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Electronic Iraq
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Electronic Iraq online magazine offers News & Analysis, Opinion/Editorial, Iraq Diaries, International Law, Aid & Development, Fact Sheets, and Action & Activism.
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Report: Violence scarring Iraqi children
The dark underside of the world’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.
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Sectarian violence and displacement follow Samarra attack
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.
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Now it’s the food poisoning…
According to a doctor at Baghdad’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. ‘Some patients bring with them the empty cans or packs of food and we can easily see the expiry date,’ says the doctor from Yarmouk.
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Child labor on the rise as poverty increases
Iyad Abdel-Salim, 12, left school six months ago and has been working to boost the family income. His father was killed in Iraq’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.
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Poor municipal services worsen Iraqi living conditions
Corruption, neglect and insurgent attacks have left Iraq’s public services in tatters, residents and officials say. Limited electricity and drinking water are the main problems, causing disease and frustration.
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Hundreds go missing or get killed at checkpoints
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 – and after being arrested, anything can happen.
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Photostory: Baghdad car wreck displayed in Amsterdam
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 “way out of the violence and Dutch responsibility.”
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Displacement Situation continues to worsen
‘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.’
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I was forced to give up my humanitarian work to save my daughter
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.
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Drive to raise awareness of unexploded ordnance in south
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.
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