر إن ضابطاً برتبة نقيب في الصحوة أطلق النار في ساعة متقدمة من ليل أمس، </p> <p>على أحد عناصر الصحوة إثر مشاجرة وقعت بينهما في قرية الحمراء التابعة لناحية الرياض ( 55 كم جنوب غرب كركوك) مما أسفر عن مقتله في الحال مبيناً أن النقيب فر إلى جهة مجهولة.وأضاف المصدر أن قوة أمنية فرضت طوقا امنيا على مكان الحادث ونقلت جثة القتيل إلى دائرة الطب العدلي فيما نفذت عملية دهم وتفتيش للبحث عن النقيب الفار.</p> <p><strong>مسلحون يطلقون النار على إذاعة في السليمانية </strong></p> <p>افادت محطة اذاعية محلية في السليمانية بأن مبناها تعرض إلى أضرار بعد إطلاق النار عليه من قبل مسلحين مجهولين ادى الى اصابة واجهة المبنى باطلاقات دون ان يسفر عن خسائر بالارواح، </p> <p>في وقت كانت السليمانية شهدت قيام مجهولين بحرق السيارة الشخصية لمسؤول بالحزب ذاته.وقال مصدر صحفي إن مسلحين مجهولين اطلقوا النار على مبنى الاذاعة الواقع شمال مدينة السليمانية وفروا الى جهة غير معروفة.</p> <p><strong>انفجار عبوة ناسفة وسط الرمادي </strong></p> <p>أفاد مصدر امني الجمعة بأن ستة من عناصر الشرطة سقطوا بين شهيد جريح بانفجار عبوة ناسفة وسط مدينة الرمادي مركز المحافظة. وقال المصدر إن عبوة ناسفة انفجرت فجر اليوم في شارع المستودع , </p> <p>وسط الرماي مركز محافظة الأنبار مستهدفة دورية للشرطة الحكومية ما أسفر عن استشهاد ثلاثة من عناصرها وإصابة ثلاثة آخرين وتدمير إحدى عجلاتها.وأضاف المصدر أن قوة أمنية طوقت منطقة الحادث وفرضت إجراءات مشددة فيما نقلت المصابين إلى المستشفى القريب والشهداء إلى دائرة الطب العدلي.</p> <h3><font color="#800000">اخبار متفرقة من العراق</font></h3> <p><b>غرق طفلين في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار جنوبي كركوك</b></p> <p>أعلن مصدر امني، اليوم الجمعة، أن طفلين غرقا في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار جنوبي كركوك. <br/>وقال المصدر "إن طفلين من منطقة دور الفيلق جنوبي كركوك غرقا، صباح اليوم، أثناء اللعب في بركة خلفتها مياه الأمطار". <br/>وتشهد اغلب المدن العراقية منذ يومين موجة امطار عزيرة وعواصف شديدة ادت الى غرق الشوارع والازقة وانهيار بعض المنازل وسقوط ابراج الطاقة.</p> <p><strong>"الثور المجنح" و"الشمس السومرية" علامة فارقة في قمة الزهور ببغداد </strong></p> <p>بغداد – 22 – 4 (كونا) — يمتد "الثور المجنح" رمز الحضارة الاشورية في بلاد الرافدين على مساحة مئة متر مربع في حديقة الزوراء بالعاصمة بغداد ولكن هذه المرة يتشكل من زهور مختلفة الانواع في تشكيلة تختزل الوان الطيف العراقي. <br/>وغير بعيد عنه تنتصب منارة جامع الخلفاء وقبته في تشكيل من الورد والآس ونبات السايكس لاستعادة تراث عباسي وثمة زهور مختلفة الالوان والاجناس تمتد على الارض في اشعة دائرية مشكلة شمس تموز السومرية. <br/>هذا ما يمكن ان تشاهده في مهرجان الزهور الثالث في حديقة الزوراء بالعاصمة العراقية والذي كان متنفسا للعائلة البغدادية طوال اسبوع كامل حيث تم تحويل مساحة 50 ألف متر مربع الى ساحة كبيرة من الزهور والورود ذات الألوان الزاهية. <br/>وقد حمل المهرجان شعار (بغداد الق وزهور) بحسب ما قاله مدير اعلام امانة بغداد حكيم عبد الزهرة لوكالة الانباء الكويتية (كونا).</p> <p><strong>المصدر : </strong>(إقرأ المزيد)<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2161616&Language=ar" class="external" target="_blank">كونا : "الثور المجنح" و"الشمس السومرية" علامة فارقة في قمة الزهور ببغداد – عام – 22/04/2011</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11830"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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They share a cell at the Juveniles’ prison in Baghdad, away from their families that live in Dawrah, south of the capital. Both boys joined armed groups and participated in bloody acts of violence in 2006. What distinguishes them is that they are members in opposing groups that kill based on identity.</p> <p>Prison may be the best destiny for the two boys. Hundreds of their peers were killed in battles or were blown to pieces in suicide bombings for which they were recruited by armed organizations.</p> <p>Asa’ad Husam Eddin prefers to stay in jail so that he does not become subject to a tribal judgment that condemns him to death for participating in four members of one family. During his childhood, Asa’ad was known by the name “Al-‘Allas”, a term in Iraqi dialect describing children recruited as informers for armed groups. Among his duties was to select a target and monitors its movements so that the armed group could abduct and execute him.</p> <p>According to his confessions, Asa’ad was active in monitoring people in his neighborhood, and informing Al-Qa’eda elements about their moves, in return for $200 per person.</p> <p>Omran Abbas has a similar record, except that he used to work for the opposing group. He is spending a sentence of 15 years in jail after being convicted of committing acts of violence in Abu Dsheir area, one street from Al-Daourah. Residents of the two areas belong to two different confessions. Abbas was fourteen when he joined armed groups opposing Al-Qa’eda. He participated in acts of violence during the peak of confessional violence in 2006. Shortly before that, his father was kidnapped by Al-Qa’eda, and was later found beheaded in the ‘no-man’s-land” separating the two “fighting” areas.</p> <p>As an act of revenge for a lost relative, or to follow in someone’s footsteps, many boys whom we met at the Juvenile Prison, such as Nathem Jabbar, Mahdi Hassan and Sa’doun, and hundreds of others, fell victim to the phenomenon of recruiting children by armed groups that emerged after the battles of the spring and summer of 2004 in Al-Fallujah and Al-Najaf.</p> <p>A number of armed groups emerged in Iraq after those brutal battles, and spread between Sunni and Shi’ite affiliations. Most of these organizations, however, participated in battles over time, but the major part ended after the spring of 2008. <br/>The most dangerous organization, which continued practicing violence with a steady methodology, was Al-Qa’eda that concentrated its operations after 2003 in Al-Anbar region. It then managed to control a number of cities and governorates such as Salaheddin, Ninewa, South Kirkuk, South Baghdad and North Babel.</p> <p>The phenomenon of recruiting children by Al-Qa’eda developed form training them in monitoring, collection of information and transferring messages among combatants, to planting explosive devices and participating in killings, to carrying out suicide bombings, in the peak of sectarian violence between 2006 and 2007.</p> <h3>Suicide, Revenge and Kidnap</h3> <p>Before that, recruiting children in suicide bombings was rare and rather erratic. The first operation was carried out by a child of ten years in the fall of 2005, targeting the chief of Kirkuk police (250 kilometers north of Baghdad). After about two months, two children carried out two suicide bombings against the American forces in Al-Fallujah, Al-Anbar province (110 kilometers northwest of the capital, and Al-Huwijeh of the Kirkuk governorate. In the summer of 2008, a child of ten years, disguised as a peddler, followed one of the most prominent leaders of Al-Sahwah in Tarmiyyeh area, Sheikh Emad Jassem, for three consecutive days, after which he succeeded in detonating himself near the Sheikh, whose leg was amputated as a result of the explosion. In the same year, a girl of thirteen carried out a suicide bombing in Ba’quba, the central city of Deyala governorate (57 kilometers east of Baghdad) resulting in the death of a number of Al-Sahwah followers.</p> <p>The military leader who investigated that operation, as well as a number of child suicide bombings in Deyala, points out that most operations carried out by children are “revengeful” in nature and mostly take place in areas where Al-Qa’eda influence has subsided in favor of Al-Sahwah.</p> <p>The Media official in Al-Anbar police headquarters, however, sees that “some suicide bombings were not vengeful in nature. The last of these operations were carried out by two children, one of whom had been sedated and the other was mentally unstable.”  The two children were fit with explosive belts and sent to checkpoints. However, a mistake in the timing of the explosive belts enabled the security forces to dismantle them, according to the media official. He further explains that “fitting explosive belts around children’s bodies is a tactic used by Al-Qa’eda over the past years.”  Another method used was to send closed explosive packages by hand with children, and to detonate them from a distance the minute the children are in close proximity to security forces or when they board civilian cars or arrive in markets.”</p> <p>The father of the mentally deranged suicide bomber child says that his son Ghazi was kidnapped from in front of the family house in Al-Khaldiyyah area of Al-Anbar, a former stronghold of Al-Qa’eda. His fate was unknown until he was found near the checkpoint with an explosive belt around his waist. Ghazi’s father is now very worried because his younger son was also kidnapped at the beginning of last October, and might be used in the same manner unless he pays the ransom the kidnappers demand.</p> <p>Dirgham, a mongoloid child was booby-trapped by elements from Al-Qa’eda after he was tempted to buy sweets from a shop near a security center where elements from the police force shop during their break. The child was killed, and with him a number of policemen and shoppers. Despite this, the child’s father refuses to criticize Al-Qa’eda in fear that they might return one day.</p> <h3>Fathers Fear Children</h3> <p>Fear from Al-Qa’eda’s revenge is not restricted to Dirgham’s father, but extends to many people with whom this report-writer talked. They refrained from telling their experiences with the process their children were recruited.</p> <p>A high-ranking officer from Al-Anbar says that sleeping Al-Qa’eda cells become active during certain periods, then go back to sleep, which indicates that risking the exposure of details may not be liked by the organization, and may mean paying with lives. This officer tells the story of three children who burnt their father to death.  The father was a moderate religious man. They placed him between old rubber tires and set them on fire, simply because he criticized Al-Qa’eda.</p> <p>We asked one of the fathers if he had made any effort to prevent his children from joining Al-Qa’eda. He answered: “I lived for years hesitating to take any step such as this, afraid that they may kill me if I went too far.”Although the son left Iraq to a neighboring country after the defeats Al-Qa’eda received, the father continues to be careful that the son may one day return.</p> <p>Faris Al-Obeidi summarizes children’s motives in joining armed groups in two words: “poverty” and “revenge.”</p> <p>An official in research at the Juveniles’ Prison, however, believes that “unemployment and family disintegration” are the main reasons, in addition to some sort of “ideological thought” that prevails at home, as the first incubator that attracts children to the circle of violence. Iraq is “eligible for its children to pursue violence, because it lived for decades in a state of conflict and continuous wars.”</p> <p>Fawwaz Ibrahim, the social researcher relates this phenomenon to the period preceding 2003; the date of the American invasion of Baghdad. Years before that date, “children, named ‘Saddam’s Cubs’ participated in operations of killing and cutting hands and tongues in many areas. Militarization of children was part of the militarization of society which the last century witnessed.”  At that time, “Al-Tala’e organization, which was part of the Ba’ath party used to recruit children in groups affiliated with the authority, to monitor the neighbor, street, the school and even the home, reporting periodically about anybody suspected of opposing the regime.”</p> <p>The researcher connects between the practices of the followers of Al-Tala’e and the specialty of most recruited children in reporting to armed organizations about all details going on in their vicinity.</p> <p>He is joined in this rhetoric the researcher Al-Obaidi: “For a person to be a hero in an ideological army is something like a dream that children have when living in a society dominated by violence.”  