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<div id="header"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/">Gorilla’s Guides</a></h1> <h2>“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”</h2> <div id="search"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </div> </form> </div> </div> <hr/> <div id="content" class="span-13 append-1"> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13699"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/18/iraqi-youth-orchestra-combats-terror-with-beethoven-monsters-and-critics/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqi youth orchestra combats terror with Beethoven – Monsters and Critics">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 18th, 2011 by Harith</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-symphony-orchestra/" rel="tag">State Symphony Orchestra</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>Erbil, Iraq – Can an Iraqi youth orchestra, bringing together different ethnic groups and religions, help to unite a divided country living in the shadow of violence and terror? </p> <p>The orchestra – created on the lines of Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim’s Arab-Jewish West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and comprising Kurds, Arabs, Shiites, Sunnis and Christians – is ready to try. </p> <p>Car bombs, persecution of Christians and corruption are part of everyday life in Iraq, but the new orchestra wants to make a musical contribution toward forging a different kind of future. </p> <p>The orchestra, which will give its first guest performance at a Beethoven festival in the German city of Bonn on October 1, is to unite young musicians from different and usually divided ethnic and religious backgrounds. </p> <p>The founding members of the orchestra, created with British support by a young Iraqi pianist in 2009, include Tuka Saad Dschafar. </p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/18/iraqi-youth-orchestra-combats-terror-with-beethoven-monsters-and-critics/#more-13699" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13478"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Burhan Aydin</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians">Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/acts-of-violence/" rel="tag">acts of violence</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-region/" rel="tag">kurdistan region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-regional-government/" rel="tag">kurdistan regional government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ohchr/" rel="tag">OHCHR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/torture/" rel="tag">Torture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/un/" rel="tag">U.N.</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unami/" rel="tag">UNAMI</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>A senior United Nations official has called on the Iraqi Government to do more to protect civilians from violence, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx" class="external" target="_blank">OHCHR</a>) reported today. </p> <p>Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, welcomed the Iraqi Government’s convening of a conference this week to address rights problems, but also “condemned the numerous cases of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and alleged torture that have been reported throughout Iraq,” OHCHR said. </p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/#more-13478" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13449"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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التحرير‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/violence/" rel="tag">violence</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>Iraqi authorities have detained, interrogated, and beaten several protest organizers in Baghdad in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi authorities should stop the attacks and charge or release those being held, Human Rights Watch said.</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"> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Iraqi authorities have taken several steps to eliminate protests in the capital from public view. On April 13, officials <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">issued new regulations</a> barring street protests and allowing them only at three soccer stadiums.</p> <p>In late February, Iraqi police <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths" class="external" target="_blank">allowed dozens of assailants</a> to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad. In the early hours of February 21, dozens of men, some wielding knives and clubs, attacked about 50 protesters who had set up two tents in Tahrir Square. During nationwide February 25 protests, security forces killed at least 12 protesters across the country and injured more than 100. On that day, Human Rights Watch observed Baghdad security forces beating unarmed journalists and protesters, smashing cameras, and confiscating memory cards.</p> <p>Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its ruling parties have used repressive measures against<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/05/24/iraqi-kurdistan-growing-effort-silence-media" class="external" target="_blank"> journalists</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">demonstrators</a> since the start of the daily protests in Sulaimaniya on February 17 seeking an end to widespread corruption and greater civil and political rights. On March 6, masked men <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/07/iraqi-kurdistan-prevent-attacks-protesters" class="external" target="_blank">attacked demonstrators</a> and set their tents on fire in Sulaimaniya. On April 18, security forces seized control of Sara Square, the center of Sulaimaniya’s protests, and have prevented further demonstrations.</p> <p>On April 27, the KRG issued a 19-page report of its investigation into the violence during the previous 60 days of demonstrations. It concluded that violence was committed by both security forces and protesters, and that "the police and security forces were poorly trained in handling it appropriately."</p> <p>Iraq’s constitution guarantees "freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration." As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq is obligated to protect the right to life and security of the person, and the right to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.