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Economy Hurting Iraq More Than Violence
Violence is taking a heavy toll in Iraq (news - web sites), but everyday economic difficulties could be hurting people more. Nearly 20 months into the occupation, Iraqis find themselves in a desperate situation, with countless struggling to survive.
Inter Press Service 11/9/2004
Household Survey Sees 100,000 Iraqi Deaths
A survey of deaths in Iraqi households estimates that as many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 months after the U.S. invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war.
Associated Press 10/28/2004
Amnesty Renews Call for Independent Inquiry Into Torture by U.S. Forces
Six months after CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ broadcast photos of abuses by U.S. soldiers of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (news - web sites), Amnesty International is renewing its call for Washington to launch a comprehensive, independent investigation of the use of torture by U.S. forces in the “war on terrorism.”
OneWorld US 10/27/2004
Iraq Blames US-Led Forces for Army Massacre
Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on Tuesday that "major neglect" by its American-led allies led to a massacre of 49 army recruits at the weekend.
Reuters 10/26/2004
War in Iraq has made terrorism worse: Blix
The war in Iraq has put neither Iran nor North Korea off the idea of nuclear weapons and has "stimulated terrorism", Hans Blix, the former United Nations chief arms inspector in Iraq, said.
Agence France Presse (AFP) 10/15/2004
Security Scholars Say Iraq War Most Misguided Policy Since Vietnam
The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has been the “most misguided” policy since the Vietnam War, according to an open letter signed by some 500 U.S. national-security specialists.
OneWorld US 10/14/2004
Bush's Case for War Crumbles
Is there anything at all left of the Bush administration's case for going to war in Iraq or, for that matter, the way it has been fought?
Inter Press Service 10/7/2004
U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD
Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.
Associated Press 10/6/2004
U.S. Faces Complex Insurgency in Iraq
The U.S. military is fighting the most complex guerrilla war in its history, with 140,000 American soldiers trained for conventional warfare flailing against a thicket of insurgent groups with competing aims and no supreme leader.
Associated Press 10/4/2004
U.S. Intelligence Offers Gloomy Outlook for Iraq
A U.S. intelligence report prepared for President Bush in July offered a gloomy outlook for Iraq through the end of 2005, with the worst scenario being a deterioration into civil war, government officials said on Thursday.
Reuters 9/16/2004
U.S. Weapons Inspector: Iraq Had No WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Drafts of a report from the top U.S. inspector in Iraq conclude there were no weapons stockpiles, but say there are signs the fallen Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had dormant programs he hoped to revive at a later time, according to people familiar with the findings.
Associated Press 9/16/2004
US media covers up American war crimes in Iraq
Every day, US military forces in Iraq are attacking civilian populations in a calculated effort to drown a growing popular insurgency in blood. But one would hardly know the dimensions or brutality of the atrocities being carried out in the name of the American people...
World Socialist Web Site 9/14/2004
New Report Documents Extensive U.S. War Crimes in Iraq
The Bush Administration is committing war crimes and other serious violations of international law in Iraq as a matter of routine policy, according to a report released today by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. The report documents ten categories of war crimes and rights violations regularly committed by U.S. forces.
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) 6/11/2004
Open Letter to the Security Council on Iraq
Amnesty International urges the Council to make human rights a guiding principle of the resolution it is currently drafting about the transfer of authority in Iraq by 30 June 2004. The need to uphold international human rights and humanitarian law by all concerned, and to ensure individual accountability for abuses, should be clearly articulated in the resolution.
Amnesty International 6/4/2004
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