Hence, Al-Obaidi sees that “recruitment will not be difficult in a society where children boast about flaunting their power, that starts with carrying plastic toy weapons and forming groups to launch imaginary attacks from one street to another, declaring allegiance to armed groups that have a strong grip on areas, attending their events and military parades.”</p> <h3>Going Along with the Party in Power</h3> <p>Ali Al-Massoudi, the activist specializing in armed groups’ thought has documented a number of the features of children joining armed groups. He sees that recruitment depends basically on “the recruited child’s environment”. In most cases, the child gets carried away with the prevailing beliefs prevailing in his home, street and neighborhood where he lives. Al-Massoudi divides this phenomenon into four levels: Information collection or monitoring (less than ten years), carrying firearms, participating in guard duties and checkpoints (13 – 18 years) and getting involved in violent operations such as kidnapping, killing and participating in street fights (15 – 18 years). The more dangerous level, according to Al-Massoudi, is carrying out suicide operations, normally connected to Al-Qa’eda organization.</p> <p>The first level prevails in “areas that are closed ideologically, especially during the period of confessional violence when armed groups enjoyed the sympathy of the area residents.”  Children grouping t crossroads were active in informing armed men about the arrival of American troops, preparing to detonate explosives near them.</p> <p>One specialist at the Ministry of Interior says that recruiting children is not restricted to one armed group and not the other, “despite variation in the level of their concentration.”  This specialist saw for himself large numbers of children carrying arms at the “Jund El-Sama’a (Soldiers of Heaven) camp in the Zarka area, 13 kilometers north east of the holy city of Al-Najaf, holy to Shi’ite Muslims (160 kilometers south of Baghdad), during confrontations that took place between them and Iraqi forces in early 2007. But he believes that the more dangerous organization for children is Al-Qa’eda, which established organizations specializing in enticing children under soft names like “birds of heaven, youth of heaven and cubs of heaven.”</p> <p>The expert mentioned that the “Birds of Heaven” organization, which was active in Al-Anbar and Deyala when Al-Qa’eda controlled them was for the “children of the leadership and elements of Al-Qa’eda in Iraq.”  The Cubs and Children of heaven organizations were used to “lure children with certain specifications that qualify them to indulge in battles and carry out suicide bombings.”</p> <h3>Camps for Brainwashing</h3> <p>After a raid in November of 2006 on a ‘hideout’ for Al-Qa’eda north of Baghdad, the American forces discovered an electronic storage device that had information on children’s sleeping cells, in addition to details regarding recruiting them and training them for armed operations.</p> <p>The Director of Operations at the Ministry of Interior Colonel Abdul Kareem Khalaf asserts that Al-Qa’eda organization is “the major party that depended on child recruitment from poor families, and those who were subjected to intellectual changes towards extremism through religious training courses organized in mosques without censorship.”</p> <p>The most important areas where Al-Qa’eda trained children on armed operations is Al-Mukhaiseh remote area, which falls within the Humrain hills band in Deyala governorate, according to Colonel Khalaf. “Hundreds of children from both genders were exposed to brainwashing and continuous training under the supervision of experts from Al-Qa’eda, some of whom arrived from outside Iraq for this purpose.”</p> <p>According to Colonel Khalaf, recruitment did not target poor families and those transformed to extremism only. There were remnants from those who were known as Saddam’s Cubs. These form a large group that entered continuous training camps until 2003.</p> <p>The most dangerous children who were involved in armed operations and the most vicious were the children and brothers of activists in Al-Qa’eda. All these, according to Colonel Khalaf, were trained in areas with winding roads and orchards with thick trees and vegetation that are difficult to access, in addition to the remote areas extending deep into the desert.</p> <p>Child training camps spread in areas under the control of Al-Qa’eda for years. There are camps in Deyala, Al-Anbar and Al-Mada’en south of Baghdad, in addition to border areas adjacent to Syria in the west and Iran in the east.</p> <h3>A New Generation of Al-Qa’eda</h3> <p>One of the former Al-Qa’eda theorists told the report writer at a detention center run by the Ministry of Interior that recruiting children “is carried out</p> <p>A New Generation of Al-Qa’eda</p> <p>One of Al-Qa’eda’s former theoreticians tells the report writer from his Interior Ministry prison cell that the recruitment of children is “done under the direct supervision of Al-Qa’eda leaderships.”  The first step begins by “encouraging the children to take Quran memorization classes,” especially those who have specific characteristics, such a good build and excessive obedience.  Hikmat adds:  “We take into consideration the family they belong to, whether it is known for radicalism or not.  Then we join them to groups older of age to nourish them intellectually in preparation for giving them assignments, like moving cash and publications for the organization’s members.”  After that, “they are assigned to transport explosive devices and sometimes planting them in certain areas, then we put them in armed operations that sometimes require them to engage in direct confrontations.”</p> <p>One of the dissents of Al-Qa’eda gives an expanded description of the stages of building the children’s networks by specialists in Al-Qa’eda who succeeded in brainwashing the brains of a large number of children whose fathers or brothers had been killed.  Abul Waleed is a nickname that a man in his late forties gave himself who previously worked with Al-Qa’eda, then moved to Al-Sahwah forces before he ultimately abandoned both and secluded himself in a house he rented in a area on the outreaches of southern Baghdad.  Abul Waleed says:  “The first cells specializing in child recruitment launched after the battles of 2004 south of the capital city and included nearly 100 children who were carefully selected to ensure that they fulfill dangerous duties, foremost suicide bombings.”</p> <p>Abul Waleed summarizes Al-Qa’eda’s strategy for recruiting this youth by saying that children are registered in religious classes that focus on “Quranic verses and sayings by the Prophet that encourage fighting the enemies, the infidels and the renegades.”  After that, says Abul Waleed, they are shown videos of suicide operations previously executed by the organization’s members in Iraq and Afghanistan against foreign forces.  Experts seek to convince the youth that they can do this to preserve the faith and that they will be heroes of Islam and remembered by future generations.  This thought in particular “was the obsession that the experts use to influence the thoughts of most of the youth and ensures that the spirit of bravery and courage is raised within them.”</p> <p>The majority of those selected for the child recruitment cells, Abul Waleed discloses, are the offspring of Al-Qa’eda members or who known for their hard-line tendencies at an early age.  Some “begin the recruitment stage with enthusiasm but soon try to backtrack, and therefore Al-Qa’eda is forced to make them continue by threatening to tell their parents or the authorities about their participation in the training or threaten to kill them or liquidate their families if they change their minds.”</p> <p>The most dangerous, says Abul Waleed, are “those that have lost their parents at the hands of the American or Iraqi forces or even as a result of internal strife.”  These “do not need much effort to be encouraged to execute combat and even suicide operations.  It is enough to concentrate on the idea that they will be avenging their murdered family if they execute suicide operations.”</p> <p>Child recruitment serves four purposes: </p> <ul> <li>Ensuring that there are new combatant generation that expand the presence of the organization, increase its power and assault and make up for the deficit of combatants, which the organization suffered from after losing the areas near Syria to Al-Sahwah forces and the security forces. </li> <li>Taking advantage of children’s easy movement and that the security authorities do not pay attention to them or doubt them when they cross check points. </li> <li>Maintaining the momentum of suicide operations that kill more people and give the organization attention in the media, thus increasing the terror it spreads. </li> <li>Bring in more combatants by promoting the idea that children are braver than men who failed to join Al-Qa’eda to fight for the sake of God.</li> </ul> <p>Abul Waleed states here that the leader of Al-Qa’eda in Iraq, Abu Mos’ab Al-Zarqawi, who was killed in American air raid in mid 2006, addressed an audio message chastising the men who did not join the organization after a woman executed a suicide operation in Deyala (see link 2).</p> <h3>The Young Instead of the Old</h3> <p>A high level security source in Al-Anbar province adds a fifth reason that he says he had seen up close and personal.  The majority of children’s suicide attacks were directed at Al-Sahwah men, which means that Al-Qa’eda wanted to terrorize the Al-Sahwah men and tell them they are “killed at the hands of their children.”</p> <p>Researcher Faris Al-Obeidi confirms what Abul Waleed says and adds that Al-Qa’eda did not keep the recruitment of children secret, but rather promoted them and featured trainings on websites and YouTube.</p> <p>Al-Obeidi refers to a videotape of children between 10-12 years of age wearing black clothes and covering their faces with masks as Al-Qa’eda members do, and training on weapons, make-belief kidnapping, breaking into a house after climbing its walls.  The videotape was shown extensively (see link 3) after Al-Qa’eda lost much of its popularity in its home environment, believes Al-Obeidi, and after the process of recruiting local combatants became difficult and bringing in foreign combatants even more difficult because of the control of the Iraqi forces on most of the border line with Syria.</p> <p>The sheikh and speaker of one of the mosques in the city of Ramadi in the center of Al-Anbar province pointed to a “jurisprudence dispute about the dividing line between childhood and manhood”, and believed that “this dispute helped Al-Qa’eda penetrate into the minds of targeted people and facilitated the consideration of children’s recruitment as a legitimate matter.”</p> <p>The sheikh, who is considered one of the leading moderate men of religion in Al-Ramadi city, reminded that Islam “banned the use of children and women in the execution of any acts that anger God and their recruitment for the purpose of executing suicide actions that lead to the killing of innocent people, whether civilians or even policemen, and it is prohibited.”</p> <p>While religious scholars agree that Jihad is a duty of every Muslim, but it is “within conditions specified in the Islamic Sharia Law, most important of which that it must be based on wrong jurisprudence, such as rendering another an apostate or deciding that he has violated religion because he disagreed on jurisprudence issues, as Al-Qa’eda does and which has rendered everyone an apostate, including the followers of the Sunni sects that do not support it.”