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IRAQ: Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change
After more than five years of U.S. occupation, the very dreams of the people of Baquba have changed. For a start, they are no longer about the future.
IRAQ: Praying, Not Playing
In the struggle now just to stay alive, everyone has forgotten that Iraq has lost, among other things, its tradition in sports. Some of its best sportsmen are now refugees.IRAQ: Nature Adds to Occupation Blows
Farmers in the Diyala province in Iraq have been hit by just about every crisis possible. First the security disaster dried up supplies and markets, then lack of electricity cut irrigation, and now comes a drying up of water resources.IRAQ: Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.IRAQ: Running Out of Water in Rising Heat
Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.IRAQ: Corruption Eats Into Food Rations
Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their monthly food ration – much of it already eaten away by official corruption.IRAQ: Poverty Gets the Survivors
More than a million Iraqis were lucky enough to flee into Syria. But in this relatively safe haven, there is no getting away from poverty.IRAQ: Five Years On, Fallujah in Tatters
Fallujah remains a crippled city years after the November 2004 U.S.-led assault.IRAQ: From One Dictator to the Next
Many Iraqis have come to believe that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is just as much a dictator as Saddam Hussein was.IRAQ: A Little Too Tense to Be Truce
As violence continues in Baghdad and southern Iraq, it seems quiet on the surface in Baquba, the volatile city 40km north of Baghdad. But few believe truce between the U.S.-backed Awakening Groups and the government security forces can last.IRAQ: Shia Battles Spread to Baquba
Battles between rival Shia groups have spread from Basra in the south to Baquba in the north.IRAQ: ‘Handed Over’ to a Government Called Sadr
Despite the huge media campaign led by U.S. officials and a complicit corporate-controlled media to convince the world of U.S. success in Iraq, emerging facts on the ground show massive failure.IRAQ: Divided Arabs Deliver Little
The Arab summit held in Damascus over this weekend has convinced many Iraqis that Arab leaders do not speak for them./CORRECTED REPEAT*/IRAQ: Blackwater Fever Comes In New Ways
Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of the spread of Blackwater fever, a complication of malaria. Many Iraqis see that name as ominously one with Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq.IRAQ: Syria Now Home to a Million ‘Pillow Drivers’
More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the "pillow drivers".IRAQ: Five Years, And Counting
Devastation on the ground and largely held Iraqi opinion contradicts claims by U.S. officials that the situation in Iraq has improved towards the fifth anniversary of the invasion Mar. 20.US/IRAQ: Rules of Engagement "Thrown Out the Window"
Garret Reppenhagen received integral training about the Geneva Conventions and the Rules of Engagement during his deployment in Kosovo. But in Iraq, "Much of this was thrown out the window," he says.
US/IRAQ: "We Reacted Out of Fear, and With Total Destruction"
Hart Viges joined the U.S. Army the day after Sep. 11, 2001, in the belief that he could help make the world a safer place.IRAQ: Childhood Is Dying
Iraq's children have been more gravely affected by the U.S. occupation than any other segment of the population.IRAQ: Where Happiness Has Gone
After losing sight of what they knew to be normal life, residents across Baquba seem to have fallen into a depression.WOMEN’S DAY-IRAQ: Surviving Somehow Behind a Concrete Purdah
Iraq, where women once had more rights and freedom than most others in the Arab world, has turned deadly for women who dream of education and a professional career.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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