Full Coverage: Middle East

09/27/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 27 (OneWorld) - The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.

09/27/2006 Over 16,000 have already pledged not to vote for any candidate "who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign." Are you onboard?

09/27/2006 Various international agreements, tribunals, and charters prohibit war "as an instrument of politics," yet Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, is the one on trial. Paul Rockwell reports.

09/25/2006 Yhdysvaltain hallitus on kuukausia valittanut, että Iranin sekaantuminen Irakin asioihin uhkaa maan vakautta ja amerikkalaisjoukkoja siellä. Tosiasiassa Iran saattaa pidätellä Irakin shiioja hyökkäämästä täydellä voimalla amerikkalaisten kimppuun. Presidentti George W. Bushin hallitus ei näytä täysin oivaltaneen, että Yhdysvaltain miehityksen jatkuminen Irakissa riippuu nyt Iranin ja sen irakilaisten shiia-liittolaisten sietokyvystä.

09/23/2006 NEW YORK, Sep 22 (OneWorld) - A nationwide civil disobedience campaign aiming to force the administration of President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to end the military occupation of Iraq is now in full swing.

09/22/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 22 (OneWorld) - The number of people making asylum claims in the United States, Japan, Australia, and Europe continues to decline, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported this week, but that doesn't mean fewer people are fleeing their homes as refugees.

09/22/2006 Unlike many of the countries where international humanitarian agencies work, Lebanon is not a failed state. The international community, however, has continued to adopt a "one size fits all" approach to the Lebanese crisis.

09/20/2006 A delegation of Israeli, Palestinian and international women leaders have achieved historic agreement on principles for Middle East peace and are urging international support at the United Nations Wednesday.
From: United Nations Development Fund for Women

09/19/2006 Iraq and Darfur are the hot-button issues bringing regular people onto the streets and into the headlines this week while a renewed effort to "Make Poverty History" is gearing up to demand governments attack the root causes of strife and deprivation around the world.

09/19/2006 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (OneWorld) - When President George W. Bush makes his way for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, he will likely be greeted with angry slogans by anti-war protesters.

09/16/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 16 (OneWorld) - Fresh allegations of brutality are being reported from inside the walls of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, which was transferred from U.S. military to Iraqi government control on September 1st.

09/15/2006 Following the launch of a new report on Hezbollah's actions during the recent conflict, Amnesty International is calling for a comprehensive, independent, and impartial inquiry into violations of international humanitarian law by both sides.

09/14/2006 Hizbollah-järjestö rikkoi heinä- ja elokuussa vakavasti kansainvälistä humanitaarista oikeutta vastaan ottamalla kohteekseen israelilaisia siviilejä, ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International sanoo tänään julkaistussa raportissa.
Hizbollah muun muassa ampui Pohjois-Israelin kaupunkialueille noin 900 luonnostaan epätarkkaa Katjusha-rakettia, rikkoen näin kansainvälisen oikeuden periaatetta siviili- ja sotilaskohteiden erottelemisesta.

09/13/2006 Amnesty International has called on Russia, China, and Arab leaders to "work hard to get Sudan's consent for a UN peacekeeping force" before the peacekeepers currently in Darfur are forced to leave on September 30.

09/12/2006 From supporting gender apartheid abroad to sacrificing feeding programs for U.S. women and children so that ExxonMobil can get a tax break, U.S. priorities are consistent: oil wins over women's rights hands down, says Martha Burk.

09/12/2006 In coordination with the release of the new documentary Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, a consortium of progressive media outlets are covering the issues and individuals impacted by privatization in Iraq.

09/11/2006 The images most Americans have of the recent war in Lebanon are of shattered cities, dead civilians, and terrified people, says Mideast analyst Conn Hallinan. What they're not seeing are the faces of the peace movement, which is very much alive.

09/11/2006 EU turvaa tilapäisellä maksumekanismilla Palestiinan elintärkeiden toimintojen, kuten terveydenhuollon ja jätteiden kuljetuksen, jatkumista keskeytyksittä.
Tilapäismekanismi tarvitaan, koska Yhdysvallat ja EU ovat jäädyttäneet kehitysavun maksamisen Palestiinalle. Lisäksi Israel on kieltäytynyt hoitamasta maksuvelvoitteitaan Palestiinalle.

09/09/2006 Siamo stati a Beirut in missione di pace per vedere la guerra dal basso, con gli occhi di chi la subisce, come abbiamo sempre fatto in passato, in Iraq, in Turchia, a Belgrado, ancora in Iraq. Abbiamo visto la distruzione delle vite e del futuro cui giorno dopo giorno la popolazione del Libano era sottoposta, abbiamo ascoltato più e più volte la richiesta di cessate il fuoco immediato, abbiamo anche ascoltato le aspettative che l'Italia facesse la sua parte da protagonista. Il cessate il fuoco non è la pace, ma è la condizione affinché alla pace si possa almeno aspirare, perché sino a che cadono bombe e partono missili non vi è speranza e, giorno dopo giorno, si muore. Il cessate il fuoco è arrivato, tardivo, reticente, ambiguo e fragile, ma è arrivato. Subito i Libanesi sono ritornati nei propri luoghi ed hanno cominciato a ricostruire. Ora è decisivo che le armi continuino a tacere. Molte altre cose sono necessarie per la pace, ma la prima è che tacciano le armi. - di Un Ponte per

09/08/2006 Five years after U.S. President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terrorism," the world has become more unsafe, more divided, more strife-prone, more paranoid, and ironically, more vulnerable to terrorism, says New Delhi-based journalist Praful Bidwai.