tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83267078449572848742024-03-13T00:16:05.032-07:00Justice for IraqJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-71735311396694681662018-04-27T14:00:00.001-07:002018-04-28T08:50:23.030-07:00Launch of Iraq Solidarity Month - highlightsSpeech by Mike Phipps- Editor of the book For the Many at the launch of Iraq Solidarity Month
Two months ago a global donor conference pledged £21bn to help Iraq rebuild after the war against Islamic State (IS). Turkey was one of the biggest donors - odd, because its troops are still on Iraqi soil, which at least one leading Iraqi official has characterised as an “invasion”.
Much more Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-60384166135067674772018-04-27T13:53:00.002-07:002018-04-27T13:53:21.238-07:00Iraq Solidarity Month: Looking Back to Move Forward
In a conflict-ridden world, yesterday’s carnage and massacre are quickly consigned to oblivion in the waste bin of history as the conveyor belt moves on. The fifteenth anniversary of the April 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq by the US and its allies thus passed the world by with little notice.
In spite of little media coverage over the past few years, with the exception Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-10411467562880539882018-03-02T13:06:00.003-08:002018-03-02T13:06:24.178-08:00Iraq Solidarity Month
Organised
by - Tadhamun Iraqi Women Solidarity
“The
immorality of the United States and Great Britain's decision to invade Iraq in
2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has
destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than any other conflict
in history”.
Archbishop
Desmond Tutu’s conviction was shared by millions who demonstrated across Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-34763235444360990602017-08-29T03:51:00.001-07:002017-08-29T03:51:31.749-07:00Tadhamun event
Iraqis: Living With Trauma in a War Zone - Tue 12 Sep 2017 @6:15PM
Psychological trauma
runs deep for communities that have survived or continue to live under war and
occupation. These invisible wounds are particularly prevalent among children,
whose educational development and growth are disrupted by relentless violence.
Tadhamun’s (Iraqi
Women Solidarity) event invites expert guests Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-83795815794907718322017-08-29T03:43:00.002-07:002017-08-29T03:43:35.494-07:00Depleted Uranium and Radioactive Contamination in Iraq: An OverviewBy Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi
The amount of devastation caused by the Depleted Uranium (DU) weaponry used against Iraq during the consecutive US led wars is historically unprecedented in modern warfare. The devastating magnitude of the complications and damage caused as a result of the use of such radioactive and toxic weapons on the environment and the human population was intensified as a Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-13770390460071838552017-08-21T14:38:00.000-07:002017-08-21T14:38:06.326-07:00Endtimes in Mosul<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~-->
by PATRICK COCKBURNOn 22 May, Ahmed Mohsen, an unemployed taxi driver, left
his house in the Islamic State-controlled western part of Mosul to try to escape
across the Tigris to the government-held eastern side of the city. He and his
mother, along with ten other people, carried rubber tyres down to the river:
most of them couldn’t swim, and they planned toJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-62522776927601318452017-06-08T01:45:00.002-07:002017-06-08T01:45:17.436-07:00Joint Call to Iraq and US-Led Coalition: Weapons Choice Endangers Mosul Civilians Warring Parties Should Minimize Harm to CiviliansThe battle involving Iraqi
and US-led coalition forces against the Islamic State (ISIS) in west Mosul’s Old
City poses a considerable threat to civilians and civilian objects,
international humanitarian and human rights organizations said today. All
warring parties should cease using explosive weapons with wide area effects and
inherently indiscriminate weapons in densely populated west Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-68094096200582094732017-04-25T13:49:00.000-07:002017-04-25T13:49:07.803-07:00Does anyone care about Mosul?
Donald Trump says he was motivated by the death of “beautiful babies” in a chemical gas attack in Syria to launch a missile strike on a regime airbase, which incidentally also killed at least four children. But in fact, Trump’s aerial bombardment in the region is responsible for scores of civilian deaths, including children, on a nightly basis, as coalition aircraft pound targets in Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-36190771434329682652017-01-19T08:16:00.002-08:002017-01-19T08:16:47.809-08:00The battle for MosulLast week, I received the following email:
“Dear Friends,
As you might have heard, the American Coalition have been bombing civilian areas in Mosul. Over the past few days the coalition targeted 3 houses of well known professors and researchers in Mosul University. One of them was my college professor and mentor Prof. Dr Mohamad Tybee Al-Layla.
Dr Al-Layla got his PhD in Geotechnical EngineeringJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-10681571484918670812017-01-13T10:15:00.001-08:002017-01-13T10:15:02.937-08:00Sabah Jawad
We are very sorry to announce the death of Sabah Jawad on 9th January in London. Sabah was an Iraqi exile who opposed both Saddam Hussein and any attempt to intervene in Iraq by western powers. He was centrally involved in the campaigns against the first Gulf War in 1990/91 and in the Stop the War Coalition against the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He continued to campaign against the occupation Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-2260398018626885182016-12-07T13:30:00.000-08:002016-12-07T13:30:06.839-08:00SOS from Mosul
Dear
Friends
We
continuously receive messages from friends and relatives in Mosul updating us.
The humanitarian situation is catastrophic. Nearly one million civilians are
trapped in between areas being targeted by either the American led coalition,
the Iraqi army and Hashed Al Shabby militias, and ISIS. The media is only
showing the suffering of the displaced people and exaggerating the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-50112772955131730332016-08-06T04:30:00.001-07:002016-08-06T04:30:52.463-07:00After ChilcotMike Phipps, co-editor of the fortnightly Iraq Occupation Focus e-newsletter, looks at the establishment’s attempt to wash its hands of a still ongoing war.
