tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83267078449572848742012-01-29T03:15:31.753-08:00Justice for IraqJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.comBlogger2181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-51083977616096084992012-01-29T03:15:00.000-08:002012-01-29T03:15:31.757-08:00No jail for Haditha massacreStunning denial by U.S. Marine at Haditha massacre court martial
AP reports (January 25th): It was the massacre which left 24 unarmed Iraqis dead and cast fresh shame on the American military, already reeling from Abu-Ghraib. But a military judge ruled that the final U.S. soldier to face charges over the notorious assault on Haditha will not be jailed.
Instead, Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-90757533489658465562012-01-22T07:57:00.001-08:002012-01-22T07:57:39.355-08:00Corruption and human rights abuse in Iraq Rights report criticises Iraq government
Al Jazeera reports (January 22nd): A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses Iraq's government of abusing protesters and harassing journalists.
The report says torture continued even as the US military handed detainees over to Iraq before leaving the country last year.
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/01/201212210501321441.html
Human Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-18930686340676508872012-01-15T03:00:00.000-08:002012-01-15T03:00:00.399-08:00No Regrets, No Tears: Bidding Farewell To IraqA powerful piece from Countercurrents.org:
The focus of so much discussion these days is the Occupy Movement and the anticipated collapse of the US economy if the government doesn't radically change its ways of doing business. A clear and present silence prevails, however, when it comes to the fate of the Iraqi people and the culpability of US officials in launching a war of aggression and Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-340219861223626742012-01-10T11:16:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:16:12.529-08:00Some recent storiesUS marine to stand trial over 2005 killings that left 24 Iraqis dead
The Guardian reports (January 3rd): In a military courtroom in California one of the most controversial events of the Iraq war will be played out one last time.
In November 2005, a US marine squad killed 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, in the village of Haditha. This week, marine staff sergeant Frank Wuterich, the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-71255012303120027652012-01-05T13:09:00.000-08:002012-01-05T13:09:13.086-08:00Latest column for East London NewsMission accomplished?
So, in 2011 the last US troops finally left Iraq? Well, not quite. Combat troops may have gone, but private military contractors remain in their thousands. The US will spend nearly $1bn in 2012 on a police training programme. And Baghdad is allowing Washington to keep flying Predator drones on surveillance missions over northern Iraq. It’s no surprise to learn that US Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-54291693108122060572012-01-03T09:42:00.000-08:002012-01-03T09:42:06.462-08:00Remembering Those ResponsibleAn interesting piece from Stephen Zunes
http://www.zcommunications.org/iraq-remembering-those-responsible-by-stephen-zunes
The formal withdrawal of US troops from Iraq this month has led to a whole series of retrospectives on the invasion and the eight and a half years of occupation that followed as well as a host of unanswered questions, including - given the tens of thousands of Americans andJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-15398327550778211952012-01-01T03:15:00.000-08:002012-01-01T03:15:05.782-08:00Business is boomingOp-ed pieces in the New York Times and other US newspapers about the possible descent of Iraq into civil war may have less to do with concern for Iraqis - or even the US military mission - and more to do with the developing opportunities for US business interests, as these two stories underline:
U.S. firm wins $640 million contract to drill 60 wells in southern Iraqi oil field
Azzaman reports Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-80398568575978381822011-12-25T03:25:00.001-08:002011-12-25T03:25:31.017-08:00Iraq's conflict of the powerfulSami Ramadani writes for The Guardian (December 23rd): Baghdad, the city of my childhood, is again being terrorised by cowardly attacks aimed at spilling the blood of as many workers, students, shoppers and bystanders as possible. As I write, the facts are becoming clearer: the hundreds of murdered and injured men, women and children are Shia, Sunni, Christian, Arab, Kurd, Turkuman – a Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-13690961430655615072011-12-18T03:25:00.001-08:002011-12-18T03:25:55.750-08:00Will Iraq's 1.3 million refugees ever be able to go home?
The Independent report (December 16th): Eight years and three months after "liberating Iraq", a time of unrelenting savage strife in which tens of thousands died and a society was torn apart, America has formally ended its war in Iraq.After the colours of the US forces were lowered and the "Last Post" was played, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told troops: "You will leave with great pride, Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-63305985230939418552011-12-15T11:32:00.000-08:002011-12-15T11:32:13.446-08:00Latest East London News columnUK torture and inhumane treatment: case continues
The British Government may have withdrawn its troops from Iraq but that hasn’t ended our entanglement with that country. Iraqis are still trying to get justice in British courts for the treatment they received at the hands of our soldiers.
