“Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers”
Democracy Now! Interviews Dahr Jamail on Iraq 10 Years After US Invasion (Part 1)
“Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in ‘Utter Devastation’”
Maliki’s Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture
Iraq is wracked by detentions, torture, and executions, and fingers are pointing at Prime Minister Maliki. Baghdad – Heba al-Shamary (name changed for security reasons) was released last week from an Iraqi prison where she spent the last four years. “I was tortured and raped repeatedly by the Iraqi security forces,” she told Al Jazeera.
Iraq: War’s legacy of cancer
Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions and other toxic wastes. This report contains photos of a graphic nature. Fallujah, Iraq – Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases, and other
IDP’s finding little refuge in Iraq
More than one million displaced Iraqis continue to languish without government aid. Baghdad – The first thing Haifa Abdul Majid did after being told I wanted to speak with her about her experience as a refugee in her own country was to, incredibly, express her gratitude for the fact that she has food. “First I
Human Rights for US Disabled?
While the US has historically led in disability rights, critical barriers remain. More than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s total population, live with some form of disability. Often referred to as “the world’s largest minority”, persons with disabilities are accustomed to facing barriers to their participating in almost every