</p> <p>The sheikh expresses regret that hard-line ideas calling for killing are spreading mostly in the rigid tribal communities, where the level of education is low and the culture of violence is prolific, unlike the moderate environment that is considered strongholds for moderate men of religion who cannot guarantee the security of their lives if they propose their ideas outside of this environment.</p> <p>The word “Jihad” captivated the young boy, Yaser Thanoun, and encouraged him to work with Al-Qa’eda.  His elder brother was killed in Al-Fallujah battles in 2004.  Yaser completely believes that resisting the occupation is a duty for every Muslim, and says:  “I did not join Al-Qa’eda in search of money, as some of my friends have.”  He settled for an income of 70,000 to 100,000 Dinars (around $80) to cover his expenses after blowing up every explosive or carrying out a combat operation against the government forces.  After the death of his combatant brother, Yaser had to join the organization on a full time basis and left his work as a smith that was providing for his family.  “The money was not my objective, but rather the Jihad against the occupiers,” says Yaser, who was captured after he engaged in battle against Iraqi police personnel in Fallujah in 2008.</p> <p>The situation is different for Nuseir.  His belief in the necessity of Jihad was not the thing that pushed him to join the armed groups.  His friends were the ones that convinced him to take part in the armed operations with them under the command of Al-Qa’eda.</p> <p>Nuseir’s father spoke proudly with a tone of sadness of his son.  After Nuseir trained to use weapons and launch rockets, his father says, “he participated in the bombing of American forces in Al-Mazra’a area in the east of Fallujah, then the joint check point at the city’s entrance.”  After that, Nuseir joined the armed factions in battle in the city, and was arrested in 2007 and was transported to Boca prison.  He remained in prison for one year and a half until he was released under the general pardon.  He was soon killed by an unknown group when he was walking in the city.</p> <p>The bereaved father refuses to talk about his son’s movements after he got out of prison.  Yet he confirms that “he received threats from groups that the opponents of the group he belonged to,” in an indication that he was back with his initial group.</p> <p>The mourning father criticizes “the government for releasing so many of the prisoners before they were able to reform them and convince them to abandon the violence.”  He demands the government to monitor “the mosques which have become in their majority lairs that attract the youth.”</p> <h3>The responsibility of the family</h3> <p>Senior Secretary General of the Interior Ministry, Adnan Al-Asadi, however, accuses the children’s families of being the first to bring harm to them because they left them unobserved.</p> <p>Al-Asadi says:  “The boys who got involved in armed groups found the easy money and social influence an earning worth the risk by working with Al-Qa’eda members.”  Al-Asadi however believes, and according to the results of investigations with a large number of the “Birds of Heaven” children and “the boys of heaven”, that the number of suicide operations executed by children is “small” compared to other types of operations such as “monitoring and logistical support for the militants.”</p> <p>The idea of killing, believes Al-Asadi, “is no longer receiving response from the children, especially after the decline of the influence of Al-Qa’eda’s and the armed groups that have lost their strongholds in Al-Anbar, Deyala, Salaheddin, Ninawa and areas south of Baghdad.”</p> <p>Researcher Faris Al-Obeidi believes that rehabilitating hundreds of children who engaged in militant work requires “a great deal of social and government effort and this is difficult to achieve in view of the economic, security and political instability in Iraq.”</p> <p>In the final outcome, these are part of a mobile social system, and if they do not have a sound environment to help them integrate in their societies, “they will definitely go back to the armed groups that had provided them with a sense of belonging.”</p> <p>Juvenile rehabilitation plans currently adopted are not convincing to the prison director, who complains that the building cannot accommodate “the large number of juveniles, given that the current building is a temporary alternative for the original prison that was overtaken by refugees refusing so far to leave it despite all official attempts.”</p> <p>The juvenile prison building is similar to an elementary school.  It is nothing more than a yard surrounded by four prison cells and a few small rooms for the guards, as well as a caravan for the prison director to do his job.</p> <p>The research unit chief in prison that the lack of entertainment facilities and training workshops have not helped the prison staff to lower the number of medical cases that usually accompany imprisonment, such as the depression that many prisoners suffer from because they feel neglected by their own families.</p> <p>The research chief believes that terrorism prisoners are inherently “good” people, but have been exploited and taken advantage of because of their difficult life conditions.</p> <p>A field study by a researcher in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs indicates that family disintegration is responsible for half of the reasons that lead children’s integration in registered organizations.</p> <h3>Field study shows the reasons behind children joining armed groups.</h3> <p>“Family disintegration was the cause that led to the recruitment of 47% of child prisoners into armed groups.”  The researcher attributes this to their residing outside the family home with relatives or friends or in workplaces.  The study found that 63% of those convicted of terrorism have engaged in armed work under influence of friends.</p> <p>The study, which was based on a sample of 80 prisoners convicted of terrorism according to Article 4, indicates that murder represents 56% of the types of crimes committed by children, while 18% of the sample planted and exploded explosive devices, and 15% executed kidnappings.</p> <p>The low educational level was prevalent among the sample.  Half of them did not pass elementary education, and 55% of the sample justified their engagement in armed operation with their belief in the resistance.  Meanwhile, political convictions and affiliations were the cause of 28% joining the armed groups.</p> <p>More than half of the children convicted of terrorism according to Article 4 and are imprisoned in the juvenile prison were sentence to more than ten years.  These are “major” sentences, believes the researcher who criticizes the fact the judges rely on Law number 111 for 1996, which places terrorism crimes under the definition of crimes, stipulating sentences to be five or more years.</p> <p>Indications however show that the rate of children’s engagement in armed groups receded a great deal in the past two years because of improving security conditions in many areas that were previously considered “hot zones.”</p> <p>This improvement, according to researcher Faris Al-Obeidi, “led to economic movement in the country, which in turn contributed to the movement of the majority of youth towards profitable professions and abandoning armed organizations where the work has become dangerous with the increase of the power of security forces.  Moreover, the ideas on which the armed groups were based “receded in a major way and do not have a standing except with religious hard-liners.”</p> <p>Interior Minister Jawad Al-Bolani confirms that Al-Qa’eda’s influence in Iraq was “broken and it has lost control over its old strongholds, which put it in a critical situation that prevents from continuing to recruit children in the manner it has been doing in past years.”  The stage of recruiting children, Al-Bolani says, “is over now, and although there are a few sleeper cells, the intelligence efforts will continue to pursue them and eliminate them in the end, sooner or later.”</p> <p>Researchers Al-Obeidi, Fawwaz Ibrahim, and Al-Massoudi, along with the research chief at the juvenile prison and the researcher in the Labor Ministry, believe that the receding phenomenon of child recruitment is not the end of the story, and that intelligence efforts, no matter how strong it is, will not be able to eliminate this phenomenon completely.  There is always a chance for it to come back if rehabilitation plans that can fortify children and protect them against extremist thinking, which continues to look for an opportunity to prevail once again in Iraq, are not implemented.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=139409" class="external" target="_blank">Children indulging in Iraqi violence to the level of suicide : Aswat Al Iraq</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11826"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/11/30/iraq-civilians-still-suffering-undue-hardship/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: civilians still suffering undue hardship">No Comments</a></span> Posted on November 30th, 2010 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/11/30/iraq-civilians-still-suffering-undue-hardship/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: civilians still suffering undue hardship">Iraq: civilians still suffering undue 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The ICRC is doing its utmost to help meet the most pressing needs. This is an update on these and other <span style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> 30-11-2010 <a title="Operational Update" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2010/irak-update-2010-11-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Operational Update</a></strong> </span>ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in September and October.</p> <p>Despite improvements in the security situation achieved over the years in many parts of Iraq, ongoing violence continues to claim the lives of hundreds of men, women and children every month, and to have a serious impact on the lives of many more.</p> <p>Over the past year, the lives of many Iraqi civilians have not changed for the better. Civilians continue to carry the heaviest burden amid the widespread violence. They are still the main victims of the indiscriminate attacks and mass explosions that have taken place in cities such as Baghdad, Ninewa, Diyala, Anbar, Najaf, Kerbala and Basra, and that have left, on average, hundreds of people wounded or dead each month this year.</p> <p>"Indiscriminate attacks against civilians inflict tremendous suffering. They are clearly unacceptable. They are contrary to international humanitarian law and to the most basic principles of humanity," said Magne Barth, head of the ICRC delegation in Iraq. "Civilians must be protected against violence, as must be medical personnel and facilities".</p> <p>The humanitarian situation in Iraq remains serious. Iraqis are filled with anxiety and uncertainty about what the future holds. Vulnerable people, such as women heading households, disabled people and detainees, continue to depend to some extent on outside help to meet basic needs.</p> <p>The persistent lack of security and wanton violence have had a considerable effect on the feasibility of providing essential services for the population. The ICRC is doing its utmost to help meet the most pressing needs, especially in rural areas and in the places hardest hit by the conflict and other violence. ICRC activities aim primarily at ensuring that people have access to adequate health, water and sanitation services, and at helping the destitute and other needy people.