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Iraq's Human Terrain: Warner's inquiry, and more feedback
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The most critical piece of ground. I am a former leader of a Human Terrain Team. In Iraq. My intent with this blog was to identify relevant, open-source materials on Iraqi culture, society, politics, religion and economics - just about anything on or about the Iraqi population in general. I am continuing the blog now only sporadically, as a means of information distribution in support of efforts to improve a vital program hamstrung by failures in execution. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. 213 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET.
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Sadr City War Funding Resources UFPJ Action Alert. 925 Dead in Sadr City Clashes. Http:/ afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gu3DSmX0EDPV9zNQSwAEgO8xCPzQ. Agence France Press, 30 April 2008. UNHCR Concerned About Funding for Refugees and IDPs. Http:/ www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx? UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 30 April 2008. A View Inside Sadr City –Slideshow. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/28/world/20080228SADR index.html. But after a leadership mee...
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: Responding to the Displacement Crisis
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Friday, June 27, 2008. Responding to the Displacement Crisis. Today's editorial from the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq highlights the need for the international community and the government of Iraq to address the root causes of the displacement crisis. The steps necessary are outlined in the document ' Healing the Wounds of War. Responding to the Iraqi displacement problem:. A ‘National Priority’ that will lead to ‘National Unity’. NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI):. Editorial, 26 June 2008.
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: March 2008
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Friday, March 28, 2008. Iraq Working Group for Internally Displaced Persons. Update (24 March 2008). Main Issues Below – Full Report. 8226; It is estimated that over 2.77 million people are currently displaced inside Iraq as of 20 March 2008. Of these, 1.2 million were displaced before 2006 and more than 1.5 million were displaced in 2006 and 2007; less than 1% was displaced in 2008. 8226; Most of the Post-2006 IDPs come from Baghdad and Diyala. 8226; At present, large-scale return movements have not bee...
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The Status of Forces Agreement Explained. Some suggested readings about the implications of the US-Iraq Agreement. The only way to really understand this agreement is recognizing that this is between occupied and occupier. To see an English version of the text, visit this link to yesterday’s e-mail newsletter. To better understand the response in Iraq and the broad scale of nonviolent resistance, click here. David Morgan reports about the concerns of Iraqi officials. Jeffrey ...
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: Guns Not Roses
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. One year ago Mark Benjamin. Highlighted the escalating arms transfers to Iraq by the United States. In testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee General David Petraeus noted that "Iraq is becoming one of the United States' larger foreign military sales customers.". The transfer and sales of arm to Iraq and around the world have only escalated. US government-brokered arms sales are now expected to reach $34 billion. This is not about being gunrunners,". Foreign ass...
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: July 2008
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Monday, July 7, 2008. Kathy Kelly shares the story of one widow’s lament for a son who is unable to join her in Jordan. So often it is the young men who are targeted in so many ways. An excerpt. Http:/ www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/18116. Kathy Kelly, ZNet, 7 July 2008. Her son is one of many thousands in Iraq who are out of luck, out of work, undereducated, and lonely for parents and siblings lucky enough to escape to neighboring countries. Peter Lems, AFSC. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Cost of War.
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Living Beyond Borders : AFSC: Books, Not Bombs
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Thursday, June 26, 2008. Books, Not Bombs. Nicholas Kristof has an op-ed piece in the New York Times that focuses on Iraqi refugees. 8220;American hawks prefer to address the region’s security challenges by devoting billions of dollars to permanent American military bases. A simpler way to fight extremism would be to pay school fees for refugee children to ensure that they at least get an education and don’t become forever marginalized and underemployed. Books, Not Bombs. Peter Lems, AFSC. The Cost of War.
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... Iraqi Community Network ...
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The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom works. Women Peace Builders Website. NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq. The Iraqi Community Network established by a group of 32 Civil society Organizations The main Organization is Alintilaq Org. for dveleopment in Salahaddin. Providing Iraqi women and youth focused CSOs with skills to freely and effectively pursue their missions;. Supporting linkages between CSOs and elected government officials;. For more details please. Developed by Avesta Group.
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