Die or escape
The war in Iraq, seen by Sunnite civilians in two stories of ordinary violence: Violence with religious connotations is pushing Iraq closer towards the abyss
of a civil war, but in recent months the
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The US command refuses to release women prisoners because it might look like a concession to the kidnappers of Jill Carroll: Official Iraqi sources state that the American military command may have delayed
the release of Iraqi women prisoners i
continua... Another Year of Madness
The Iraq War began March 18, 2003: Last January 21, over a month after the December 15, 2005 elections, the Iraqi
electoral commission published the offic
continua... Ethnic Tensions Rising in Kirkuk
City’s ethnic and religious groups are warning of creeping sectarianism:
By Samah Samad
Marwa As’ad, a Turkoman resident of Kirkuk, is heartbroken. She had been planning
to marry
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Lack of electricity affects the daily life of Iraqis, even their sex life:
There is an urban myth in the west that widespread electrical blackouts bring
about a baby boom. According to this b
continua... In the streets of Bassora
An Iraqi journalist recounts everyday life in the town: On 20 September in Bassora, a town in the south of Iraq with a Shiite majority,
the British army attacked the town’s pr
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