</p> <p>Visits to detainees held under Iraqi, Kurdistan Regional Government and USF-I authority remain a priority for the ICRC. "Ensuring that detainees are treated humanely and are held in conditions that respect their dignity has been our constant concern since we started working in Iraq 30 years ago," said Mr Barth.</p> <p>The ICRC continues to speak out about the plight of conflict victims in Iraq. It does so in dialogue with as many parties as possible that can influence the situation on the ground. Its aim is to bring about greater respect for civilians and detainees, and to ensure that unimpeded access is granted for humanitarian action to help the people in greatest need throughout the country.</p> <p>"The role of the ICRC, as an impartial humanitarian organization, is crucial to efforts to protect civilians from harm and to ensure that detainees are properly treated and held in decent conditions," said Mr Barth.</p> <p>In September and October 2010, in response to the unstable and often changing security environment, the ICRC made further adjustments to its working procedures so that it could continue to provide services to those who need them most.</p> <h4><b>Bringing aid to vulnerable people</b></h4> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people facing special difficulties earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households and people with disabilities. In September and October:</p> <ul> <li>hygiene kits and food parcels were provided for more than 5,600 people in the governorate of Mosul; </li> <li>emergency aid was provided for more than 170 displaced people in Sulaimaniya governorate; </li> <li>95 grants were made in Kirkuk, Ninewa, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Erbil governorates to enable disabled people to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. Around 700 disabled people have received such aid since 2008; </li> <li>the livestock of 731 needy farmers in the Kifri district of Diyala governorate were vaccinated; </li> <li>around 950 metric tonnes of wheat seed were delivered to some 3,800 farmers in the governorates of Diyala, Anbar, Salahadin, Baghdad and Babil to help them restore their food production; </li> <li>50 kilometres of irrigation canals serving over 7,000 people were cleaned and renovated in the Khalis and Kifri districts of Diyala governorate; </li> <li>600 sheep and 38 metric tonnes of fodder were distributed to 200 farmers in the Baaj district of Ninewa governorate. </li> </ul> <h4>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h4> <p>In some rural and conflict-prone areas, health-care services are still struggling to meet the needs of the civilian population. The ICRC continues to help renovate the premises of health-care facilities and train staff. Limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services are provided by the ICRC to help disabled people reintegrate into the community. In September and October:</p> <ul> <li>10 doctors and 28 nurses successfully took part in a course intended to strengthen emergency services given in Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf; </li> <li>273 new patients were fitted with prostheses and 1,148 new patients with orthoses at 10 ICRC-supported centres throughout Iraq. </li> </ul> <h4>Providing clean water and sanitation</h4> <p>Access to clean water remains difficult in much of Iraq. ICRC engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitary facilities, especially in places where violence remains a concern and in rural areas, to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In September and October, these activities included:</p> <h5>Emergency assistance:</h5> <p>The ICRC delivered water by truck:</p> <p>● in Zharawa district, Sadr City, Husseinia and Maamal to 6,384 internally displaced people; <br/>● to the 385-bed Al Imam Ali General Hospital; <br/>● to the 400-bed Al Kindy General Hospital in Baghdad, which was struggling to cope with summer water shortages.</p> <h5>Support for health-care facilities:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed work upgrading: <br/>● Tarmiyah General Hospital, which serves between 250 and 300 outpatients daily, in Baghdad governorate; <br/>● Tamour primary health-care centre, which serves 50 patients per day, in Kirkuk governorate.</p> <h5>Water supply in hospitals:</h5> <ul> <li>The ICRC completed the installation of drinking-water purification units in Baquba General Hospital, Muqdadiya General Hospital, Baladrooz General Hospital and Al Zahraa Maternity Hospital, with an overall capacity of 600 beds, in Diyala governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Drinking-water supply:</h5> <ul> <li>Five main projects benefiting around 725,000 people were completed throughout the country. </li> </ul> <h4><b>Visiting detainees</b></h4> <p>ICRC delegates 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 confidentially with the detaining authorities, with the aim of obtaining improvements where necessary.</p> <p>In September and October, the ICRC visited detainees held by the correctional service of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defence and various Kurdish Regional Government authorities in places of detention in Basra, Thi Qar/Nasiriya, Baghdad, Babil, Kirkuk, Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates.</p> <p>In some of these places, to help the detaining authority improve conditions of detention, the ICRC gave detainees mattresses, blankets and recreational items such as books and games.</p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between detainees and their families. In September and October, over 1,000 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad. The ICRC also responded to around 800 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives. In addition, it issued 249 certificates of detention to former detainees. The ICRC facilitated the voluntary repatriation of two released detainees, and issued two travel documents to refugees to enable them to resettle abroad.</p> <h4><b>Clarifying what happened to missing people</b></h4> <p>In its role as a neutral intermediary, the ICRC continues to chair the mechanisms set up to address the cases of people who went missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War. At the 67th session of the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, held on 28 September in Kuwait, the members of the sub-committee reaffirmed their commitment to accounting for people who went missing in connection with the war. At the sub-committee’s next meeting, which will take place in Kuwait in November, preparations will be made for a joint field mission to the south of Iraq to check on suspected burial sites.</p> <p>On 27 and 28 October, representatives of Iran and Iraq held a high-level meeting in Geneva under ICRC auspices with the aim of determining what happened to people missing in connection with the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. The meeting was the first of its kind following the signature in October 2008 of a memorandum of understanding between Iran, Iraq and the ICRC aimed at expediting the search for information on people previously registered as, or presumed to be, prisoners of war and on others who have gone missing, and at identifying mortal remains.</p> <p>Relieving the suffering of the families of missing persons by clarifying what happened to their loved ones is one of the ICRC’s priorities. The ICRC continues to provide the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and Baghdad’s Medical-Legal Institute with the technical support they require to exchange information and build up their capacity in the area of forensics.</p> <h4><b>Promoting international humanitarian law</b></h4> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to promote international humanitarian law within civil society. In this framework, it organizes presentations for various audiences, which include military personnel, prison staff, students and professors.</p> <p>In September and October, information sessions on international humanitarian law were organized for members of the Iraqi Army, the Peshmerga forces and Assayesh security forces. In October, a "train-the-trainers" course was organized for 14 members of the Iraqi Centre for Military Values and Professional Leadership Development. 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القوافل. <br/>وعلق الشيخ هـ. م. على ذلك بقوله: "مع غياب البرامج الحكومية وغير الحكومية لتسخير قوة الشباب لبناء البلد، يجب أن نقوم نحن، رجال الدين، بدور كبير لتعليم الأطفال ما هو الصواب وما هو الخطأ علنا نساعد التائهين منهم في سلوك السبيل الصحيح". </p> <p><strong>"طيور الجنة" </strong></p> <p>وفي عام 2008، شكلت القاعدة تنظيم "طيور الجنة" لتجنيد الأطفال وتدريبهم لتنفيذ الهجمات على قوات الأمن والهجمات الانتحارية، وفقاً لمسؤول أمني رفيع المستوى في مجال مكافحة الإرهاب طلب عدم الكشف عن هويته. وجاء في قول المسؤول: "لا نعرف عدد هؤلاء الأطفال بالتحديد، لكننا متأكدون من أن عددهم كبير لاسيما أولئك القادمون من القرى النائية الذين يجتذبهم فكر تنظيم القاعدة. وقد استنتجنا من الاستجوابات أن جميع هؤلاء الأطفال إما فقدوا ذويهم في هجمات أو أجبروا على الانضمام للتنظيم من قبل أسرهم التي تتعاطف مع القاعدة". <br/>كما أظهرت السلطات العراقية في عام 2008 شريط فيديو تم العثور عليه أثناء غارة في شمال بغداد مجموعة من المراهقين، بعضهم لا يزيد عمره عن عشرة أعوام، يمثلون عمليات اختطاف وهمية. وأظهر الشريط هؤلاء المراهقين وهم يرتدون قمصان كرة قدم وأقنعة ويلوحون ببنادقهم ويحطمون الأبواب متظاهرين بتنفيذ هجوم وخطف أولاد آخرين. <br/>وفي مشهد من المشاهد، كان بعض الأولاد يرتدون أحزمة ناسفة ويتمرنون على كيفية إنزال رجل من على دراجته واختطافه. وفي مشهد آخر كان الأولاد يقدمون البيعة لتنظيم القاعدة في العراق. <br/>وفي شهر أبريل 2010، ألقت قوات الأمن القبض على ولد في العاشرة من عمره قبل لحظات من محاولته تفجير نفسه بحزام ناسف عند نقطة تفتيش في مدينة الفلوجة، التي تقع على بعد حوالي 660 كلم غرب العاصمة وتشكل المعقل السابق لتنظيم القاعدة في العراق. </p> <p>وكان والد الصبي مقاتلاً في تنظيم القاعدة وكنه لقي حتفه في العام السابق. وحسب الملازم أحمد صبحي، أخبر الصبي المحققين أنه بدأ عمله مع التنظيم بمساعدة المسلحين في نقل القنابل والأسلحة الصغيرة ثم اضطر بعد ذلك لتنفيذ عملية انتحارية. <br/>وأفاد مسؤول مكافحة الإرهاب أنه يتم إرسال الأطفال الذين تم إعدادهم ليكونوا انتحاريين إلى مراكز احتجاز الأحداث حيث يجري استجوابهم وإدراجهم في برامج إعادة تأهيل قبل أن إطلاق سراحهم. وأوضح أن تسعة مراهقين قاموا بتنفيذ هجمات انتحارية منذ مطلع عام 2009 وأنه تم ضبط ما يقرب من اثني عشر مراهقاً آخر قبل تنفيذ عملياتهم. </p> <p><strong>تدابير غير فعالة </strong></p> <p>وأوضح الطبيب النفسي في بغداد، أحمد خليل ناصر، أن معظم هؤلاء الأطفال يعيشون في مناطق نائية وينحدرون من أسر فقيرة وغير متعلمة، مما يجعل من الصعب جداً على العاملين في مجال الصحة أو المسؤولين العثور عليهم وتقديم أي شكل من أشكال إعادة التأهيل لهم بعد إطلاق سراحهم من سجن الأحداث. <br/>وعلق ناصر على ذلك بقوله: "أولاً، علينا أن نتأكد من أن جميع الأطفال في مثل هذه المناطق مسجلون في المدارس للحصول على التعليم المناسب حتى لا يكونوا فريسة للمتطرفين. وثانياً، لا بد من وضع برامج تستهدف أولئك الذين انضموا إلى صفوف المتمردين ومعالجتهم وفقاً للأسباب التي دفعت بهم للقيام بذلك. وفي غياب مثل هذه البرامج، سوف يظل هؤلاء الأطفال يشكلون هدفاً سهلاً لتنظيم القاعدة، كما لن يتخلى أولئك الذين تم القبض عليهم ثم أطلق سراحهم عن القتال". <br/>من جهتها، أفادت هناء إدوارد، رئيسة منظمة الأمل غير الحكومية الواقع مقرها في بغداد، أن الحكومة والمنظمات غير الحكومية تقوم بتنظيم بعض 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The UN via its World Food Programme hopes to kickstart the labour market as well as reduce food insecurity by running a cash-for-work programme. If the programme succeeds it will be expanded. As my colleague Diya al din reported on May 14th (<span dir="rtl" align="right"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%ae%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%807-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a-%d9%84%d8%a7/">دراسة: الدخل اليومي لـ7 ملايين عراقي لا يتجاوز الدولارين | Gorilla’s Guides</a> </span>) more than seven million people have to try to live on the equivalent of US$2 per day so such programmes are desperately needed.