On 22nd November, The Guardian reported, “More than 100 Iraqis who were taken prisoner by British troops Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-86927293258301874322011-12-11T04:54:00.000-08:002011-12-11T04:54:08.837-08:00Birth defects, rubble still scar Iraq's FallujaReuters reports (December 7th): As U.S. forces pull out of Iraq, residents and officials in Falluja say they leave behind bullet-riddled homes, destroyed infrastructure and a worrying increase in birth defects and maladies in a city polluted by weapons and war chemicals.Amir Hussain and Awfa Abdullah got married in Falluja in 2004 but their lives were turned upside by the birth of their two Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-25242853149634566482011-12-04T05:42:00.000-08:002011-12-04T05:42:58.760-08:00Further Destruction Of Iraq's Higher Education A very interesting overview of what has happened to Iraq's universities from the BRussells Tribunal, here:
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/pdf/HigherEducation011211.pdfJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-17619848179730752692011-11-27T11:16:00.000-08:002011-11-27T11:16:13.753-08:00The Under-Examined Story of FallujahAn interesting report from Foreign Policy in Focus:FPIF reports (November 23rd): Seven years after the U.S. invasion of Fallujah, there are reports of an alarming rise in the rates of birth defects and cancer. But the crisis, and its possible connection to weapons deployed by the United States during the war, remains woefully under-examined.Thirty to fifty thousand people were still inside the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-89008320098240793612011-11-22T11:19:00.001-08:002011-11-22T11:19:47.489-08:00Cultural destruction in IraqThe latest column in East London News:
At the beginning of November, an article appeared in an Egyptian newspaper, wondering what had happened to Iraq’s massive state archive which had been seized by American forces when the occupation of the country began. Would it ever be returned? And what would happen to the country's Jewish archive of books and manuscripts, which was also moved to the UnitedJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-52614025215522755202011-11-20T05:49:00.000-08:002011-11-20T05:49:03.731-08:00Corporate takeover from the airU.S. Hiring Mercenary Air Force for Iraq Rescues Danger Room reports (November 14th): The State Department has already requisitioned an army, part of the roughly 5,000 private security contractors State is hiring to protect diplomats stationed in Iraq. Now, State is hiring someone to provide a little help from the air: an “Aviation Advisor” responsible for “Search and Rescue (SAR), medical Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-11488326647234671562011-11-13T03:54:00.000-08:002011-11-13T03:54:57.291-08:00Latest column for east London NewsIraqis still paying for the invasion with their health
US President Obama announced recently that the last American troops in Iraq will be out before the end of 2011. Yet several thousand private military contractors will remain and Iraq will be a regional hub for the US for years to come.
The overall costs of the war have been calculated by the Nobel prize-winning economist, Joseph Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-17912910257114905932011-11-13T03:42:00.000-08:002011-11-13T03:42:14.376-08:00Occupation legacy - the links unmangled...Iraq’s Interior Ministry Denies Torturing Prisoner To Death
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2011/11/08/iraqs-interior-ministry-denies-torturing-prisoner-to-death/
The daily struggle of Iraq's widows of war
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Study Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-41204103436098815182011-11-06T05:07:00.000-08:002011-11-06T05:07:19.962-08:00Universities and the Costs of the Iraq WarAn interesting report from the BRussells Tribunal on higher education in Iraq can be found here:
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/
Hugh Gusterson writes for the BRussells Tribunal (September 15th): The political scientist Mark Duffield has observed that the effect of Western intervention in Iraq has actually been to “demodernize” that country. ]This is ironic given that the military Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-27132863463234746802011-10-30T03:55:00.000-07:002011-10-30T03:55:36.326-07:00The US departure from Iraq is an illusionJames Denselow writes in The Guardian: Barack Obama has made good on one of his election promises,announcing: "After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over." The Iraqis' assertion of their sovereignty – meaning no legal immunity for US troops – was the deal-breaker, and 39,000 US soldiers will leave Iraq by the end of the year.Jonathan Steele wrote that the Iraq war was over and Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-36096589270245919972011-10-28T05:35:00.000-07:002011-10-28T05:35:20.091-07:00New regular column in East London NewsFrom this week, Iraq Occupation Focus has a new regular column in the East London News.
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1ufvd/ELN0118/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http://free.yudu.com/item/details/426201/ELN0118 Here's the first: Is the Occupation of Iraq finally over ?
The Occupation of Iraq is finally winding down, nearly nine years after America, Britain and others invaded. The last US Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-3930677384857972562011-10-22T04:26:00.000-07:002011-10-22T04:26:31.514-07:00US withdraw troops, contractors remainIraq rejects US request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal
The Guardian reports (October 21st): The US suffered a major diplomatic and military rebuff when Iraq finally rejected its pleas to maintain bases in the country beyond this year.
Barack Obama announced at a White House press conference that all American troops will leave Iraq by the end of December, a decision forced by the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-37641023877897233812011-10-16T04:21:00.000-07:002011-10-16T04:21:52.817-07:00Immunity in IraqA recent editorial from Arab News:
What are America’s brave soldiers serving abroad afraid of if their hands are clean?America's audacity is breathtaking. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demanded that Iraq provide total immunity to the US troops staying on beyond the scheduled pullout later this year. First, the US must invent a pretext to maintain its military presence in Iraq, not to Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-51238220389749803152011-10-12T12:47:00.000-07:002011-10-12T12:47:17.687-07:00Photos from Stop the War rally on October 8th in LondonJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-72556512000792206942011-10-09T03:21:00.001-07:002011-10-09T03:21:51.573-07:00The secret history of the Shell gas dealA revealing report on Shell Oil Company's strategy for seizing Iraq's oil can be found here:
http://www.iraqoilreport.com/energy/natural-gas/the-secret-history-of-the-shell-gas-deal-6221/?fb_ref=NetworkNews&fb_source=profile_onelineJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-91773274929307227892011-10-08T10:40:00.000-07:002011-10-08T10:40:08.914-07:00The last 100 days?Iraq: 100 Days of Solidarity Medea Benjamin writes for Counterpunch (September 30th): This week marks the beginning of what is supposed to be the final 100 days of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. But if U.S. troops are to leave Iraq at the end of this year as promised – repeatedly – it will take grassroots pressure to counter the growing “occupy-Iraq-forever” chorus in Washington.Despite the fact Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-25614099188380216732011-10-02T03:48:00.000-07:002011-10-02T03:48:08.749-07:00Was the Iraq war a 'mistake'?An excellent blog from Michael Parenti:
The Iraq War Is a Smashing Success by Michael ParentiA reader recently reported on my Facebook wall that President George Bush had admitted to singer Tony Bennett that the Iraq war had been a "mistake." I beg to differ.