Seven years in the writing, two million words and at a cost of £10 million, the Chilcot Report was finally published in July. A pretty comprehensive piece of work, you might think, but as an Iraqi friend pointed out, there’s just one thing Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-87182791508965531652016-08-06T03:58:00.001-07:002016-08-06T03:58:12.851-07:00Baby Teeth of Iraqi Children Tell Troubling Tale of War's Toxic Impacts
In an effort to learn more about the impacts of long-term exposure to heavy metals and other toxins associated with warzone bombardments and military installations, a new study released Friday examined a sample of donated teeth and discovered that the children of Iraq are suffering from alarming levels of such substances, specfically lead.
The study—entitled Prenatal Metal Exposure in the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-5636151304156469412016-07-11T12:33:00.001-07:002016-07-11T12:33:36.907-07:00Sign the petition!https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-demand-an-international-and-independent-investigation-of-human-rights-violations-in-iraq
Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-8247821215896567482016-05-27T11:56:00.001-07:002016-05-27T11:56:28.416-07:00Humanitarian aid under political pressureText of Mike Phipps's speech at a recent Tadhamun event in London commemorating the 13th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
There is a new spectre haunting the world: humanitarian intervention. It was used to justify the British Government going to war in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Pressure is mounting on humanitarian aid agencies to skew their work to fit this new agenda, or face Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-31874944423881638072016-03-24T15:04:00.001-07:002016-03-24T15:04:45.822-07:00Mosul - did the US deliberately target civilians?“Mosul and Kirkuk bombed by US,” reported the Daily Mail on March 24th.
“The United States has been targeting Mosul and Kirkuk in recent days as Washington slowly moves troops into the region to open a new front in its ground war on Iraq, which has been waged mainly from the south via Kuwait.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-174902/Mosul-Kirkuk-bombed-US.html
So far so unremarkable. Of Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-45404302130140965662016-03-08T12:55:00.000-08:002016-03-08T12:55:00.458-08:00Pink-Slipping Hillary: On Remembering the Victims of the Iraq War
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th, the following is an excerpt from False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton , edited by Liza Featherstone and forthcoming June 14 of this year.
http://commondreams.org/views/2016/03/07/pink-slipping-hillary-remembering-victims-iraq-war
In March 2003, just before the US invasion of Iraq, about one hundred Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-52229100295511487862016-02-06T05:26:00.005-08:002016-02-06T05:26:58.368-08:00Iraq - the killing continuesMike Phipps finds no grounds for optimism in recent developments.
2016 began badly for human rights in Iraq. Here are some headlines from the first few weeks of the year, focusing on the crimes of ISIS.
ISIS executes 80 people by firing squad in central Nineveh - Iraqi News (January 9th).
ISIS executes 12 people for refusing to fight security forces in Mosul - Iraqi News (January 9th).
Islamic Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-61360581674600493732016-02-04T16:31:00.002-08:002016-02-04T16:31:24.365-08:00Iraq Occupation Focus Newsletter No 295
Iraq
Occupation Focus
www.justiceforiraq.blogspot.co.uk
Newsletter
No. 295
February 4th, 2016
Diyala Province Undergoing
Violent Ethnic and Sectarian Cleansing
Niqash
reports (January 28th): Locals in Diyala
province say the area is undergoing ethnic and
Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-11911815692893788482016-01-28T15:07:00.004-08:002016-01-28T15:11:24.888-08:00Iraq Occupation Focus Newsletter No 294
Ethnic Fighting endangers Civilians; now it’s Kurds and Shiites
HRW reports (January 17th): Kurdish and Shia Turkmen armed groups have repeatedly harmed and endangered civilians in clashes in Iraq’s Tuz Khurmatu district, in Salah al-Din province, since October 22015. The armed groups have killed, wounded, and abducted civilians and destroyed scores, if not  Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-51614213439522881112016-01-16T03:12:00.002-08:002016-01-16T03:13:39.833-08:00Iraq occupation Focus Newsletter No 293
Iraq
Occupation Focus
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No. 293 January 13th, 2016
Over 52,000 Killed in Iraq
during 2015
Antiwar.com
reports (January 1st): Antiwar.com has found
that at least 52,045 people were killed across Iraq
during 2015, while at least Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-8036370954660089102016-01-16T01:44:00.002-08:002016-01-16T01:44:53.899-08:00Of interest to readersAl Jazeera English TV have recently aired an episode on
the situation in Iraq, featuring Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the former Iraqi National
Security Advisor, freely available online here http://aje.me/1uAyTM4
The publicising of this programme by Justice for Iraq does not imply support for its editorial content.Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-9884050450651463252016-01-08T14:01:00.003-08:002016-01-08T14:01:46.628-08:00Iraq Occupation Focus Newsletter No 292 www.justiceforiraq.blogspot.co.uk
Newsletter No. 292 January 4th, 2016
Nine Iraqi soldiers killed by 'friendly fire' in US-led coalition airstrike The Guardian reports (December 19th): Nine Iraqi soldiers have been killed by “friendly fire” from US-led coalition aircraft during an assault on an Islamic State stronghold
Extremists' New, Evil Ways With Explosives, As They Withdraw Niqash Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-51974492687237714112016-01-08T13:59:00.002-08:002016-01-08T13:59:29.189-08:00Iraq Occupation Focus Newsletter No 291
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Newsletter No. 291 December 9th, 2015
Iraq summons Turkish ambassador to demand withdrawal of troops
Reuters report (December 5th): Iraq’s foreign ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed to northern Iraq, near the Islamic State Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-34616191866514536462016-01-08T13:57:00.001-08:002016-01-10T15:34:06.249-08:00Iraq Occupation Focus Newsletter No 290
Iraq Occupation Focus
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Newsletter No. 290
December 1st, 2015
U.S. Military: Iraq Air Strike Likely Killed Four Civilians, Including Child Reuters report (November 20th): A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said in a rare statement Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0