</p> <p>The National has a long article on the new airport in Erbil. The context of all of this is that the Kurdish Regional Government hope to use any revenues from this project as a boost to their arguments for increased autonomy eventually perhaps leading to independence.</p> <p>Xinhua reports on the agreement to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume. </p> <p>If you read nothing else read The National’s report  <em>"<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Chinese oil firms make friends abroad</a>" </em>on a day on which the USA has managed to get further sanctions on on Iran the paragraphs below are especially worth bearing in mind:</p> <blockquote><p>Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas.</p> <p>That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment.</p> </blockquote> <p>Finally I have included an article by Kirk W. Johnson on how as the US draws down it is stabbing its local collaborators in the back by leaving them to their own devices.</p> <blockquote><p>We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees.</p> </blockquote> <p>What Johnson, who is after all an American, fails to see is that it’s not only militias and <em>takfiri</em> groups who will be after these collaborators. There is universal loathing for them as traitrors who sided with a hated invader against their own country and their own people. When the Americans leave many of their collaborators’ survival prospects will be dismal indeed.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Saba Ali</p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><strong>UN agency kicks off first cash-for-work initiative in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>19 May 2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a cash-for-work initiative to help poor Iraqis earn money to provide food for their families. </p> <p>“While there’s food in the shops, not everyone can afford it and nearly a million people still need food assistance and millions more depend on government aid,” WFP Country Director Edward Kallon said. </p> <p>“Cash-for-work projects are an innovative way to provide a much-needed influx of cash to poor communities who struggle to make ends meet and provide food for their families,” he added. “They are appropriate when food is readily available in the markets but out of their reach.” </p> <p>Participants in the programme will be paid the equivalent of $10 per day for a three-month period for carrying out tasks such as clearing and rehabilitation of sewage and irrigation canals, tree planting, rehabilitation of farmland and a sanitation campaign. </p> <p>While beneficiaries will initially be paid in cash on a weekly basis, WFP is exploring the possible use of electronic technology, such as smart cards, to facilitate payments and reduce security risks in future programmes. </p> <p>Some 1,400 households will be involved in the pilot project which will be carried out in the central Iraqi governorate of Diyala with the help of WFP’s partner organization, Mercy Corps. </p> <p>The cash-for-work project is part of the Diyala Initiative to provide assistance to facilitate the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other vulnerable groups. </p> <p>That effort is being led by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the participation of several other UN and partner agencies.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34742&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Airlines may put Erbil on the map – The National Newspaper</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>ERBIL, IRAQ // The UAE Government hopes flydubai and Air Arabia will join Etihad Airways in flying to Iraqi Kurdistan this year as companies look to benefit from the region’s attempt to attract tourists. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>Built to handle 3 million passengers a year, the new terminal can handle wide-body Airbus A380s as well as other aircraft types and will offer the least expensive airline fuel in the world, he said. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199959/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq approves agreement to resume Kurdish oil exports</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>BAGHDAD, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Iraqi government said it has approved an agreement that would allow the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern part of the country to resume oil exports, an Iraqi newspaper said on Wednesday. </p> <p>The agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) stated that the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad will pay the foreign oil firms operating in Iraqi Kurdish region their expenses, the al-Mashriq newspaper quoted government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh as saying. </p> <p>Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Kurds have independently signed nearly two dozen deals with western oil companies. Baghdad maintains the deals are illegitimate because they bypass the central government. </p> <p>In June 2009, the KRG started oil exports of around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the oil fields of Taq Taq and Tawke in northern Iraq, but were suspended a few months later when the central government refused to pay the foreign firms and said the Kurds should pay from their share of the national budget. </p> <p>The latest agreement will pave the way for the KRG to resume oil exports through the national pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the paper said without setting a date for resuming the exports.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/19/c_13303988.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq exports 53 million barrels of oil in April – People’s Daily Online</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraqi Oil Ministry said Tuesday it has exported 53 million barrels of oil in April, bringing in revenues of 4.222 billion U.S. dollars with an average price of 79. 66 dollars a barrel. </p> <p>A statement by the ministry obtained by Xinhua said that 42.7 million barrels were exported through the southern port of Basra, and 10.3 million barrels were exported via Turkey’s port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea. </p> <p>In March, the ministry said the country exported 57.1 million barrels of oil, gaining revenues of 4.351 billion dollars.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6989885.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Chinese oil firms make friends abroad – The National Newspaper</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has acquired 35 per cent of the Syrian oil and gas unit of Royal Dutch Shell, which could help boost Chinese access to some of the world’s biggest oil reserves. </p> <p>The Syrian accord, which is worth an estimated US$1.5 billion (Dh5.51bn), in itself is unlikely to boost crude reserves significantly for either company. Instead, it may be aimed at strengthening ties between China’s biggest producer and international oil companies including Shell, as Beijing seeks to expand its presence throughout the Middle East. </p> <p>Yesterday’s deal would increase CNPC’s existing holdings in three oil and gas production licences covering 40 small fields. Last year, Syria Shell Petroleum Development pumped 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from those fields. </p> <p>“This is not a lot of oil and gas for a company like CNPC, which is producing about 2.5 million barrels a day,” Gordon Kwan, the head of energy research at Mirae Asset Securities in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg yesterday. </p> <p>“The agreement strengthens the partnership between Shell and CNPC,” the Chinese company said. </p> <p>Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas. </p> <p>That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong></strong></p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p> <strong>Foreign Policy: Leaving Iraqi Employees Behind : NPR</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>There are no serious contingency plans to evacuate the thousands of Iraqis who’ve worked for the United States and live alongside U.S. troops and civilian officials as interpreters, engineers, and advisors. When the U.S. military shutters its bases, these Iraqis will be cut loose to run the resettlement gauntlet, which typically takes a year or more. </p> <p>I recently came across a frightening document that outlines another group’s designs for the coming U.S. withdrawal. Published in Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq, the umbrella organization composed of numerous insurgent and terrorist groups (including al Qaeda in Iraq), the manual sets forth their "balanced military plan" in chilling simplicity: "1) nine bullets for the traitors and one for the crusader, 2) cleansing, and 3) targeting." They are practical: "This cannot be accomplished within one or two months, but requires continuous effort." Those who believe the group’s threats have been rendered hollow by the surge might reflect upon the scores of victims from its triple-suicide car bombing that targeted foreign embassies just weeks ago. This past Friday, upon a string of attacks that killed another hundred Iraqis, the group’s "minister of war" declared: "What is happening to you nowadays is just a drizzle." </p> <p>We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees. Seventeen interpreters were publicly executed in a single massacre; their bodies were dumped throughout the streets of Basra. This predictable churn of violence against those who "collaborated" with an occupying power has been repeated through history, from the tens of thousands of Algerian harkis who were slaughtered after the 1962 French withdrawal to the British loyalists hunted by American militias after the Revolutionary War. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126971991&ft=1&f=1057" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10499"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/red-cross-iraq-water-formerly-a-blessing-increasingly-a-problem/#respond" title="Comment on Red Cross: Iraq : water formerly a blessing, increasingly a problem">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Diya al din</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-supply-systems/" rel="tag">water supply systems</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment/" rel="tag">water treatment</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment-plants/" rel="tag">water treatment plants</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wheat/" rel="tag">wheat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-poverty-of/" rel="tag">women - poverty of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/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>Millions of 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. In March and April, the ICRC organized a series of seminars and presentations on international humanitarian law for various audiences all over Iraq.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10091"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/26/25-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage-2/#respond" title="Comment on 26-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/04/26/25-04-2010-selected-english-language-coverage-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 26-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">26-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-violence/" rel="tag">sectarian violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-of-law-coalition/" rel="tag">State of Law Coalition</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/summaries/" rel="tag">Summaries</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>In today’s daily roundup of English language coverage that caught our attention we find mostly reports that dealt with the banning of 52 candidates. (one of them Saleh al Mutlaq’s brother). Saleh  Al-Mutlaq himself told Asharq Alawsat Newspaper that Maliki offered him any political office he wanted and the dropping of all charges against him if he would split from Allawi’s coalition, that report is well worth your while reading in full.