The Iraq war has not been a mistake. There was a miscalculation, it being assumed that the US invasion would be quick, easy and dearly Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-85099986983583232062011-10-02T02:37:00.001-07:002011-10-02T02:37:41.972-07:00Why I arrested Donald RumsfeldNate Goldshlag writes for The Guardian (September 30th): On Monday 26 September, three members of Veterans For Peace and a member of Code Pink confronted Donald Rumsfeld at a Boston stop of his book tour. I attempted to make a citizen's arrest. Police hustled all four of us out, while a hostile rightwing crowd shouted and jeered.
Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and theJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-56557848188700124722011-09-25T03:37:00.001-07:002011-09-25T03:37:48.629-07:00Some everyday stories from IraqIraq’s southern province – an environmental nightmare
Azzaman reports (September 23rd): The southern Iraqi Province of Missan sits on five million landmines and remnants of unspecified quantities of depleted uranium, the head of the province’s Health Department Dr. Maythan Lafta said.
In an interview with the newspaper, Lafta said the province was facing “an environmental catastrophe.”
http://Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-34884461190846744262011-09-18T04:53:00.001-07:002011-09-18T04:53:33.344-07:00New cablesCables: Iraqi Detainees Were Tortured, Beaten, Raped
Antriwar.com reports (September 12th): Iraqi detainees were severely tortured, beaten, and raped in an Iraqi National Police detention complex in 2006, according to a confidential State Department cable released by WikiLeaks. Discovery by US officials of the abuse did not lead to criminal investigations of the perpetrators and much of the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-19525363041811514902011-09-18T04:52:00.001-07:002011-09-18T04:52:32.640-07:00Massive U.S. Embassy In Iraq Will Expand Further As Soldiers LeaveHuffington Post reports (September 16th): American combat troops in Iraq may be heading to the exits -- or not -- but the U.S. government's enormously expensive intervention there is hardly coming to an end.In a telling sign of how dangerous and chaotic Iraq remains more than eight years after President George W. Bush launched the war against Saddam Hussein, U.S. diplomats, military advisers and Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-45851547705293123762011-09-11T04:23:00.001-07:002011-09-11T04:23:50.047-07:00New protestsIraqis mourn slain journalist amid protests
Al-Jazeera reports (September 9th): Hundreds of people turned out to mourn Hadi al-Mehdi, an Iraqi radio personality who was shot dead in Baghdad on the eve of a major anti-government protest.
Mourners marched with a symbolic coffin draped in an Iraqi flag from al-Mehdi's home in Karrada in central Baghdad to the city's Tahrir Square, where thousands ofJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-18767603652343857382011-09-11T04:15:00.000-07:002011-09-11T04:15:45.094-07:00Robert Fisk: It's not the brutality that is 'systematic'. It's the lying about itIt was Baha Mousa's dad I will always remember. On an oppressively scorching day in Basra, Daoud Mousa first spoke of his son's death, telling me how the boy's wife had died of cancer just six months earlier, how Baha's children were now orphans, how – not long after the British Army had arrested Baha Mousa and beaten him to death, for that is what happened – a British officer had come to his Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-22312589569000461072011-08-29T03:59:00.001-07:002011-08-29T03:59:32.149-07:00Life in occupied IraqThree stories from the last few says:
Female Trafficking Soars in Iraq
IPS reports (August 27th): Prostitution and sex trafficking are epidemic in Iraq, where the violence of military occupation and sectarian strife have smashed national institutions, impoverished the population and torn apart families and neighbourhoods. Over 100,000 civilians have been killed and an estimated 4.4 million Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-49051683320776467762011-08-20T10:11:00.000-07:002011-08-20T10:11:17.427-07:00Panetta says:we're staying - Iraq disagrees
Politicos report (August 19th): Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Iraq’s government has agreed to extend the U.S. military presence in the country beyond 2011 — but Iraq quickly rejected the claim.The word from Panetta, during an interview with Stars & Stripes, was the first official indication that any of the 46,000 American troops will remain in Iraq beyond the country’s Dec. 31 deadline forJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-66476235570566815372011-08-20T09:40:00.000-07:002011-08-20T09:40:33.906-07:00Iraq foots the bill for its own destruction
By Murtaza HussainWhen considering the premise of reparation being paid for the Iraq War it would be natural to assume that the party to whom such payments would be made would be the Iraqi civilian population, the ordinary people who suffered the brunt of the devastation from the fighting. Fought on the false pretence of capturing Saddam Hussein’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, the warJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-585000506685154642011-08-15T07:03:00.001-07:002011-08-15T07:03:32.052-07:00New Human Rights report
Human Rights in Iraq Remain FragileScoop reports (August 8th): Armed violence continues to affect large numbers of Iraqis, with minorities, women and children suffering disproportionately, torture widely reported and impunity rife, according to a United Nations report.“The human rights situation throughout Iraq remains fragile,” the report notes, also citing so-called “silent” human rights Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-22226452476983620872011-08-07T05:15:00.001-07:002011-08-07T05:15:17.096-07:00Interesting opinion pieceIraq, U.S. and SOFA: Legal Immunity or Illegal Impunity?Dallas Darling writes for World News (August 8th): "The American pact is nothing but humiliation to the Iraqis. This is against the interest and the sovereignty of the Iraq people and no none should put himself in a position to sign it...such a pact with the Americans who destroyed Iraq since 1991 and killed millions of its children by two Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-75461663482832554842011-08-06T15:48:00.000-07:002011-08-06T15:59:27.925-07:00Iraq Occupation Focus:Newsletter No.178Iraq Occupation Focus
www.iraqoccupationfocus.org.ukNewsletter No.178
August 2nd, 2011Contents Military news
Abuse
Protests
Daily life
Corporate takeover
Unreported Afghanistan
This IOF Newsletter is produced as a free service for all those opposed to the occupation. In order to strengthen our campaign, please make sure you sign up Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-40653679417458182682011-08-04T05:59:00.000-07:002011-08-04T05:59:18.072-07:00BP accused of ‘backroom dealings’ in IraqFrom Greg Mutitt's Fuel on the Fire website:
Leaked oil contract reveals real extent of BP’s control of Iraqi oil
A leaked contract between BP and the Iraqi government has revealed the extent to which the company has gained control over Iraq's oil. The 20-year contract for the Rumaila field near Basra published today by oil industry watchdog PLATFORM, commits future Iraqi governments to payingJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-54843166025566644652011-08-02T08:59:00.001-07:002011-08-02T08:59:42.268-07:00So much for US troop withdrawal from combat roleTribal sheikh among three killed in US-Iraq raid
AFP report (July 30th): A US-Iraqi raid north of Baghdad killed a tribal sheikh and two of his family members, police said, as local leaders condemned what they branded a "massacre" of civilians.
