Full Coverage: Iraq
May 2006
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05/30/2006
Su invito del presidente della Camera dei Deputati, On. Fausto Bertinotti, alle 11.00 di ieri mattina sono stati ricevuti Gino Strada, Luigi Ciotti, Alex Zanotelli e Tonio Dell'Olio, primi firmatari dell'appello lanciato alcuni giorni orsono ai parlamentari per chiedere di "interrompere le missioni militari in teatri di guerra e ritirare le truppe italiane dall'Iraq e dall'Afghanistan". Nonostante il silenzio-stampa che ha accompagnato l'appello, ad oggi sono pervenute alcune migliaia di firme tra singoli e associazioni che sono state consegnate al Presidente della Camera. Nel merito dell'appello tutti hanno riconosciuto che, mentre per il ritiro delle truppe italiane dall'Iraq si registra una sintonia da parte del governo Prodi e dell'intera coalizione di maggioranza, diverso è l'atteggiamento sulla missione militare in Afghanistan.
Read moreRelated: [Afghanistan] [Civil Society] Image: Zanotelli
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05/29/2006
Nella società civile irachena c’è chi sparge semi di speranza. Una rete di organizzazioni e individui appartenenti a diversi gruppi etnici, ideologici e confessionali si sta costituendo attorno alla pubblicazione on-line. Come dichiarano sul loro sito, “concordano tutti nell’adottare una strategia NONVIOLENTA come metodo di lotta migliore per costruire un Iraq indipendente, democratico, pacifico, forte e prospero”. Il sito raccoglie documenti e articoli su casi storici di lotte nonviolente che hanno portato alla liberazione di popoli da sistemi di dominio, o alla riconciliazione di società divise dalla guerra. Dopo aver subito la violenza della dittatura, quella dell’embargo ed infine quella dell’occupazione militare, la società civile irachena è ora frammentata da conflitti settari in cui le fazioni ed i mandanti sono difficili da identificare. Ad ogni modo, una larga fetta della popolazione condivide semplici e trasparenti obiettivi: pace con mezzi pacifici e auto-determinazione del popolo iracheno in un paese unito.
Read moreRelated: [Civil Rights] [Activism] [Civil Society] |
05/27/2006
BAGHDAD, May 26 (IPS) - Basra in the south of Iraq is beginning to splinter under increasing violence and sectarian divisions.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Middle East] |
05/26/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (OneWorld) - Many secular Iraqis have been expressing their displeasure with the new Iraqi government that was sworn-in Saturday and introduced with much fanfare by politicians in Washington, Baghdad, and London this week.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Religion] [Democracy] [Governance] [Conflict] |
05/19/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (OneWorld) - The U.S. government has lost track of over 200,000 machine guns that were supposed to be used by the Iraqi police, according to a prominent human rights watchdog calling for tougher international regulations on arms dealings.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Security] [United Nations] |
05/17/2006
NEW YORK, May 16 (OneWorld) - Peace groups in the United States are testing new ways to stop the U.S. war machinery in Iraq, Afghanistan, and places that might become new targets in the new future.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Justice and Crime] [Arms & Military] [Peace] |
05/16/2006
I agree with the reasons that we have gone to Iraq. I may not agree with some actions that people choose while they are supposed to be over there protecting and serving our people and now the civilian Iraqis, but I am behind helping them and protecting us from terrorists...
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05/16/2006
A new memorial exhibition will commemorate the daily effects of violent conflict on the men, women, and children of Iraq, where it is estimated that more than 100,000 civilians have died in the U.S.-led war.
Read moreFrom: American Friends Service Committee Related: [United States] Image: The memorial underscores the human cost of war. © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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05/15/2006
Many famous and not-so-famous mothers spent the weekend at the White House calling for an end to war and the return of their sons and daughters from Iraq.
Read moreFrom: CODEPINK: Women for Peace Related: [United States] Image: Mother's Day White House vigil. © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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05/15/2006
The building of a massive new United States embassy and military bases in and around Baghdad signals the US determination to remain in Iraq for the long term, says Paul Rogers.
Read moreFrom: openDemocracy Related: [United States] |
05/12/2006
For the United States, the cost of the Iraq war will soon exceed the anticipated cost of the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement designed to control greenhouse gases. For both, the cost is somewhere in excess of $300 billion.
Read moreRelated: [United States] Image: - © Center for Global Development
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05/05/2006
Iraq and Afghanistan rank among the world's weakest states, according to an annual index based on a dozen social, economic, and political indicators. Venezuela made the greatest progress towards stability in the past year.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Afghanistan] [Venezuela] |
05/04/2006
A new report charges the U.S. with creating a climate in which torture and ill-treatment can flourish. The UN is set to review U.S. compliance with global torture prohibitions over the next few days.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International USA Related: [Afghanistan] [United States] Image: Amnesty International claims that US misconduct in its detention sites stems directly from official policy and practice. © Amnesty International USA
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05/03/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3 (OneWorld) - Though it faces daily intimidation and what some are calling 'confusion' over professional standards, Iraq's burgeoning media has already begun to shape opinions on the street, said a group of senior Iraqi journalists on tour in the United States.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Human Rights] [Communication] [Media] [Civil Society] [Conflict] [Security] |
05/03/2006
A "worst case scenario" has not yet been reached in Iraq but many of the conditions for such an escalation of violence are already present, a new report by the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq warns.
Read moreImage: NCCI
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05/02/2006
The 4th25, or the last quarter, is the collective name of a group of American combat troops whose stories are collected on the rap album Live From Iraq. The album is a confused, angry affair. This is a diary from the battlefield by the men not only dying, but also doing the killing. The group is led by Sergeant Neal Saunders (Big Neal) who talks here bluntly and honestly about the reality of the frontline soldier. Big Neal is a soldier doing what American soldiers do best, protecting America’s interests. For him it is not about Iraq, it is about America serving itself.
Read moreFrom: SixDegrees magazine |
05/01/2006
More than 34,000 Iraqis have been jailed, but officials often do not know where.
Read moreFrom: Christian Science Monitor |
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