</p> <p>Nur</p> <p> <strong>Editor-in-chief abducted from Baghdad home | Index on Censorship</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper al-Shahid, Saad al-Aossi, was abducted on 14 April. Armed men invaded his home, confiscated his computer and took him to an unknown location. There have been local reports that the men were from the police and the military, though Baghdad Operations Command issued a statement denying any involvement in his disappearance. His kidnapping came six days after he wrote an article condemning Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a lack of transparency. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/04/editor-abductedbaghdad-home/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source:</strong></a> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Al-Mutlaq: Al-Maliki Offered Presidency in Exchange for Withdrawal from Iraqiya Bloc Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Speaking from Amman yesterday, Saleh al-Mutlaq told Asharq Al-Awsat that "I met with Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, the former speaker of the Iraqi parliament, who informed me that he was acting as a representative of al-Maliki. He offered me the greetings of the Prime Minister and asked me to split from the Iraqiya bloc and join the State of Law coalition." Al-Mutlaq revealed that "al-Mashhadani conveyed to me that al-Maliki was offering me any position that I could want in the next government, starting with the Presidency." </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20729" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">The Day In Quotes:</font></h3> <ol> <li><strong>Anonymous politician to Patrick Cockburn on the recounts: </p> <p></strong>"If Iyad Allawi’s supporters and the Sadrists lose seats because of the recount they will never accept this." </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-intervenes-in-iraq-election-row-as-feared-militia-waits-in-wings-1954224.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong> </li> <li><strong>Iyad Allawi on the invalidation of Iraqiya list votes:</strong> <p>"We have instructed lawyers to appeal against the panel’s decision We are very concerned about certain groups controlling the political process in Iraq". </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63P2BB.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source:</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> <li><strong>Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the Deba’athification panel chaired run by Ahmed Chalabi.</strong> <p>"Their participation in the election is considered cancelled" said Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the justice and accountability panel chaired by former deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=38649" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Source</strong></a>: </li> </ol> <h3><font color="#800000">Political Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Reuters AlertNet – Iraq’s Allawi to appeal panel decision on candidates</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraq’s former prime minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday his Iraqiya bloc had instructed lawyers to appeal a decision by an Iraqi review panel to invalidate votes cast for 52 candidates in last month’s vote.</p> <p>"We have instructed lawyers to appeal against the panel’s decision," he told a news conference in Ankara, adding: "We are very concerned about certain groups controlling the political process in Iraq.</p> <p>Allawi’s cross-sectarian bloc Iraqiya list won 91 seats, just two seats ahead of Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law. The panel’s decision threw into question the slim lead of the winning Sunni-backed alliance. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE63P2BB.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Source:</a></strong><strong> </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Barring of candidates may change Iraq vote outcome – Yahoo! News</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>In an interview with The Associated Press, Independent High Electoral Commission chief Faraj al-Haidari said the recount was only requested — and granted — after the prime minister’s State of Law coalition failed to win the most seats.</p> <p>He said the demand for a recount was "just some kind of a political demonstration." <br/>"Now the other political blocs will also complain, ‘Why didn’t they respond to our complaints? Why did they just respond to the State of Law complaint?’" said a visibly exasperated al-Haidari.</p> <p>"We, as IHEC, consider the decision taken by the court to be incorrect," he said. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Iraq panel wipes out votes, result in doubt | Reuters</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>But any reduction in Iraqiya’s representation could reignite Sunni anger just as the sectarian violence unleashed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion recedes.</p> <p>"The ruling of the review panel is politically motivated and could be detrimental to the whole democratic process in Iraq," said Mustafa al-Hiti, a senior member of Allawi’s Iraqiya alliance.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63P13820100426" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>US intervenes in Iraq election row as feared militia waits in wings – Middle East, World – The Independent</strong><strong>: By Patrick Cockburn in Arbil</strong></p> <blockquote><p>The United States is trying to resolve the growing crisis over the formation of a new Iraqi government, with a deal between current prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi under which each man would hold the post of prime minister for two years at the head of a coalition government, The Independent has learned. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-intervenes-in-iraq-election-row-as-feared-militia-waits-in-wings-1954224.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Security Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>Iraq: Al-Qaeda offensive targets Diyala – Adnkronos Security</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Baghdad, 26 April (AKI) – Iraqi security forces have launched a fresh offensive on Al-Qaeda in the province of Diyala north of Baghdad on Monday, after operations led to the deaths and arrests of key leaders last week. Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed that two of its top leaders were killed in a joint operation by Iraqi and US forces a week ago. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.303432773" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full:</strong></a><strong> </strong></p></blockquote> <p> <strong>Three Iraqi policemen seriously injured in bomb blast (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote>Baghdad – Three Iraqi policemen were seriously injured in a bomb blast in the western city of Falluja on Monday, police said, as some 26,000 Iraqi soldiers and police began a sweep of the area. <br/>The blast, which police said ripped through a patrol vehicle and left three policemen in serious condition, came amid a major police and military offensive against al-Qaeda and related armed groups in western Iraq. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1550980.php/Three-Iraqi-policemen-seriously-injured-in-bomb-blast-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a><strong>: </p> <p></strong><em>see also: </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1551005.php/Bombings-greet-police-raids-across-Iraq-2nd-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Bombings greet police raids across Iraq (2nd Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p></blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Health Coverage:</font></h3> <p><strong>Jaipur NGO holds limb fitment camp in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>JAIPUR – A 22-member team of a Jaipur-based NGO that provides artificial limbs to the disabled has returned from Baghdad after holding a month-long artificial limb fitment camp there. </p> <p>The Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (BMVSS) provided 882 Iraqis artificial limbs during the camp while 75 people were given crutches free of cost. </p> <p>The founder-chief patron of BMVSS D.R. Mehta led the team. Two technicians were from Pakistan where BMVSS is also running a rehabilitation centre. The team returned to Jaipur earlier this week. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/04/25/jaipur-ngo-holds-limb-fitment-camp-in-iraq-22102/" class="external" target="_blank">Read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <h3><font color="#800000">Economic Coverage:</font></h3> <p> <strong>albawaba.com middle east news information::Etihad Crystal Cargo launches services to Erbil</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad Airways, has launched a weekly service from its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/315074" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Read in full</strong></a></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9488"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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In Mosul, families fled violence and sought refuge in safer areas. Although recent violence-related displacement has been sporadic, there remain some 2.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Iraq who had to leave their homes over recent years in search of safety. </p> <p>Many Iraqis, especially those worst affected by the effects of the conflict and the ongoing violence, such as displaced, elderly and disabled people and women heading households, continued to struggle to feed their families. Their inability to buy enough of the essential goods they require remains a major concern. </p> <p>Agriculture, formerly an important part of the economy, has been declining for the past decade. Individuals who have lost agricultural machinery to damage, age or disrepair often cannot replace it owing to a lack of financial wherewithal. In addition, the water supply has been hard hit by a failure to properly maintain pumping stations and irrigation and distribution canals, by the unreliable electricity supply and by higher fuel costs. The massive increase in the price of seed and fertilizer, and cheap imports from neighbouring countries, also play a role in making farming difficult, if not impossible, in many parts of Iraq. Many farmers try to survive by cultivating smaller patches of land, but as they are forced to use low-quality supplies the result is often poor harvests. Others have migrated to cities in search of other ways of earning a living. </p> <p>The situation was exacerbated by the 2008 drought – the worst in the past 10 years – which had an especially severe impact on rain-fed agriculture in central, west-central and some northern parts of the country. In some areas, agricultural production was wiped out. After years of poor rainfalls, pastures were reduced and prices of fodder soared. According to an ICRC survey, breeders were forced to cut down their herds by more than 60 per cent in some parts of the country, which had a drastic effect on their livelihoods. "Before, we used to move