US forces said the operation aimed to nab a wanted insurgent but officials in the village of Rufayat, 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital, said theJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-76244986922198957132011-07-28T08:22:00.001-07:002011-07-28T08:22:07.158-07:00New from AzzamanEncroachments of ancient sites continues in Iraq
Azzaman reports (July 19th): Areas designated as archaeologically significant in Iraq are no longer immune from encroachments in a country where the role of law and order is diminishing.
More and more ancient mounds are being lost to builders and private entrepreneurs, said Abdulzahra al-Talaqani the department’s spokesman.
http://www.azzaman.com/Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-66325245481359095992011-07-28T08:20:00.001-07:002011-07-28T08:20:32.493-07:00On the military frontPanic as US Warplanes Attack Southern Iraq
Antiwar.com reports (July 20th): The latest indication yet that the Obama Administration’s much vaunted “end” to the war in Iraq last year was entirely illusory, reports are pouring in from southern Iraq’s Maysan Province that US warplanes launched a number of live ammunition attacks just north of Amara.Iraqi security forces confirmed the attacks, and itJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-9737491762850839692011-07-24T02:57:00.000-07:002011-07-24T02:57:30.108-07:00Compensation paid; liability not admitted; soldiers not charged; Iraqi teenager deadMinistry of Defence pays £100,000 to family of drowned Iraqi teenagerThe Guardian reports (July 21st): The Ministry of Defence has agreed to pay £100,000 compensation to the family of an Iraqi teenager who drowned near Basra after being detained by British troops. In an out-of-court settlement with his relatives' British lawyers, the MoD did not admit liability for the death of 18-year-old Saeed Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-18796283576142425732011-07-17T08:27:00.001-07:002011-07-17T08:27:58.560-07:00Abuse in Iraq catches up with perpetrators
Feds Eye CIA Officer in Prisoner Death
AP report (July 13th): A CIA officer who oversaw the agency's interrogation program at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and pushed for approval to use increasingly harsh tactics has come under scrutiny in a federal war crimes investigation involving the death of a prisoner, witnesses told The Associated Press.Steve Stormoen, who is now retired from the CIA, Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-24752572334156734442011-07-10T05:21:00.000-07:002011-07-10T05:21:27.154-07:00Recent storiesActivists: Protesters beaten in Baghdad CNN reports (July 8th): At least seven anti-government protesters were arrested and beaten by Iraqi security forces as hundreds of angry demonstrators gathered in al-Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, human rights activists told CNN.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the square, carrying their banners like every Friday, Some were heard shouting "Friday Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-25566488032729635012011-07-08T03:36:00.001-07:002011-07-08T03:36:34.075-07:00Important legal rulingIraq abuse ruling by European court says UK failed human rights roleThe Guardian reports (July 7th): Britain was an occupying power after the invasion of Iraq and failed to carry out effective investigations into the killing of civilians, the European court of human rights has ruled.The decision by the Strasbourg court could open the Ministry of Defence to a deluge of claims and add to the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-54911595397642494872011-07-01T03:07:00.001-07:002011-07-01T03:07:45.736-07:00Justice deniedMost CIA interrogation cases won't be pursuedLA Times reports (June 30th): The Justice Department has decided not to file criminal charges in the vast majority of cases involving the CIA's former interrogation, detention and kidnapping program.
In a statement to CIA employees, Leon E. Panetta said that after an examination of more than 100 instances in which the agency allegedly had contact withJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-30781653686991257012011-06-26T04:31:00.001-07:002011-06-26T04:31:32.768-07:00Appeal from Amnesty15 men at imminent risk of execution
AI reports (June 21st): Fifteen men, alleged to be members of armed groups, were sentenced to death on 16 June, only days after “confessions” by several of them were broadcast on Iraqi television. They may not have received a fair trial and are at imminent risk of execution.