</p> </p></div> <p>In Iraqi Kurdistan, a protest organizer, Isma’il Abdullah, was abducted, stabbed, and beaten on May 27, 2011. The Kurdistan government should make sure its promised investigation of the episode is thorough, fair, and transparent, and leads to the prosecution of those responsible, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>"Authorities in Baghdad and in Iraqi-Kurdistan are keeping their citizens from demonstrating peacefully," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Iraq needs to make sure that security forces and pro-government gangs stop targeting protest organizers, activists, and journalists."</p> <p>Several activists in the capital told Human Rights Watch that they believed that the increased security at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square and the recent arrests were an attempt to head off reinvigoration of public protests, amid efforts by various small protest groups to work together. They said that neighborhood officials had warned them that security forces had made increased inquiries into the activists’ whereabouts and activities over the past two weeks.</p> <h3>Baghdad Arrests</h3> <p>On May 28, soldiers in four Humvees and two other unmarked vehicles approached the offices of the human rights group Where Are My Rights in Baghdad’s Bab al Mu’adham neighborhood, as members met with fellow protest organizers from the February 25 Group. Members of both groups told Human Rights Watch that soldiers raided the building with guns drawn, took away 13 activists in handcuffs and blindfolds, and confiscated mobile phones, computers and documents.</p> <p>One detained activist who was released on May 29 told Human Rights Watch that during the raid a commanding officer introduced himself as "from Brigade 43"of the army’s 11<sup>th</sup> Division and said another officer was "from Baghdad Operation Command."</p> <p>"They did not show any arrest warrants and did not tell us why we were being arrested," this activist said:</p> <p>A female activist complained and asked to see warrants, and they told her to "shut up and get in the car." They blindfolded and handcuffed us, and while they were doing this, they asked, "Why are you having these meetings? Do you really think you can bring down the government?" And they asked who was supporting us.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/02/iraq-protest-organizers-beaten-detained-human-rights-watch/#more-13449" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13269"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/05/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3-5-%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%88-2011/#respond" title="Comment on الخميس, 5 مايو 2011">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 5th, 2011 by Ali Ibn Hussayn</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/05/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b3-5-%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%88-2011/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to الخميس, 5 مايو 2011">الخميس, 5 مايو 2011</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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crackdown on peaceful protests in northern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and Sulaimaniya since April 17, 2011, including opening fire on demonstrators and beating them severely, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch also called on Iraqi authorities in Baghdad to investigate the detention and torture of a protester, Alaa Nabil, and to charge or release more than two dozen activists held in a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. Central government and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities should revoke their recent bans on unlicensed demonstrations in Sulaimaniya province and on street protests in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities in Kurdistan and Baghdad need to rein in their security forces and protect the right to protest peacefully," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "The Iraqi political authorities need to end their knee-jerk responses and stop banning protests, detaining demonstrators, and beating journalists."</p> <h3>Repression in Kurdistan</h3> <p>In the afternoon of April 18 in Arbil, the Kurdistan capital, dozens of armed men in civilian clothes attacked students from the Kurdistan region’s largest university, Salahadin, as they tried to hold a demonstration. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that the assailants also attacked journalists and at least one member of parliament.</p> <p>A third-year Salahadin student told Human Rights Watch that a large group of organized assailants wearing civilian clothes attacked the protesters with brute force.</p> <p>"We chanted ‘freedom, freedom,’ and then security forces came and abolished the demonstration," the student said. "They were hitting people by knives and sticks … and arrested 23 protesters."</p> <p>The assailants beat Muhamad Kyani, a member of the Iraqi national parliament for the opposition party Goran (Change) List, and his bodyguard while they were walking away from the demonstration. "There was no violence from us, nothing happened from our side to incite them," Kyani told Human Rights Watch. "I was on my way to the car when the Asayish [the official security agency for the Kurdistan region] threw me to the ground and started to kick and beat me." Kyani had two black eyes and other minor injuries from the beating. "They just wanted to intimidate and insult me and those with me," he said. "During the beating they swore at us and called me a traitor."</p> <p>Reporters without Borders documented attacks on at least 10 journalists covering the April 18 protest. The group said assailants also detained numerous journalists, including Awara Hamid of the newspaper <em>Rozhnam, </em>Bahman Omer of <em>Civil Magazine</em>, Hajar Anwar, bureau chief of the Kurdistan News Network, and Mariwan Mala Hassan, a KNN reporter, as well as two of the station’s cameramen.</p> <p>Shwan Sidiq of <em>Civil Magazine</em> was hospitalized after the assailants broke his hand. "My hand is broken, my head still hurts," he told Human Rights Watch. "What I saw was what in 1988 Saddam Hussein did against me and my family."<strong></strong></p> <p>Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the two ruling parties there, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, have used repressive measures against journalists since the start of the protests in Iraq on February 17. The local press freedom group Metro Center has documented more than 150 cases of attacks and harassment of Kurdish journalists since February 17. In March, Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 20 journalists covering the protests in Kurdistan.</p> <p>"Time and again we found that security forces and their proxies violate journalists’ freedom of expression through death threats, arbitrary arrests, beatings, harassment, and by confiscating and vandalizing their equipment," Stork said.</p> <p>In Sulaimaniya, daily clashes since April 17 have injured more than 100 protesters, journalists, and security forces. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that on April 17 security forces fired live ammunition into the air to clear protesters blocking a road, while others shot into the crowd indiscriminately, wounding at least seven demonstrators.</p> <p>"Police and security forces used everything to attack us," one protester told Human Rights Watch. "They opened fire, threw stones, used sticks and their Kalashnikovs to keep us from demonstrating."</p> <p>Protest organizers told Human Rights Watch that on April 18, security forces violently seized control of Sara Square, the center of daily protests in Sulaimaniya since February 17, and demolished the protesters’ podium. Security forces have fanned out across the city and have refused to allow protesters back to the site – renamed Azadi (Freedom) Square by demonstrators – resulting in clashes on April 18 and 19.</p> <p>On March 6, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/07/iraqi-kurdistan-prevent-attacks-protesters" class="external" target="_blank">masked assailants attacked demonstrators</a> and set their tents on fire but failed to evict protesters from the site.</p> <p>On April 19, protest organizers said, security forces detained dozens of students and others in and around Sulaimaniya, releasing most later in the day. One law undergraduate told Human Rights Watch that security forces attacked her and other protesters at the Dukan checkpoint on their way to Sulaimaniya.</p> <p>"We were forced to get off the buses," she said. "They threatened if we went [to the protest], we would be killed. A friend of mine asked them not to shoot us because we have pens and not guns, but when he raised his pen security forces opened fire and he was badly injured."</p> <p>Since then, this student said, she has received anonymous threatening phone calls telling her not to return to Sulaymaniya. Security forces raided Koya University, where she studies, and arrested two students. Their whereabouts remain unknown.</p> <p>The family of a prominent Kurdish writer and activist, Rebin Hardi, told Human Rights Watch that security forces severely beat him during and after his arrest on April 19 for participating in a protest in front of the Sulaimaniya courthouse. Photos taken after his release later that day viewed by Human Rights Watch showed severe swelling up and down the right sight of his body including his eye, arm, and thigh.</p> <p>Since February 17, clashes with security forces have killed at least seven civilians and injured more than 250 demonstrators in Kurdistan, but thousands have continued to protest alleged corruption and the political dominance of the KDP and PUK.</p> <p>On April 19, the government’s Security Committee for Sulaimaniya Province banned all unlicensed demonstrations. Legislation passed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in December gives authorities wide discretion in deciding whether to approve a license for a protest. The law’s wording is exceptionally vague and susceptible to abuse, Human Rights Watch said. Under article 3(c) of the law, authorities can reject a request if "the protest will damage the system or public decency."</p> <h3>Protests in Baghdad</h3> <p>Iraqi security forces in Baghdad are detaining and abusing activists in connection with protests against the chronic lack of basic services and perceived widespread corruption. On April 8, security forces in a vehicle with markings from the 43rd Brigade of the Army’s 11th Division, arrested Nabil at the end of a peaceful protest at Tahrir Square. He was immediately transferred to other security forces in civilian clothing, and held for a week.</p> <p>Released on April 15, Nabil, an organizer of the February 25 Group – one of several groups planning demonstrations in the capital – told Human Rights Watch that he had been beaten repeatedly while his hands were held behind his back with plastic zip-ties, and often while blindfolded. He said his captors also used a stun gun on his arms, chest, and back.</p> <p>"I heard them giving orders to shock us and hit us only below the neck, so there wouldn’t be any marks. They shocked me and hit me on the arms and back and chest," he said. "I got a cut on my head that was bleeding, and one of the guards yelled at another who caused it. ‘Why did you make him bleed? He is a son of a bitch and will make a scandal for us. Do not leave any marks. Hit him in places where there will be no marks.’"</p> <p>Nabil said his captors went through his cell phone and told him, "We know all these numbers, and we are watching and listening to all your calls.’"</p> <p>Nabil had previously been arrested on March 22, and Human Rights Watch witnessed signs of physical abuse immediately after his release from that detention. Human Rights Watch sent inquiries about Nabil’s arrest and others to the offices of the prime minister and security officials but has received no response from authorities.</p> <p>On April 13, security forces entered the adjoining offices of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) and the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), where the February 25 Group has held meetings in Baghdad. The security forces arrested one of the group’s members, Firas Ali, who has peacefully participated in several of the Tahrir Square demonstrations.</p> <p>A protester detained in early April for taking part in demonstrations at Tahrir Square told Human Rights Watch upon his release that he saw Ali inside a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. The witness said Ali was being held with more than two dozen protesters, 20 of whom were detained on the day of the April 15 demonstration.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch is also concerned about Haydar Shihab Ahmad, also from the February 25 Group, who has been missing since April 1, just after taking part in that day’s demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. Members of his family told Human Rights Watch that they have made several inquiries at prisons in Baghdad in unsuccessful attempts to locate him, and have received no official reply about whether he has been detained.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities need to release any peaceful protester held incommunicado and without charge, and account for those it is charging with a criminal offense," Stork said.</p> <p>Iraqi authorities have taken several steps to eliminate protests in the capital from public view. On April 13, officials issued new regulations barring street protests and allowing them only at three soccer stadiums.</p> <p>"We have specified Al-Shaab, Kashafa and Zawraa stadiums as permitted sites for demonstrations in Baghdad instead of Ferdus or Tahrir squares," Baghdad’s security spokesman, Major General Qassim Atta, said at a news conference televised by the state broadcaster, Iraqiyya TV. "Many shop owners and street vendors have called us and complained to us because demonstrations have affected their work and the movement of traffic."