Electronic IraqElectronic Iraq online magazine offers News & Analysis, Opinion/Editorial, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Aid & Development, Fact Sheets, and Action & Activism.I was forced to give up my humanitarian work to save my daughter- June 4, 2007 Hilal Naim, 33, has stopped working with humanitarian agencies in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, after his son was killed and the life of his only daughter threatened by militants. Naim had never had any trouble in his job helping displaced families until militants one day demanded that he give it up.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3108.shtml I have to scrounge around rubbish bins to feed my children- June 4, 2007 Adeela Harith, a 39-year-old widow and mother of three, says she misses the days when her husband was daily bringing them food and when they used to sleep in a safe house in comfort. As a recently-widowed displaced person, she has no support and is now collecting left-overs from rubbish bins to feed her children.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3103.shtml Words in a Time of War- June 4, 2007 &8216;If we are an empire now, as Mr. Rove says, perhaps we should add, as he might not, that we are also a democracy, and therein lies the rub,&8217; Mark Danner says in this commencement address. &8216;A democratic empire, as even the Athenians discovered, is an odd beast, like one of those mythological creatures born equally of lion and bird, or man and horse.&8217;http://electroniciraq.net/news/3105.shtml Drive to raise awareness of unexploded ordnance in south- June 4, 2007 Southern based non-governmental organizations have been providing local children with information about mines and how to prevent accidents in areas still affected by Unexploded Ordnances left over from 25 years of war.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3107.shtml New screening procedures for Iraqi refugees a start- June 4, 2007 Refugees International applauds the US Department of Homeland Security for finally announcing new procedures for screening Iraqi refugees applying for resettlement in the United States. It has taken many months to get these processes in place, and we expect this to lead to an increase in the number of refugees who are allowed to seek safety here.http://electroniciraq.net/news/3102.shtml |