http://www.amnesty.name/en/library/asset/MDE14/034/2011/en/ef7d1851-de3a-4c21-b7ba-Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-45067899678140130572011-06-19T11:32:00.000-07:002011-06-19T11:32:28.070-07:00Oil againFrom the New York Times:
In Rebuilding Iraq’s Oil Industry, U.S. Subcontractors Hold SwayNY Times reports (June 16th): When Iraq auctioned rights to rebuild and expand its oil industry two years ago, the Russian company Lukoil won a hefty portion — a field holding about 10 percent of Iraq’s known oil reserves. The auction’s outcome helped defuse criticism in the Arab world that the United Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-16146294382176242332011-06-18T12:08:00.000-07:002011-06-18T12:08:07.851-07:00Two new stories on birth defects following US bombingChildren pay ultimate price of Iraq's poisonous wartime legacyIrish Times reports (June 13th): The effects of depleted uranium can be seen among the young in the city’s hospitals, where staff are convinced of its link to cancer and deformities.“We are blind,” says Dr Ahmed Jafer, a paediatric specialist. “Ours is the only neo-natal unit in this region but we cannot quickly diagnose what exactly Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-71716808825504527732011-06-12T06:02:00.001-07:002011-06-12T06:02:55.221-07:00Government supporters attack protestorsAnti-government protest blocked in IraqWashington Post reports (June 10th): An anti-government protest scheduled for Friday in Iraq’s capital was quashed after several participants reported being beaten with sticks and clubs to make way for a counter-demonstration.Following the end of a 100-day cooling-off period requested by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, students and activists had been Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-88117994723922326522011-06-12T06:01:00.000-07:002011-06-12T06:01:45.212-07:00Yet more signs that the US is reconsidering its withdrawal options1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters still in Iraq: Panetta
AFP reports (June 9th): CIA chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers that 1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters are still operating in Iraq and said US troops may stay beyond their year's end withdrawal date if asked by Baghdad.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a6fea320c245308f70a705f34c9150fd.701&show_article=1 Iraq says it may revise US pull-out plan
Al Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-48967804830942037392011-06-09T05:34:00.001-07:002011-06-09T05:34:40.008-07:00From Stop the War Coalition June 11 Day Conference: Afghanistan and the war on terror ten years on
Ten years ago the events of 9/11 triggered a series of events which changed the world profoundly. The war in Afghanistan marked the start of a decade of war Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-63771990714422163942011-06-08T11:25:00.000-07:002011-06-08T11:25:23.557-07:00What does a 21st century resource war look like?
Mike Phipps spoke to Greg Muttitt about his new book, Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq, published by The Bodley Head, price £14.99 pbk.
www.fuelonthefire.com
LB: Why did you write this book?
GM: In early 2003, Tony Blair said the idea that the Iraq war was about oil was “absurd”. Yet government papers I obtained from the same time said: “The future shape of the Iraqi Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-87584454568387534082011-06-07T03:39:00.000-07:002011-06-07T03:39:24.016-07:00More military privatisationU.S. Plans Private Guard Force for Iraq
WSJ reports (June 7th): The State Department is preparing to spend close to $3 billion to hire a security force to protect diplomats in Iraq after the U.S. pulls its last troops out of the country by year's end.
In testimony before the Commission on Wartime Contracting, Patrick Kennedy, undersecretary of state for management, said the department plans to Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-37599867599195030782011-06-05T03:59:00.001-07:002011-06-05T03:59:29.751-07:00Government clamps downas these stories show...
Deadline close for Iraqi ministers told to make changes or lose jobCNN reports (June 4th): Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's 100-day deadline is fast approaching for Cabinet ministers to make reforms or be fired, raising concerns of mass protests if the deadline passes without some sign of improvement.But activists and a leading human rights group accused Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-89672987135187072172011-05-29T04:58:00.000-07:002011-05-29T04:58:20.723-07:00Gates applies more pressure to extend deadlineUS Defense Secretary Gates urges post-2011 occupation of Iraq
WSWS reports (May 26th): Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged in a speech that the US occupation of Iraq be continued beyond a December 31, 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of all American forces. He argued that the US military must remain on Iraqi soil to counter Iranian influence and maintain US power both within the country and the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-45380457908539713132011-05-22T05:28:00.000-07:002011-05-22T05:28:30.484-07:00But will the US leave?The Christian Science Monitor reports:
US troops in Iraq: US, Maliki weigh possible extensionCSM reports (May 17th): On paper, the future of the US military in Iraq is clear-cut. US and Iraqi officials say there are no plans and no negotiations to extend the troop presence here past the agreed Dec. 31 deadline – a major political priority in both Washington and Baghdad. But faced with that Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-62921876065642331872011-05-20T14:48:00.000-07:002011-05-20T14:48:16.515-07:00Book launch23 May, 7-9pm: Launch of 'Fuel on the Fire - Oil and Politics in
Occupied Iraq'. Author Greg Muttitt in conversation with Guardian
columnist Madeleine Bunting. Khalili Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street,
London WC1H 0XG. Organised by War on Want and PLATFORM. Map:
http://bit.ly/lAtG72 More info: http://www.fuelonthefire.com/Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-28198818758855955802011-05-18T11:30:00.000-07:002011-05-18T11:30:40.587-07:00Blair envoy lobbied Iraq Prime Minister for BP 3 months after leaving postNew documents show holes in revolving door regulation
New documents released today show that Tony Blair’s Iraq envoy, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, lobbied the Iraqi prime minister on behalf of BP just three months after leaving Iraq. On joining BP as special adviser in June 2004, Greenstock was ordered by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments not visit Iraq on business, nor have dealings Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-91528009397085616792011-05-15T11:32:00.000-07:002011-05-15T11:32:42.012-07:00New Book – Route IrishPaul Laverty's screenplay of the new film directed by Ken Loach is now available from Route Books.
ROUTE IRISH is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller that delivers a fresh insight into the moral and political corruption at play in Iraq. As well as exploring the actions of private security firms on the ground in Iraq, Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty examine the effects of combat on security Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-87580997975347085402011-05-15T05:36:00.000-07:002011-05-15T05:36:49.591-07:00Corporate takeover
Two Security Firms Win Big Iraq Contracts
Iraq Business News reports (May 6th): Two more security firms have won contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to build the State Department a private army in Iraq, according to a report from Wired’s ‘Danger Room’.