</p> <p>In late February, Iraqi police <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths" class="external" target="_blank">allowed dozens of assailants</a> to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad. In the early hours of February 21, dozens of men, some wielding knives and clubs, attacked about 50 protesters who had set up two tents in Tahrir Square. During nationwide February 25 protests, security forces killed at least 12 protesters across the country and injured more than 100. On that day, Human Rights Watch observed Baghdad security forces beating unarmed journalists and protesters, smashing cameras, and confiscating memory cards.</p> <p>On June 25, 2010, in response to thousands of Iraqis who took to the streets to protest a chronic lack of government services, the Interior Ministry issued onerous regulations that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/17/iraq-stop-blocking-demonstrations" class="external" target="_blank">effectively impeded Iraqis from organizing</a> lawful protests. The regulations required organizers to get "written approval of both the minister of interior and the provincial governor" before submitting an application to the relevant police department.</p> <p>Iraq’s constitution guarantees "freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration."As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq is obligated to protect the rights to life and security of the person, and the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Iraq should also abide by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, which state that lethal force may only be used when strictly unavoidable to protect life, and must be exercised with restraint and proportionality. The principles also require governments to "ensure that arbitrary or abusive use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials is punished as a criminal offense under their law."</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11862"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/12/05/rudaw-kurdistans-parched-land-in-dire-need-of-rain/#respond" title="Comment on Rudaw: Kurdistan’s Parched Land in Dire Need of Rain">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 5th, 2010 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/12/05/rudaw-kurdistans-parched-land-in-dire-need-of-rain/" 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rel="tag">water levels in reservoirs and dams and rivers</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan:  An agricultural official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is warning that if there is no rain by December 15th in areas around Erbil and southern Sulaimani, and by the end of this month in other areas of Kurdistan, 85 percent of farms will remain uncultivated this year.</p> <p><a title="20101205_rudaw_drought_article_photo_witrh_caption by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5233792677/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px" height="214" alt="20101205_rudaw_drought_article_photo_witrh_caption" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852im_/http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5233792677_1b764d63e1_o.jpg" width="375" align="right"/></a>It was this fear that made many Kurds congregate last week in different towns and cities praying for rain, a religious ritual practiced by Muslims worldwide asking God to send His merciful rain.</p> <p>Khaled Suleiman, a 44-year-old farmer, has had his seeds and pesticides ready for nearly two months but he has not been able to cultivate his land because of lack of rain. He fears his land will stay uncultivated this year.</p> <p>Suleiman lives in Qaraj district close to Erbil, the capital of the federal region of Kurdistan. Suleiman’s livelihood depends on his approximately 66 hectares of land. He said that, out of 401 hectares of agricultural land in his village, only 13 hectares of it had been cultivated this year.</p> <p>“We fear we will have a dry year and cannot raise our cattle too. If there is no rain by mid-December then there will be no cultivation here,” he said.</p> <p>There are around 1.5 million hectares of agricultural land in Kurdistan, 88 percent of which depends on rain for cultivation. The Qeraj, Kandinawe and Shemamak plains near Erbil are the areas most under the threat of drought this year.</p> <p>Saeed Mustafa, director of agriculture in Makhmour, said only 668 hectares of the area’s 66,890 hectares of agricultural land had been cultivated this year.</p> <p>According to figures obtained by Rudaw from the Kurdistan Meteorology and Seismology Directorate (KMSD), the highest rate of rainfall in Erbil province this year has been in Choman district, near the border with Iran, which has so far seen 12.3 millimeters.</p> <p>In Sulaimani province, the highest rate of rainfall has been in the Tawela area, also close to the Iranian border, which has reached at 8.7 millimeters.  In Duhok province the highest rate has been 8.1 millimeters in the Graseen area.</p> <p>At the same time last year, Choman had seen 176.8 millimeters of rainfall, Biyare 252.4 millimeters and Graseen 88.8 millimeters.</p> <p>KMSD’s head, Hassan Wehab, said his office did not possess advanced enough technology to forecast several months ahead.</p> <p>“We have 27 weather registration centers and we can only forecast the weather for the next 48 hours,” Wehab said.</p> <p>But he said the delay in rainfall is not necessarily a sign of drought since the rainy season is not over yet. KMSD officials say the rain shortage is mostly due to global warming which has affected other areas of the Middle East, such as Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine/Israel.</p> <p>The looming threat of drought has made some farmers in Kurdistan criticize Kurdistan’s Ministry of Agriculture for failing to implement irrigation projects to reduce their dependence on rainfall.</p> <p>Anwar Omar, director of planning at the Ministry of Agriculture, blamed the low number of irrigation projects on the small budget allocated for this.</p> <p>“In Kurdistan’s five-year strategic agricultural plan, around 70 percent of the budget was earmarked for building dams and irrigation projects, but unfortunately over the past two years only 25 percent of the budget has been injected into the projects,” Omar said. “Because of the budget shortage we have only been able to irrigate 15 percent of agricultural land.”</p> <p>Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture say that, out of 25 proposed dams, only 14 have been approved by the government, and these 14 are only at the stage of signing contracts and surveying.</p> <p>Two dams, one in Koya, south of Erbil, and the other in Garmyan, south of Sulaimani, are currently under construction and are expected to be completed by the end of this year, but they are unlikely to be functioning until after this year.