to neighbouring districts. Now, everywhere is dry and we lost our crops and animals. How can we go on?," said one local farmer in Ninawa governorate. </p> <p>For households that have lost their main wage earner, the economic situation is especially hard to endure. Most people who went missing in connection with recent wars or the ongoing violence, and most people behind bars, are adult males – usually breadwinners. The women and children they left behind often became isolated and therefore extremely vulnerable, despite the strong cultural solidarity among Iraqis. </p> <p>The ICRC is helping the Iraqis who are worst off to cope with their hardships, and Iraqi communities to support themselves unaided. It is distributing seed and fertilizer, and fodder for livestock. In addition, it is vaccinating cattle and cleaning and improving irrigation canals. In 2009 alone, some 195,000 people benefited. </p> <p>In January and February 2010, according to the ICRC’s own independent assessment carried out by the organization’s staff all over Iraq, more than 20,000 people benefited from its humanitarian assistance:</p> <ul> <li>almost 15,500 displaced people (families headed by women) in Baghdad, Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items; </li> <li>around 5,400 people recently displaced from Mosul to Hamdanya and Tilkaif received emergency food parcels, rice and ready-to-eat meals; </li> <li>over 1,900 farmers in Diyala governorate received 491.5 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer to help them improve their harvest and make their farming sustainable; </li> <li>43 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Ninewa governorates benefited from micro-economic aid enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. </li> </ul> <p>The ICRC also endeavoured to respond to other needs of the Iraqi population in January and February. </p> <h3>Providing clean water and sanitation</h3> <p>Access to clean water remains inadequate in several parts of the country. Only 45 per cent of the population, on average, have clean drinking water and 20 per cent proper sewage disposal. ICRC water engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitation facilities all over Iraq, especially in areas where violence remains a concern, to enhance access for civilians to clean water and to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. </p> <ul> <li>Baghdad governorate: Samadiya water compact unit for about 20,000 people, Al Mahmodiya General Hospital serving some 400,000 people living in the area, Ibn Al Khateeb Infectious Diseases Hospital, Medico Legal Institute, Tabat al Kurd water boosting station for over 3,500 people and Al Mada’in water treatment plant for 470,000 people (including displaced people) plus three hospitals and eight primary health-care centres. </li> <li>Anbar governorate: Heet water treatment plant for 45,000 residents and 250 displaced people, Habbaniya water treatment plant for 30,000 residents and 1,500 displaced people, and Al Qaim Hospital providing health care for around 350,000 area inhabitants. </li> <li>Salah Al Din governorate: al Dor clinic and Dijail compact unit supplying water to almost 25,000 people. </li> </ul> <p>Other water-related works were carried out that will benefit nearly 100,000 people in Missan, Diwaniya and Diyala governorates, and in Ninawa governorate where 3,000 inmates held at Badoosh prison will be among those benefiting. </p> <p>Water was delivered by truck to: </p> <ul> <li>4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and 340 in Husseinia and Ma’amil, and in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya, hosting around 360 displaced people. Two damaged tanks of 5,000 litres each have been replaced. </li> </ul> <h3>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h3> <p>Health-care services are still inadequate. In some areas, it is difficult to reach health facilities because of the prevailing lack of security. Iraqi health facilities still benefit from ICRC support. Limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services are provided by the ICRC to help disabled people reintegrate into the community. In January and February: </p> <ul> <li>12 hospitals and three primary health-care centres received medical supplies and equipment; </li> <li>34 doctors and nurses successfully took part in a training course on strengthening emergency services given in Sulaimaniya Emergency Hospital and in Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf; </li> <li>26 managers working in the field of primary health care in Ninawa, Kirkuk, Erbil and Diyala governorates participated in a forum, held in Erbil, on improving the quality of health care services in rural primary health-care centres; </li> <li>two physiotherapists from Najaf, two from Hilla, one from Sulaimaniya and one from Erbil attended a three-week training course in Erbil, where the ICRC runs a physical rehabilitation centre. </li> </ul> <h3>Visiting detainees</h3> <p>Visiting detainees remains a top priority for the ICRC in Iraq. In January and February, ICRC delegates visited detainees held: </p> <ul> <li>in Fort Suse Federal Prison, Sulaimaniya governorate; in Nasiriya Prison, Thi-Qar governorate; in Mina and Maaqal prisons, Basra governorate; </li> <li>in Tasfirat Kirkuk, Emergency Police Station and Juvenile Police Centre; in Assayesh KDP Station, Kirkuk governorate; </li> <li>in Brigade 54, 6th Division, Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>in six prisons and two police stations in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates; </li> <li>in Camp Taji (US custody), Baghdad governorate. This was the last visit to the detention facility prior to its handover to Iraqi authorities. </li> </ul> <p>Around 5,200 detainees held in Fort Suse, Chamchamal, Khademiya, Adhala and Amarah prisons received blankets, mattresses and clothes to help them cope with the cold winter season. In Chamchamal Federal Prison, 34 disabled detainees were given crutches as part of a follow-up carried out by ICRC health delegates of health care in the prison. </p> <p>More than 7,800 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in January and February. In addition, 626 detention certificates were issued to former detainees or internees to make them eligible for social welfare benefits. </p> <h3>Clarifying what happened to missing people</h3> <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 January and February: </p> <ul> <li>the mortal remains of nine Iranian soldiers were repatriated from Iraq under ICRC auspices; </li> <li>the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, handling cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 63rd 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); </li> <li>two days of training by an ICRC forensic specialist were provided for staff of Al Zubair centre to help them better manage the files of thousands of missing persons. </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 the civil society. In this framework, a series of presentations were organized for various audiences, which included military personnel, prison staff, students and professors </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-300309" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: coping with violence and striving to earn a living</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9462"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/31/destroying-educational-institutions-or-using-them-for-military-purposes-is-a-war-crime/#respond" title="Comment on Destroying Educational Institutions or Using Them for Military Purposes Is a War Crime">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/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/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/war-crimes/" rel="tag">War Crimes</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p> </p> <p>"The Education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the best in the region; with over 100% Gross Enrollment Rate for primary schooling and high levels of literacy, both of men and women. The Higher Education, especially the scientific and technological institutions, were of an international standard, staffed by high quality personnel." (UNESCO Fact Sheet, March 28, 2003)[1].</p> <p>As a result of the ongoing US Occupation of Iraq, today Iraq is more illiterate than it was five or 25 years ago because the US administration and the US forces occupying Iraq began to root and destroy every aspect of Iraq’s education.</p> <p>The Iraqi educational system was the target of US military action because education is the backbone of any society. Without an efficient education system, no society can function, wrote Ghali Hassan in May 2005.[2] Facts have proven him right. This is also one of the conclusions of the book "Cultural Cleansing in Iraq."[3]</p> <p><strong>Random Facts</strong></p> <p>A recent UNESCO report, "Education Under Attack 2010 – Iraq," dated 10 February 2010, concluded, "Although overall security in Iraq had improved, the situation faced by schools, students, teachers and academics remained dangerous."[4] The destruction of Iraq’s education is ongoing.</p> <p>Let’s present a few random facts that give an idea of the scale of the destruction of Iraq’s education sector under occupation:</p> <blockquote><ul> <li>The director[5] of the United Nations University International Leadership Institute published a report[6] on April 27, 2005, detailing that since the start of the war of 2003 some 84 percent of Iraq’s higher education institutions have been burnt, looted or destroyed[7]. </li> <li>Like most higher education institutions across Iraq, Baghdad University escaped almost unscathed from the bombing. In the subsequent looting and burning, 20 of the capital’s colleges were destroyed. No institution escaped: the faculty of education in Waziriyya was raided daily for two weeks; the veterinary college in Abu Ghraib lost all its equipment; two buildings in the faculty of fine arts stand smoke-blackened against the skyline. In every college, in every classroom, you could write "education" in the dust on the tables.[8] </li> <li>Ongoing violence has destroyed school buildings, and about a quarter of all Iraq’s primary schools need major rehabilitation. Since March 2003, more than 700 primary schools have been bombed, 200 have been burnt and over 3,000 looted. </li> <li>Between March 2003 and October 2008, 31,598 violent attacks against educational institutions were reported in Iraq, according to the Ministry of Education (MoE).[9] </li> <li>Since 2007, bombings at Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad have killed or maimed more than 335 students and staff members, according to a October 19, 2009, New York Times article, and a 12-foot-high blast wall has been built around the campus.[10] </li> <li>"Education under Attack (2007) reported that 296 people serving as education staff were killed in 2005; and 180 teachers were killed between February and November 2006.[11] </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>These are just a few examples to highlight the level of cultural genocide in Iraq. The list is endless, the real number of casualties much higher. More information can be found in the book "Cultural Cleansing in Iraq" and in the BRussells Tribunal archives on Iraqi education under occupation, perhaps the most comprehensive database on the Internet about the assassination of Iraqi academics and the destruction of Iraq’s education.[12] Our campaign to protect Iraqi academics[13] is still ongoing, because the tragedy continues. The UNESCO report "Education Under Attack 2010 – Iraq" is very clear: "Attacks on education targets continued throughout 2007 and 2008 at a lower rate – but one that would cause serious concern in any other country." Why didn’t it cause serious concern? Is it because it’s of US design?