Contractors Triple Canopy and newcomer Global Strategies Group will contribute to the State Department’s planned protection force of Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-55649980289555419472011-05-15T05:33:00.002-07:002011-05-15T05:33:58.086-07:00This week's protestsIraqi oil workers protest over pay, threaten to strike
Reuters report (May 10th): About 300 Iraqi oil workers staged a brief walkout in the southern oil hub of Basra, protesting a lack of financial benefits and threatening to halt production if their demands were not met.
The demonstrators were engineers, technicians and workers at the state-run South Oil Co., which has some 18,000 employees Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-48527884745340216712011-05-15T05:33:00.000-07:002011-05-15T05:33:13.604-07:00How flexible is that deadline?Too flexible suggest three stories from the press this week:
Withdrawal Date For U.S. Troops May Be Pushed Back Beyond 2011Huffington Post reports (May 11th): The Obama administration is evaluating whether to keep troops in Iraq beyond the planned withdrawal date, a decision that would extend an unpopular war that the American public expected to end this year.The Status of Forces Agreement Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-88336473506093007892011-05-11T06:08:00.000-07:002011-05-11T06:08:02.922-07:00So it was all about oil!Mike Phipps reviews Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq, by Greg Muttitt, published by The Bodley Head, price £14.99 pbk.
Was the invasion and occupation of Iraq the first of a series of new “resource wars”? To answer this, argues Greg Muttitt, we have to rethink our ideas. Forget loading up your ships with as much plunder as they can carry. “A far more valuable prize can be Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-11033738743887873672011-05-08T03:12:00.001-07:002011-05-08T03:12:40.045-07:00The past is always with usFallujah, Iraq 2004 - Misrata, Libya 2011Media Lens report (May 4th): In November 2004, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Network reported the impact of Operation Phantom Fury, a combined US-UK offensive, on Iraq’s third city, Fallujah:'Approximately 70 per cent of the houses and shops were destroyed in the city and those still standing are riddled with bullets.' ('Fallujah still needs Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-62330334907646387392011-05-01T03:32:00.001-07:002011-05-01T03:32:57.559-07:00Protests latestIraqis rally against extending US troop presenceReuters report (April 24th): Thousands of Iraqis rallied in the northern city of Mosul in one of the biggest protests yet against any extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq.On Sunday, around 5,000 people, including provincial council members and tribal leaders, rallied in the main square against extending the U.S. troops presence beyond theJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-61827567659421113902011-04-24T02:47:00.001-07:002011-04-24T02:47:30.365-07:00More news on recent protestsIraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests
Human Rights Watch reports (April 21st): Kurdistan authorities should end their widening crackdown on peaceful protests in northern Iraq, Human Rights Watch said. 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 Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-31534929584557500332011-04-24T02:46:00.000-07:002011-04-24T02:46:23.446-07:00Iraq , 15 April: The Friday Of The FreeBy Dirk Adriaensens15 April, 2011
Countercurrents.orgThe letter underneath has been sent to me by Asma Al Haidari, who follows the news of the Friday demonstrations in Iraq . These peaceful demonstrations have been going on for weeks now. Today was called “ the Friday of the Free ”. Western media will – again – fail to report about this democratic movement as they did about Egypt and Tunesia. Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-83482792528871961352011-04-17T04:51:00.000-07:002011-04-17T04:51:19.385-07:00Some of this week's storiesPentagon's second thoughts on Iraq withdrawal AP reports (April 10th): Eight months shy of its deadline for pulling the last American soldier from Iraq and closing the door on an 8-year war, the Pentagon is having second thoughts.
Reluctant to say it publicly, officials fear a final pullout in December could create a security vacuum, offering an opportunity for power grabs by antagonists in an Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-85302859325246881462011-04-13T14:54:00.000-07:002011-04-13T14:54:48.105-07:00Iraq invasion aniversary markedThe only event in Britain to mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq was organised by Women Solidarity for an Independent and Unified Iraq (WSIUI). It focused on the impact of the occupation upon women.
Iman Abou Atta spoke about her latest research on the trafficking of Iraqi women into the sex trade in Syria and elsewhere, which has become a major problem since 2003. A culture Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-50005433628602483892011-04-10T02:14:00.000-07:002011-04-10T02:14:00.756-07:00Anniversary protestsIraqis demonstrate against U.S. troop presenceCNN report (April 9th): Tens of thousands of demonstrators in eastern Baghdad marked the eighth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime with a protest against the American troop presence there.The demonstrators, followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, rallied in Mustansriya Square, where they called all U.S troops to Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-22431151566235381642011-03-27T05:09:00.001-07:002011-03-27T05:09:54.256-07:00Latest protestsIraqi protesters rally in the rainCNN reports (March 25th): Throngs of demonstrators protested in the rain, rallying in central Baghdad's Tahrir Square against corruption, unemployment, the lack of basic services and the treatment of prisoners.Several women also turned out at the square to call on the Iraqi government to release sons and husbands who are in the prison awaiting trial or Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-56504555920731743782011-03-20T07:16:00.001-07:002011-03-20T07:16:48.840-07:00More protests in IraqIraqis accuse Parliament of neglecting Iraq on account of Bahrain protests
Al-Sumaria reports (March 19th): Iraqi demonstrators in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square affirmed that they will pursue protests until achieving their goals.
In Ramadi, hundreds of protesters called for the topple of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s government.
Protesters rallied in Al Shajariah District, eastern Ramadi, waving Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-52402427072624459632011-03-16T03:51:00.000-07:002011-03-16T03:51:05.266-07:00The dark world of privatised warfare
Mike Phipps reviews Route Irish, Ken Loach’s new feature about British mercenary soldiers in Iraq.
War is a profitable business for some. The latest collaboration between writer Paul Laverty and director Ken Loach probes the murky world of private security contractors, which operate with impunity throughout Iraq.