</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/3340.html" class="external" target="_blank">Kurdistan’s Parched Land in Dire Need of Rain</a> | By Rawa Abdulla | Rudaw in English</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11826"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/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> 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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/20120514015852/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/20120514015852/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. One member of the Iraqi armed forces attended an advanced course on international humanitarian law at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy, and another attended a workshop on rules of engagement, also held in Italy.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2010/irak-update-2010-11-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: civilians still suffering undue hardship</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11471"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/09/18/%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%ad%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%b4%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d8%ab%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6/#respond" title="Comment on عائلة الصحفي العراقي سردشت عثمان ترفض نتائح التحقيق في مقتله">No Comments</a></span> Posted on 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height="325" alt="sardasht_osman" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852im_/http://static.flickr.com/4029/4591951505_1af41a2d5f.jpg" width="300" align="left" border="0"/></a> <p>اربيل: اعلنت عائلة صحفي عراقي كردي  انها ترفض وتندد بنتائج التحقيق المعلنة حول مقتله وخصوصا اتهامه بالارهاب، وذلك بعد اعلان سلطات اقليم كردستان مسؤولية جماعة "انصار الاسلام" عن هذه الجريمة. واكد بيان موقع باسم شقيق القتيل بكر عثمان "نعلن صراحة اننا لا نرفض فقط نتائج التحقيق انما ندين هذا العمل ونعرب عن استيائنا لهذه المحاولات الفاشلة في الصاق تهمة الارهاب بشقيقي سردشت واتهامه بالتعاون مع جماعة انصار الاسلام". </p> <p>واضاف< "هذه الدعاية التي لا اساس لها آلمتنا كثيرا (…) ادعو جميع الذين يدافعون عن حقوق الانسان الى تقديم الدعم لنا امام هذا التهجم العلني". واكد عثمان ان شقيقه القتيل كان صاحب توجهات علمانية بعيدة عن التطرف والارهاب لان من "عرفه عن كثب او قرأ كتاباته كان يعرف تماما انه شخص علماني لم يكن ملتزما قيد شعرة بالافكار الارهابية فهذه التهمة لا اساس لها وبعيدة عن الحقيقة”. وطالب بتشيكل لجنة مستقلة للتحقيق قائلا "لقد اعلنت مرارا ان هذه اللجنة لن تستطيع التحقيق في مقتل شقيقي (…) يجب تشكيل لجنة مستقلة تضم ممثلين عن المنظمات الدولية والصحفيين ومنظمات المجتمع المدني”. وقد اعلنت لجنة التحقيق التي شكلها رئيس الاقليم مسعود البرزاني ان "سردشت عثمان تمت تصفيته من قبل جماعة انصار الاسلام الارهابية بعد ان وعدها بالعمل لصالحها ثم تراجع عن تنفيذ مهمات اسندت اليه”. يذكر ان عثمان تعرض للخطف في مطلع ايار الماضي امام مدخل كلية الاداب في جامعة صلاح الدين وعثر عليه مقتولا في اليوم الثاني في احد احياء الموصل. وكانت احزاب المعارضة وضمنها "حركة التغيير" اتهمت حينذاك قوات الامن الكردية التابعة للحزب الديموقراطي الكردستاني بخطف وقتل عثمان. وقد تأسست الجماعة في كانون الاول 2001 وورد اسمها على اللائحة الاميركية للمنظمات الارهابية. والجماعة التي كان مقرها منطقة جبلية وعرة في كردستان العراق قرب حدود ايران كانت هدفا لغارات كثيفة من الطيران الاميركي اثناء الاطاحة بنظام صدام حسين في اذار 2003. من جهتها، ابدت لجنة حماية الصحفيين ومقرها نيويورك استياءها حيال التحقيق معتبرة انه يعاني من "ثغرات" و"لا يتمتع باي مصداقية". ودعت الى "تحقيق اكثر مصداقية". ونقل بيان للجنة عن احد مسؤوليها محمد عبد الدايم قوله "كنا نامل المزيد من تقرير حجمه 430 كلمة يطلق اتهامات غير اكيدة على الارجح". وفي السليمانية، قال الصحفي رحمن غريب منسق "مركز مترو" وهو منظمة مستقلة تعنى بالدفاع عن حريات الصحفيين ان "معطيات لجنة التحقيق اصابتنا بخبية امل كبيرة، فشخصية سردشت وامتداده السياسي والاجتماعي لا تشير الى ارتباطه بالجهات الارهابية". من جهته، قال كمال رؤوف رئيس تحرير صحيفة "هاولاتي" المستقلة ان "عدم وضوح ونشر ادلة كافية سيؤدي الى تأثيرات سلبية في مجال سيادة القانون في الاقليم، مما يعرقل التطور الديمقراطي وحرية الرأي". بدوره، قال بشتيوان جمال وهو صحفي كتب عدة مقالات عن القضية ان "سردشت ليس متطرفا بل هو علماني ليست له ميول اسلامية (…) اعتقد ان التحقيق مضلل ومخيب للآمال، ولا اساس له من الصحة لان سردشت من عائلة يسارية". اما نقابة الصحفيين في كردستان، فقد دعت الى عدم التدخل في الامر لان "التحقيق لم يكتمل، وليس من حقنا التدخل في قضية ما تزال في ذمة التحقيق". وقد كتب عثمان (23 عاما) مقالات انتقد فيها السلطات الكردية والمحسوبية والفساد الاداري. ومن ابرز كتاباته التي نشرها موقع "كردستان بوست" المعارض لسياسة الاحزاب الكردية مقال بعنوان "انا اعشق بنت مسعود البرزاني". وجاء في المقال "عندما اصبح صهرا للبرزاني سيكون شهر عسلنا في باريس، ونزور قصر عمنا لبضعة ايام في اميركا. سأنقل بيتي من حينا الفقير في اربيل الى مصيف (سري رش) حيث تحرسني ليلا كلاب اميركا البوليسية وحراس اسرائيليون". وفي مقاله الاخير، كشف عن تعرضه لتهديدات ابلغ عنها عميد الكلية. وكتب قائلا "في الايام القليلة الماضية قيل لي انه لم يبق لي في الحياة الا القليل، لكنني لا ابالي بالموت او التعذيب". وتابع "ادعو ان يكون موتا تراجيديا يليق بحياتي. اقول هذا حتى تعلموا كم يعاني شباب هذه البلاد فالموت هو ابسط خياراتهم وحتى تعلموا ان ما يخيفنا هو الاستمرار في الحياة وليس الموت”. من جانب آخر ذكر بيان لمجموعة صحفي بلا حدود في إقليم كردستان، أن نتائج التحقيقات في مقتل الطالب والصحفي سردشت عثمان "لا صحة لها"، داعية المجتمع الدولي الى التدخل لكشف الحقيقة. وقال البيان إن "النتائج التي اعلنت عنها المصادر الامنية في كردستان عن مقتل سردشت لا صحة لها لانه ليس إرهابيا ولم يكن نهائيا على صلة بمجاميع مسلحة". وعبرت المجموعة عن "قلقها لسكوت المجتمع الدولي"، داعية اياه "للتدخل وكشف الحقائق والعثور على القتلة". فيما قال سكرتير نقابة صحفيي كردستان إن نتائج التحقيقات الخاصة بمقتل الصحفي سردشت عثمان الذي اختطف قبل عدة أشهر وتم العثور على جثته بعد يومين في مدينة الموصل، صادرة عن المحكمة ولم تتدخل النقابة فيها. وأوضح حامد محمد أن "ما أُعلن من نتائج عن مقتل الصحفي سردشت عثمان صادرة عن المحكمة وليس لدى النقابة أي موقف رسمي تجاهها لأننا لا نتدخل في أعمال المحكمة". وكان الطالب والصحفي سردشت عثمان، 23 عاماً، قد اختطف من أمام كليته بمدينة أربيل (360 كم شمال بغداد) في 4 آيار/مايو الماضي، وتم العثور على جثته بعد يومين في مدينة الموصل، ما أدى الى خروج تظاهرات جماهيرية واسعة في مدن اقليم كردستان.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11460"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/09/15/murdered-journalist-smeared/#respond" title="Comment on Murdered 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga/" rel="tag">Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/press-freedom/" rel="tag">press freedom</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sardasht-osman-murder-of/" rel="tag">Sardasht Osman - murder of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sardasht-osman-protests-over-murder/" rel="tag">Sardasht Osman - protests over murder</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%b4/" rel="tag">أسايش</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>I was wondering what smear would be used against Sardasht Osman to help explain away his murder after he wrote these words:</p> <blockquote><p>All my friends said Saro, let it go and give it up for otherwise you will get yourself killed. The family of Mulla Mustafa Barzani [Massoud Barzani's father] can kill anyone they want, and they surely will.