</p> <p>The petition we issued, also containing a call for action, is still valid today and can still be signed: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.petitiononline.com/Iraqacad/petition.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.petitiononline.com/Iraqacad/petition.html</a>. An excerpt:</p> <blockquote><p>1. We appeal to organisations which work to enforce or defend international humanitarian law to put these crimes on the agenda.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p>2. We request that an independent international investigation be launched immediately to probe these extrajudicial killings. This investigation should also examine the issue of responsibility to clearly identify who is accountable for this state of affairs. We appeal to the special rapporteur on summary executions at UNHCHR in Geneva.</p> <p>We urge that educators mobilise colleagues and concerned citizens to take up the cause of the salvation of Iraq’s intellectual wealth, by organising seminars, teach-ins and forums on the plight of Iraq’s academics.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Occupying Schools</strong></p> <p>When writing "Killing the Intellectual Class" for the book "Cultural Cleansing in Iraq," I added a short story about occupation of schools by the MNF-I (Multinational Force-Iraq, the official name of the American-led foreign forces):</p> <blockquote><p>"it certainly is our policy to not establish military headquarters or other operations in protected areas under the Geneva Convention," said Lt. Col. Gary Keck, a spokesman for the Department of Defense in Washington, when a journalist asked why the US army occupied a girls’ and boys’ school of a town in northern Iraq.[14]</p> </blockquote> <p>At a UN press briefings in Amman on April 30, 2003, the question was asked:" Do you know of any other schools that are still occupied and would you ask them of making a point to stay away from the schools, so they can be rehabilitated?"</p> <p>S. Ingram answered, "I am not aware of any other places that this situation holds. I remember the incident you referred to, there was a school in the north and some contacts were necessary to persuade the US troops there to leave the premises, which they subsequently did. I am not aware of any other places were schools are being occupied."[15]</p> <p>"I am not aware" – a pack of lies. Because occupying schools is exactly what the US Army did (and still does) on a regular basis. I heard and read numerous eyewitness accounts about Iraqi protests after US forces occupied schools and educational institutions.</p> <p>The origins of armed resistance in Fallujah f.i. can be traced almost precisely to April 28, 2003, when US troops, who had arrived in the city five days earlier, massacred 17 apparently unarmed protesters. The April 28 protest had demanded an end to Fallujah’s occupation and, more specifically, that US troops vacate the al Qaid primary school, where classes had been scheduled to resume on April 29.[16]</p> <p>And it continued. On February 29, 2008, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMSI) published a press release condemning the American occupation forces for the seizure of an Islamic Secondary School in Baghdad.</p> <p>On May 1, 2008, the Iraqi News Agency "Voices of Iraq," reported, "The US military withdrew from a building of the education department in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, which they used it as a barrack last month."[17]</p> <p>This was basically all the hard information I had found about the occupation of educational institutions by the occupation forces and I thought the evidence was a little thin to make a decent case, so I decided not to use it for the book.</p> <p>But, now, I read in the UNESCO report 2010: "MNF-I, the Iraqi Army and Iraqi police units occupied more than 70 school buildings for military purposes in the Diyala governorate alone."[18]</p> <p>This is only in one province. There’s no information at my disposal about the other regions, but we can almost certainly conclude that occupying schools by occupation forces was/is a general phenomenon throughout Iraq. Where else would you station a one million strong army and security forces?</p> <p>On April 11, 2003, a number of Iraqi scientists and university professors sent an SOS email complaining American occupation forces were threatening their lives.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/destroying-educational-institutions-or-using-them-military-purposes-is-a-war-crime58159#19">[19]</a> The appeal message said that looting and robberies were taking place under the watchful eye of the occupation soldiers.</p> <p>The occupation soldiers, the email added, were transporting mobs to the scientific institutions, such as Mosul University and different educational institutions, to destroy scientific research centers and confiscate all papers and documents to nip in the bud any Iraqi scientific renaissance.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/destroying-educational-institutions-or-using-them-military-purposes-is-a-war-crime58159#20">[20]</a></p> <p>John Agresto, in charge of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2003-2004, initially believed that the looting of Iraq’s universities was a positive act in that it would allow such institutions to begin again with a clean slate, with the newest equipment as well as a brand new curriculum.[21]</p> <p>The Hague IV Conventions<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://gorillasguides.com/destroying-educational-institutions-or-using-them-military-purposes-is-a-war-crime58159#22">[22] </a>on Laws and Customs of War on Land, 1917, make explicit, in Article 56, that educational institutions are to be regarded as private property, and, thus, must not be pillaged or destroyed, that occupying forces in war are bound to protect such property and that proceedings should follow their intentional damage, seizure or destruction. Article 55 reinforces this duty relative to all public buildings and capital. Further, an occupying power is obliged, according to Articles 43 and 46, to protect life and take all steps in its power to re-establish and ensure "public order and safety."</p> <p>In addition, The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict[23] (ratified by the Republic of Iraq in 1967) creates a clear obligation to protect museums, libraries, archives, and other sites of cultural property. Paragraph 1 of Article 4 notes: "The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect cultural property situated within their own territory as well as within the territory of other High Contracting Parties by refraining from any use of the property and its immediate surroundings or of the appliances in use for its protection for purposes which are likely to expose it to destruction or damage in the event of armed conflict; and by refraining from any act of hostility, directed against such property."</p> <p>Using schools and universities for military purposes; destroying educational institutions and assisting in looting; criminal neglect when educational staff is being harassed and assassinated; dismantling the Iraqi education system; and active involvement in training, funding and arming murderous militia’s … War crime upon war crime upon war crime.</p> <p>When will there be justice for Iraq? When will there be a serious investigation into these crimes by official international human rights bodies? And who will charge the successive Anglo-American administrations for war crimes and crimes against humanity?</p> <p><a name="1">[1] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=11216&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=11216&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html</a></p> <p><a name="2">[2] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/HAS505B.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/HAS505B.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&CID=BRUSSELLS" name="3">[3] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&CID=BRUSSELLS" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&CID=BRUSSELLS</a></p> <p><a name="4">[4]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html</a></p> <p><a name="5">[5]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.la.unu.edu/about_staff_reddy.asp" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.la.unu.edu/about_staff_reddy.asp</a></p> <p><a name="6">[6]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.unu.edu/news/ili/Iraq.doc" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.unu.edu/news/ili/Iraq.doc</a></p> <p><a name="7">[7] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academicspetition.htm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academicspetition.htm</a></p> <p><a name="8">[8] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.brusselstribunal.org/academicsArticles.htm#weed-out" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.brusselstribunal.org/academicsArticles.htm#weed-out</a></p> <p><a name="9">[9]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html</a></p> <p><a name="10">[10] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/2009-10/March/Iraq-professor-409.cfm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/2009-10/March/Iraq-professor-409.cfm</a></p> <p><a name="11">[11]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html</a></p> <p><a name="12">[12]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.brusselstribunal.org/AcademicsResources.htm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.brusselstribunal.org/AcademicsResources.htm</a></p> <p><a name="13">[13]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics.htm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics.htm</a></p> <p><a name="14">[14] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0404/p07s01-woiq.html" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0404/p07s01-woiq.html</a></p> <p><a name="15">[15]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/iraq/infocusnews.asp?NewsID=509&sID=9" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/iraq/infocusnews.asp?NewsID=509&sID=9</a></p> <p><a name="16">[16] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2183.cfm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2183.cfm</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/17/iraq.rorymccarthy" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/17/iraq.rorymccarthy</a></p> <p><a name="17">[17]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php?refid=DH-S-01-05-2008&article=30525" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php?refid=DH-S-01-05-2008&article=30525</a></p> <p><a name="18">[18] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-04/12/article02.shtml" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b7aa9df5.html</a></p> <p><a name="19">[19] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-04/12/article02.shtml" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.islamonline.net/english/news/2003-04/12/article02.shtml</a></p> <p><a name="20">[20]</a> Dirk Adriaensens in "Cultural Cleansing in Iraq," p. 119. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&</a></p> <p><a name="21">[21] </a>Nabil al-Tikriti in "Cultural Cleansing in Iraq," p. 98. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745328126&</a></p> <p><a name="22">[22] </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague04.htm" class="external" target="_blank">http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague04.htm</a></p> <p><a name="23">[23]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514024134/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13637&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 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