By 2007, these companies outnumbered US troops in the country. In the last Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-7238837288788063062011-03-13T07:11:00.001-07:002011-03-13T07:11:08.751-07:00Latest Iraq protestsProtestsIraqis rally in Baghdad, media banned from live coverageAl Sumaria reports (March 8th): Hundreds of Iraqis rallied on Monday in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square in protest against lack of services. Demonstrators are calling to dissolve the provincial council and bring all parties involved in corruption to justice.
Iraqi security forces banned media from covering manifestations live on air. http:Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-37659672314796707722011-03-05T09:35:00.001-08:002011-03-05T09:35:41.983-08:00This week's protestsIraq authorities 'using violence and bribes' to curb dissentThe National reports (March 2nd): Authorities in Iraq are using a mixture of strong-arm tactics and financial persuasion to prevent anti-government protests gaining momentum.Army and police units have beaten, arrested or threatened scores of political activists and journalists, their colleagues say. Meanwhile, government security and Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-29514500242087611172011-03-05T09:34:00.000-08:002011-03-05T09:34:34.108-08:00Iraqis get the Tahrir spiritLast Friday's day of rage shows Nouri al-Maliki is in danger of becoming the Mubarak of Baghdad
Sami Ramadani
The Guardian, Wednesday 2 March 2011
As the walls of fear are being knocked down in one Arab country after another, the ugly concrete walls "of separation and intimidation" erected by the US-led forces in Iraqi cities have become a target of protesters. During last Friday's "day of Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-21712088084718930222011-02-27T11:39:00.001-08:002011-02-27T11:39:29.543-08:00ROUTE IRISHROUTE IRISH is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller that delivers a fresh insight into the moral and political corruption at play in Iraq. As well as exploring the actions of private security firms on the ground in Iraq, Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (Looking for Eric, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) examine the effects of combat on security contractors – the new “soldiers” of modern Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-57591808517606486592011-02-27T05:49:00.003-08:002011-02-27T05:49:34.714-08:00Iraq's day of rage - and its aftermathThousands join 'Day of Rage'The Guardian reports (February 25th): Anger over corruption and abysmal basic services erupted in a "Day of Rage", with the most serious clashes in Mosul and Hawija, in the north, and Basra in the south. At least six people were killed – three in Mosul and three in Hawija – and 75 injured in clashes with security services as protesters tried to attack government Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-64419597567591456962011-02-27T05:44:00.001-08:002011-02-27T05:44:59.763-08:00International seminar on the situation of Iraqi AcademicsFor more information:
http://www.brussellstribunal.org/Seminar/#id=main12sub1&ts=1298814207325&page=1&language=enJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-29244033779263155992011-02-20T04:03:00.001-08:002011-02-20T04:03:34.808-08:00More protests in IraqA selection of recent press stories on popular protest and the brutal response from the authorities:
Iraq man dies of self-immolation to protest rising unemploymentHaaretz reports (February 13th): n Iraqi man has died after setting himself ablaze in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to protest against unemployment, police sources said. The 31-year-old man set himself on fire when he could not Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-2932007347354025952011-02-13T04:00:00.000-08:002011-02-13T04:00:13.963-08:00Facebook-organised protests spread across IraqA selection of clippings about demonstrations in Iraq over the last few days:
Popular anger boils over in IraqWSWS report (February 12th): Protest over social conditions spread to Iraq this week, as demonstrations broke out in numerous cities. Protesters stormed government buildings and a police station in Hamza, an impoverished and heavily Shiite community in southern Iraq, to protest shortagesJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-57598807773244412652011-02-06T04:04:00.000-08:002011-02-06T04:04:09.226-08:00The Egyptian contagion spreads...These extracts speak for themselves:
Clamor for change now reaches IraqLA Times reports (February 6th): Clamor for political change across the Arab world has reached Iraq, where protests against poor government services have broken out in the capital and other cities.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki vowed not to run for a third term, a day after he announced that he would cut his pay inJustice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-24786913579170029892011-01-30T03:58:00.001-08:002011-01-30T03:58:28.282-08:00Corporate impunityBlackwater Suit Tossed 7 Years After DeathsAP report (January 25th): A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit that blamed the security company formerly known as Blackwater for the deaths of four contractors killed in a grisly 2004 ambush on the restive streets of Iraq.U.S. District Judge James C. Fox said court-ordered arbitration fell apart because neither side was paying the costs of that process, Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-17357933541223761062011-01-30T03:57:00.001-08:002011-01-30T03:57:44.277-08:00From AzzamanIraqi security forces on arrest campaign against Baaquba intellectuals
Azzaman reports (January 26th): In a fresh crackdown, Iraqi security forces have arrested more than 100 intellectuals from the restive Province of Diyala of which Baaquba is the capital.
The crackdown comes amid reports of an upsurge in security in the province which groups resisting U.S. occupation and the current Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-76080893360500618182011-01-23T05:12:00.000-08:002011-01-23T05:12:19.493-08:00Protests as Blair gives evidenceAP report (January 21st): Former Prime Minister Tony Blair offered an emotional apology for the deaths of soldiers and civilians in Iraq, as he testified Friday to Britain's inquiry into the war. Some bereaved relatives heckled the former prime minister as he expressed his remorse.Members of the audience shouted: "Too late, too late," while two women turned their backs on Blair, and then walked Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-86397096000408805932011-01-23T05:11:00.001-08:002011-01-23T05:11:13.582-08:00Two stories from AzzamanIraqi government to purchase armoured limousines worth $75 million for members of parliament
Azzaman reports (January 21st): The Iraqi government has decided to spend nearly $75 million from the country’s oil revenues to purchase armored limousines, one for each of the 325 members of parliament.