</p> <p>I told them I did not commit blasphemy and I swear to the dagger of [Massoud's late brother] Mustafa Idris Barzani that my father had spent 3 nights with him on the same mountain [during the fight against Saddam] and so why not say those things? Massoud Barzani claimed himself that he is a president, www.ekurd.netand I would ask him how may time has he visited Erbil and Sulaimaniyah in the last 18 years?</p> <p>My problem is this man, Massoud Barzani, is so tribal that so arrogant that he does not recognize anybody from even the other side of Sari Rash. With a few clicks, I can out more about any leaders’ wives in the world but I have no idea who my mother-in-law would be and what she looks like.</p> <p>I have no idea who I should take with me to ask Massoud Barzani to give me his blessing to marry his daughter. From the beginning, I thought I should take with me few religious figures, some respectful old men and some old peshmerga, but one of my journalist friends told me that I should find some Saddam collaborators and those who participated in the Anfal operation [ethnic cleansing in the late 1980s] with Saddam because they are all around Massoud now and he likes them.</p> </blockquote> <p>You can read the rest of "<em>I am in love with Massoud Barzani’s daughter, a poem that kills</em>". By Sardasht Osman <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/13/i-am-in-love-with-massoud-barzanis-daughter-a-poem-that-kills-by-sardasht-osman/">at this posting</a>.</p> <p>Well now I know which smear is going to be used to shrug off Sardasht Osman’s murder. They are trying to make people believe that it was a punishment murder by Ansar al-Islam!</p> <p>I had not realised they would try something so crude. </p> <p>According to the committee of Barzani loyalists appointed by Barzani to investigate the murder of the journalism student who repeatedly exposed corruption, favouritism, and nepotism, in the KRG. The kidnapping was done by one Hesham Mahmoud Islamil acting on behalf of the terrorist group Ansar al-Islam. This is so unlikely as to be completely unbelievable. Here is part of how the independent news agency Aswat al-iraq have reported the claim:</p> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 306px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p><a title="Hesham_Mahmoud_Islamil_300x244 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4993694971/" class="external" target="_blank"><img height="244" alt="Hesham_Mahmoud_Islamil_300x244" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852im_/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4993694971_269e11b8f2_o.jpg" width="300"/></a> </p> <p>Hesham Mahmoud Islamil is accused of being a member of Ansar al-Islam and of kidnapping Sardasht Osman for the terrorist group.</p> </p></div> <blockquote><p>“Asayesh forces arrested Hesham Mahmoud Islamil, a Kurd, from Baiji city, north of Tikrit, with the participation of security forces,” a source from the committee told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.</p> <p>He confessed to taking part in the assassination of Othman as he refused to cooperate with the group.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=136835" class="external" target="_blank">Ansar al-Islam group kills Sardasht Othman – committee : Aswat Al Iraq</a></p> <p>AFP give a few more details of his alleged connection to Ansar al-Islam.</p> <blockquote><p>"Sardasht Osman was killed by terrorists because he had promised to work with them and then decided not to," the committee said, without giving details on what work he had allegedly pledged to carry out.</p> <p>It said it had arrested the man who kidnapped Osman, 28-year-old Hisham Mahmud Ismail, saying he was a member of Ansar al-Islam. The committee said Ismail snatched Osman and then handed him over to other members of the armed group, who eventually killed him.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.france24.com/en/20100915-kurdish-reporter-killed-islamic-militants-investigators" class="external" target="_blank">France24 – Kurdish reporter killed by Islamic militants: investigators</a></p> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 306px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>Sardasht Osman (picture below) was the 23 years old student of English and Journalsim who wrote many scathing reports and satires about the corruption in the KRG which the Barzani and the Talabani clans run as their personal property.</p> <p><a title="sardasht_osman" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4591951505/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" height="325" alt="sardasht_osman" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852im_/http://static.flickr.com/4029/4591951505_1af41a2d5f.jpg" width="300" border="0"/></a></p> <p>He knew he was probably going to be killed and wrote letters and articles about the threats made to him and how his university and the police refused to do anything. He was kidnapped in broad daylight driven through many Peshmerga and Asayish checkpoints to Mosul where he was murdered.</p> <p>Abdus Samad</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/13/i-am-in-love-with-massoud-barzanis-daughter-a-poem-that-kills-by-sardasht-osman/">I am in love with Massoud Barzani’s daughter, a poem that kills. By Sardasht Osman | Gorilla’s Guides</a></p> </p></div> <p>How very convenient that they didn’t have to give details. So what have we so far?