Electronic IraqElectronic Iraq online magazine offers News & Analysis, Opinion/Editorial, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Aid & Development, Fact Sheets, and Action & Activism.Report: Violence scarring Iraqi children- June 14, 2007 The dark underside of the world&8217;s fastest growing refugee crisis is the indelible scarring of millions of Iraqi children, alarming numbers of whom have witnessed gruesome violence and have had close family members murdered, a new report from World Vision finds.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3116.shtml Sectarian violence and displacement follow Samarra attack- June 13, 2007 Civilians are defying a curfew to flee their homes in fear of an increase in sectarian violence after insurgents blew up two minarets at a revered Shia shrine in Samarra on 13 June. Partial destruction of the shrine last year sparked spiraling sectarian bloodshed.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3115.shtml Now it&8217;s the food poisoning&8230;- June 12, 2007 According to a doctor at Baghdad&8217;s Yarmouk hospital, there is a new enemy in Iraq: food sold and consumed past its sell-by date. Iraqis are suffering in greater numbers from food poisoning. &8216;Some patients bring with them the empty cans or packs of food and we can easily see the expiry date,&8217; says the doctor from Yarmouk.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3114.shtml Child labor on the rise as poverty increases- June 11, 2007 Iyad Abdel-Salim, 12, left school six months ago and has been working to boost the family income. His father was killed in Iraq&8217;s political violence. As the only boy in the family, and with three smaller sisters to look after, he was forced to go onto the streets and work.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3113.shtml Hundreds go missing or get killed at checkpoints- June 6, 2007 Manned by the Iraqi police, Iraqi soldiers or sometimes by militias, checkpoints are adding to the immense strain already felt by Baghdad residents. Locals say that people are often arrested at checkpoints on suspicion of working with armed groups &8211; and after being arrested, anything can happen.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3111.shtml Poor municipal services worsen Iraqi living conditions- June 6, 2007 Corruption, neglect and insurgent attacks have left Iraq&8217;s public services in tatters, residents and officials say. Limited electricity and drinking water are the main problems, causing disease and frustration.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3112.shtml Displacement Situation continues to worsen- June 4, 2007 &8216;We have 300 staff working full time on Iraqi displacement. Since the beginning of the year, our offices have registered more than 130,000 Iraqi refugees. By the end of May, UNHCR had interviewed some 7,000 of the most vulnerable Iraqis and sent their dossiers to potential resettlement countries for their further assessment and action.&8217;http://electroniciraq.net/news/3109.shtml Cancer emerges as major cause of death in south- June 4, 2007 Recent studies have shown a higher than expected number of cancer-related deaths in Iraq&8217;s southern provinces. According to specialists, the main causes are the increased use of unsafe products in agriculture and the long-term effects of war on health.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3104.shtml Photostory: Baghdad car wreck displayed in Amsterdam- June 4, 2007 The Leidseplein, a popular square in the centre of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) formed the backdrop for the display of a bombed out vehicle from Baghdad on Sunday. The Bazaar, a discussion platform of the Greenleft and various NGOs brought the Iraqi car wreck to the Netherlands. The groups wanted the Mutunabbi Bookmarket car bomb wreck to form the centre piece to a debate on the fate of civilians in Iraq and a &8220;way out of the violence and Dutch responsibility.&8221;http://electroniciraq.net/news/3110.shtml Four journalists killed in less than a week by armed groups- June 4, 2007 Reporters Without Borders has voiced deep shock at the murders of four Iraqi journalists by armed groups within a space of five days. The body of a local TV station employee was found in the boot of his car in the northern city of Kirkuk on 26 May 2007. A Turkmen journalist was killed in Kirkuk on 28 May. Gunmen burst into the home of a journalism teacher and contributor to several media outlets in Amariyah, near Fallujah, on 29 May, killing him and seven members of his family. A Shiite...http://electroniciraq.net/news/3106.shtml |