The high salaries and perks senior Iraqi officials get are fueling anger in Iraq and there has been a Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-11300284721907665802011-01-23T05:10:00.003-08:002011-01-23T05:10:03.414-08:00'Torture, homicide rife in US prisons'Press TV report (January 23rd): New documents obtained by the ACLU show "unjustified homicide" of detainees and concerns about the condition of confinement in American prisons. The documents reveal how four Iraqi detainees were executed by a group of US soldiers and then pushed into a Baghdad canal in 2007.
One of the investigating documents says a wounded detainee was killed by an unnamed Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-6824040233345973452011-01-16T05:05:00.001-08:002011-01-16T05:05:18.583-08:00Baghdad gets less than one hour of electricity a dayAzzaman reports (January 15th): Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, home to more than six million people, hardly gets one hour of non-interrupted electricity supplies every 24 hours.
The city has plunged into darkness with the country’s national grid still unable to increase supplies despite billions of dollars in investments.
Seven years after the 2003-U.S. invasion, power production in the country is Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-8882003129892123002011-01-16T05:04:00.000-08:002011-01-16T05:04:08.125-08:00Upcoming eventWednesday 9th February, 7pm, Public Meeting: IRAQ – THE FORGOTTEN OCCUPATION, with Haifa Zangana, Norwich Central Baptist Church, Duke Street, Norwich NR3 3AP.Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-15185855832015422322011-01-16T05:02:00.001-08:002011-01-16T05:02:52.430-08:00Pentagon official: Martin Luther King would support Iraq, Afghan warsHere’s a gem from The Raw Story (January 14th). Are there no limits to the self-belief of the Obama Administration? “An Obama administration official said that nonviolent icon Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would "understand" and "recognize" the need for the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan if he were alive today.In a speech commemorating the late hero days before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-82910692267934719992011-01-09T03:51:00.000-08:002011-01-09T03:51:47.514-08:00The victors write the historyHere's an interesting extract from McClatchy's Inside Iraq blog about how the history being taught in Iraq's schools conveniently stops in 1958. Now why would that be?
As if Saddam never was
Inside Iraq blogs (December 31st): Our schools are different from schools in the U.S. in that the teachers are required to stick to the material in the text books that the Ministry of Education prints, and Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-74959753578901735482011-01-02T03:39:00.000-08:002011-01-02T03:39:12.098-08:00U.S. responsible for human toll of Iraq sanctionsA short excerpt from a very detailed piece about how the US pushed relentless for the most punitive sanctions against Iraq after the first Gulf WarCap Times reports (December 22nd): Last week the U.N. Security Council voted to lift the sanctions that it imposed on Iraq 20 years ago. Vice President Joe Biden hailed the occasion as “an end to the burdensome remnants of the dark era of Saddam Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-63524134713552849732011-01-02T03:37:00.001-08:002011-01-02T03:37:45.269-08:00Research links rise in Falluja birth defects and cancers to US assaultThe Guardian reports (December 30th): A study examining the causes of a dramatic spike in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Falluja has for the first time concluded that genetic damage could have been caused by weaponry used in US assaults that took place six years ago.The research confirms earlierestimates revealed by the Guardian of a major, unexplained rise in cancers and chronic neural-tube,Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-87467982448699807112011-01-02T03:36:00.000-08:002011-01-02T03:36:45.392-08:00Total 2010 Iraq death toll tops 2009Some interesting figures that counter the more widespread headline that 2010's death toll was fewer than 2009, from AFP (January 1st): The total number of Iraqi civilians and security forces personnel killed in violence in 2010 was higher than the previous year.Figures compiled by the defence, interior and health ministries indicated that 151 people -- 89 civilians, 41 police and 21 soldiers --Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-48626586072276732962010-12-28T04:21:00.001-08:002010-12-28T04:21:46.761-08:00New mass gravePost-U.S. invasion mass grave found in Iraq’s Mosul includes corpses of small children
Azzaman report (December 21st): Iraqi troops have uncovered a mass grave where the bodies of 11 Iraqis were buried among them small children.
The victims were murdered and buried in the grave, close to a neighborhood in northern city of Mosul, said Major Iamd-el-deen Abdulkarim.
He said those buried in the Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-53775610517971480362010-12-19T05:59:00.001-08:002010-12-19T05:59:58.701-08:00Shoe thrower on book signing tourIraqi shoe thrower says he is suing Iraq's prime ministerAP report (December 14th): The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at formerPresident George W. Bush said Tuesday he is suing Iraq's prime minister for his detention and alleged torture during the nine months he spent in custody.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi spoke during the signing in Beirut of his first book, entitled "The Last Salute to Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-54416763325800428872010-12-19T05:58:00.001-08:002010-12-19T05:58:58.462-08:00Looking forward to the New Year?Victor, Meet Spoils: Weaponeers Peddle Wares to Iraqi CopsDanger Room reports (December 17th): Next year’s supposed to be the big year in Iraq: the final departure of U.S. troops. But the Iraqi Ministry of Interior wants you to know that it has a lot of business opportunities available long after that for enterprising defense corporations.Come by the Crown Plaza Hotel near National Airport just Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326707844957284874.post-3199924650829777482010-12-19T05:57:00.001-08:002010-12-19T05:57:58.285-08:00Amnesty alert37 Iraqis at risk of imminent executionAmnesty International report (December 17th): Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim said in an interview that Iraq will execute 37 people who have exhausted all legal remedies and their death sentences have been approved by the Presidential Council. He also said that Iraq has executed 257 people, including six women, since 2005. Last Monday Iraqi Interior Justice for Iraqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05800027617624557881noreply@blogger.com0