</p> <ol> <li>Sardasht Osman who was well known as a journalist and satirist had made himself unpopular with the Barzanis by writing extensively about the corrupt way in which they and the Talabanis run the KRG. </li> <li>Shortly before he was kidnapped and murdered he wrote a devastating poem which highlighted the corruption and pointed out that Barzani and his most senior henchmen actively cooperated with the Ba’athist genocide of the Kurds. </li> <li>He then wrote about how the (Barzani controlled) police and the (Barzani controlled) university authorities refused to do anything about the death threats he had received. </li> <li>He was as I wrote at the time (see sidebox) kidnapped in broad daylight driven through many Peshmerga and Asayish checkpoints to Mosul and then murdered. </li> <li>Barazani threatened to "cut off the black hands" of those who protested the murder (see: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/20/barzani-says-he-will-chop-off-the-black-hands-of-iraqi-kurds-protesting-murder-of-journalist/">Barzani says he will “chop off the black hands” of Iraqi Kurds protesting murder of journalist | Gorilla’s Guides</a>), and set up his investigation committee in an attempt to defuse intense criticism. </li> </ol> <p>Now this comittee of Barzani loyalists want us to believe the following:</p> <ol> <li>Despite the fact that eyewitness reports to the kidnapping say that it was carried out by a group of men who forced Sardasht into a white Hyundai van that only one person, Hesham Mahmoud Islamil, has been arrested and confessed. </li> <li>That a group of Ansar al-Islam fighters managed to come down from their mountain hideouts close to the Iranian border to Arbril where they have never had a presence. </li> <li>That this group kidnapped Sardsht Osman and then drove him through multiple Peshmerga and Asayish checkpoints to Mosul (where they have been wiped out). </li> <li>Once they had him in Mosul they tortured and then shot him leaving his handcuffed and mutilated body in a part of Mosul controlled by the Peshmerga. </li> <li>That they did this because he refused to perform (unspecified) work for them. </li> </ol> <p>Sardasht Osman knew very well that Barzani hates to be reminded of the time when he was loyal to Saddam. He knew that Barzani hates to be reminded that many of his most senior henchmen actively took part in Saddam’s genocidal <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4877364.stm" class="external" target="_blank">Anfal</a> campaign. (See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Anfal_Campaign" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Anfal Campaign – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>). He knew that he was a marked man and that he was going to be killed.</p> <p>I cannot think of anyone less likely to be approached by Ansar al-Islam than Sardasht. I do not believe one word of this ridiculous cover story that the Parastin have come up with.</p> <p>Abdus Samad</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11176"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/28/international-committee-of-the-red-cross-helping-detainees-and-their-families/#respond" title="Comment on International Committee of the Red Cross: Helping detainees and their families">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Omar Khdhayyir</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514015852/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/28/international-committee-of-the-red-cross-helping-detainees-and-their-families/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to International Committee of the Red Cross: Helping detainees and their families">International Committee of the Red Cross: Helping detainees and their families</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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He replies to questions about the challenges faced by the ICRC in this part of its humanitarian activities.</p> <p><b>Where does the ICRC visit detainees in Iraq?</b> </p> <p>Let me say first of all that visiting detainees is one of the ICRC’s priorities in Iraq. Ensuring that detainees and prisoners of war are treated humanely and are held in acceptable conditions has been a constant concern for the ICRC ever since it started working in the country, in 1980. </p> <p>Currently, more than 30,000 detainees, held all over the country by three distinct authorities – the federal government, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the United States Forces – Iraq (USF-I, the successor to the Multi-National Force – Iraq, or MNF-I) – are visited regularly by ICRC expatriate staff.</p> <p>We first visited a place of detention run by the current Iraqi government in October 2007, when we went to Fort Suse, near Sulaymaniya. Gradually, we have been able to go to other places. Since 2008, the ICRC has visited 25,000 people held in 35 places of detention under Iraq’s justice, defence and interior ministries, and its labour and social affairs ministry. </p> <p>In the Kurdistan Region, where visits started in 1992, the ICRC visits 3,000 detainees each year in more than 30 places of detention. </p> <p>Our organization also continues to visit around 3,000 people currently in US custody at Camp Cropper, near Baghdad’s airport. </p> <p><b>What are the main challenges you are facing? Do you have access to all places of detention in the country?</b> </p> <p>Although the Iraqi authorities generally welcome visits by the ICRC in places of detention, we have not yet been able to visit detainees everywhere in the country. </p> <p>One reason is the security environment. ICRC delegates cannot travel everywhere. It should not be forgotten that there is still an armed conflict under way, in a country that is struggling to deal with the legacy of decades of conflict. Some areas remain dangerous – in Mosul, Salahidin and Diyala, for example, ICRC delegates have not yet been able to visit detainees. </p> <p>Another reason is that, despite declarations that have been made, the ICRC has not in fact always been able to visit all detainees in all places. Right now, as we speak, the ICRC is still waiting for a response to its requests to visit more places of detention. As in many other contexts where it works, the detainees most in need of protection are often the ones that are most difficult to reach. The situation is just as frustrating, if not more so, for the hundreds of families seeking information about their relatives. </p> <p>An overall agreement formally granting the ICRC access to all places of detention throughout the country has yet to receive final approval. We are confident that this will happen in the near future, since the issue has now reached the level of the Council of Ministers.</p> <p><b>What are the main challenges you are facing? Do you have access to all places of detention in the country?</b> </p> <p>Although the Iraqi authorities generally welcome visits by the ICRC in places of detention, we have not yet been able to visit detainees everywhere in the country. </p> <p>One reason is the security environment. ICRC delegates cannot travel everywhere. It should not be forgotten that there is still an armed conflict under way, in a country that is struggling to deal with the legacy of decades of conflict. Some areas remain dangerous – in Mosul, Salahidin and Diyala, for example, ICRC delegates have not yet been able to visit detainees. </p> <p>Another reason is that, despite declarations that have been made, the ICRC has not in fact always been able to visit all detainees in all places. Right now, as we speak, the ICRC is still waiting for a response to its requests to visit more places of detention. As in many other contexts where it works, the detainees most in need of protection are often the ones that are most difficult to reach. The situation is just as frustrating, if not more so, for the hundreds of families seeking information about their relatives. </p> <p>An overall agreement formally granting the ICRC access to all places of detention throughout the country has yet to receive final approval. We are confident that this will happen in the near future, since the issue has now reached the level of the Council of Ministers. </p> <p><b>What impact has the ICRC’s work had on the lives of detainees in Iraq? What has the ICRC achieved by visiting detainees?</b></p> <p>Detainees often view the ICRC as a "gate to the outside world." We are the ones who can bring reassuring news from their loved ones, and who can carry a message back to the families. This is done in full transparency: the detaining authorities check the messages, which are allowed to contain nothing but family news. More than 400,000 of these "Red Cross messages" have been exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq since 2003. </p> <p>For detainees, a visit by ICRC staff is also an opportunity to speak privately with someone who will truly listen to what they have to say. The ICRC holds private interviews with detainees to gather information about the treatment they receive and the conditions in which they are being held. On the basis of this information, gathered from as many detainees as possible, and of observations made by its own staff, it shares findings and recommendations with the authorities. </p> <p>The fact that the ICRC does not publicize its findings by no means indicates that it is satisfied with the conditions in any given place of detention, or that it is inactive. The ICRC uses confidentiality as a tool to make absolutely clear the exclusively humanitarian – and completely neutral – nature of its work: doing so is essential to its continued access to detainees. The ICRC believes that the best way to prevent or halt ill-treatment, and to ensure decent conditions of detention, is by maintaining unrestricted access to detainees and urging the detaining authorities to make any necessary improvements. </p> <p>Families and communities also suffer when one of their members is held in detention, which breaks ties, keeps parents apart from their children, and often results in families being left without a breadwinner. </p> <p>The ICRC provided financial support enabling the families of nearly 30,000 people held in Camp Bucca, a prison camp in Iraq run by the US military, to visit their detained relatives until the facility closed in September 2009. </p> <p>Families often turn to the ICRC when seeking information on their detained relatives. To help them, we have been running, for many years now, a telephone helpline system enabling them to request information on the whereabouts of missing and possibly detained relatives. From 2007 to April 2010, the ICRC helpline received 187,000 phone calls. </p> <p>Foreign prisoners, far from their countries and families, are particularly vulnerable not only during the period of their detention but also after their release. The ICRC can often facilitate their repatriation. In the past seven years, the ICRC has helped repatriate more than 300 ex-detainees. </p> <p><b>Has the ICRC’s work resulted in any improvements? What can the ICRC do to help improve detention conditions?</b> </p> <p>Our visits frequently lead to improvements in the way prisons are run, in particular when local authorities understand what we are trying to do. ICRC visits can only be expected to have a significant impact when the detaining authorities, both within the prisons themselves and in the upper echelons of government, understand the spirit of our work, see us as a partner and are willing to consider our recommendations as being in their own interest. </p> <p>Sometimes, it may not seem possible to reconcile security imperatives with humanitarian concerns. But I believe there is no real obstacle to doing so. It is not only detainees but also the detaining authorities who can benefit from the ICRC’s humanitarian services. In Iraq, for example, the ICRC plays a constructive role in the system of interministerial coordination. Although it cannot have a seat on interministerial committees, it advises and shares information on what it observes in prisons. The ICRC voices the concerns of detainees and their families, and shares its own findings, to promote improvements. Protecting the health of the detainee population, for example, requires that various ministries (health, justice, etc.) coordinate their efforts, which may be enhanced by the advice and information the ICRC can provide. The measures taken to promote better health among detainees are important not only for the individuals concerned but also for the entire country’s health system, which cannot stop at the prison gates. </p> <p>Nor can basic guarantees of due process and the rule of law stop at prison gates: people deprived of their freedom must not be deprived of their rights. And the gates must open in a timely manner for those who have served their sentences. </p> <p>Another important thing we do to improve living conditions for detainees is to build and repair water systems and other facilities. On the basis of assessments carried out with the Iraqi authorities in 12 places of detention since the beginning of the year, we will launch new projects in detention facilities located in several governorates. </p> <p><b>What are the main concerns and rationales prompting ICRC visits to Iraqi places of detention?</b> </p> <p>We know from experience that detainees are among the most vulnerable people in conflict situations, simply because attending to their needs is not considered a priority. </p> <p>The treatment they receive and the conditions in which they are held result from a complex range of factors, the most important of which is applicable law. It is essential that laws be adhered to at all stages of detention – by those who have direct control over detainees, but also by the entire system. </p> <p>During its visits, the ICRC also addresses basic issues of due process. For instance, if it appears that detainees do not have systematic access to a defence lawyer, the ICRC will raise the issue in its recommendations. </p> <p><b>How do the authorities react to the ICRC’s recommendations?</b> </p> <p>The reactions vary greatly from person to person and from area to area. The role of the ICRC is not yet understood by all. While some may view the ICRC’s activities as interference, others realize that they benefit from ICRC visits, which can, for example, ease tensions inside a prison. </p> <p>Some ICRC recommendations take time to be implemented. The ICRC is patient, however, and committed to a long-term humanitarian effort in Iraq. We are encouraged that some prison directors do implement ICRC recommendations whenever they can. 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