Iraq

Articles

• Iraq statue-smashing video sparks outrage
  28 February 2015, by siawi3

  “This attack is far more than a cultural tragedy — this is also a security issue as it fuels sectarianism, violent extremism and conflict in Iraq”

• Iraq: Remembering -
  6 October 2012, by siawi3

  Even the most trusted newspapers around the country blindly
  repeated as fact grossly incorrect assertions by leaders of
  both parties.

• Spate of attacks kills 34 in Iraq
  1 October 2012, by siawi3

  Al-Qaida front in Iraq frequently claimed the responsibility of most deadly attacks in the country, raising fears that the terrorist group could return to widespread violence, particularly, as Iraq is trying to avoid the spillover of violence from the ongoing conflict in the neighboring Syria.
  Observers see that Sunday’s attacks are part of an attempt by the insurgent groups, including al-Qaida militant group, to show that they are capable of carrying out coordinated and high-profile attacks that could undermine the government’s claims of providing security to Iraqis.

• Nouvelle vague d’attentats meurtriers en Irak
  1er octobre 2012, par siawi3

  Cette nouvelle vague d’attentats n’a pas été revendiquée, mais en juillet, l’ISI avait annoncé le début d’une « campagne militaire » et son intention de libérer ses membres emprisonnés.
  Jeudi soir, des insurgés ont attaqué une prison de Tikrit, à 160 km au nord de Bagdad, de laquelle une centaine de détenus sont parvenus à s’évader. D’après le ministère de l’Intérieur, « 47 d’entre eux appartiennent à l’organisation terroriste nommée “Etat islamique d’Irak” ».

• Iraqi women escape servitude, abuse and even death
  27 November 2009, by siawi2
  Baghdad Underground: A “railroad” of sorts helps Iraqi women escape servitude, abuse and even death
  Wednesday, 26 August 2009
  On a bullet-scarred side street in Baghdad’s downtown, where U.S. Marines famously helped tear down the statue of Saddam  (...)
• UK: Human rights group blames UK and USA police’s harassment for Muslim fundamentalist killer’s crimes
  28 February 2015, by siawi3

  British and United States intelligence services have long known the true identity of the man nicknamed “Jihadi John” — the masked jihadist with the British accent who appeared in IS videos of beheadings of western hostages last year.

• Mosul battle: UN receives reports of IS atrocities
  25 October 2016, by siawi3

  A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday that it was continuing to receive reports of depredations against children and women, as well as male civilians.

• IS in Iraq: Four ways Islamic State is fighting back
  26 October 2016, by siawi3

  After more than a week of fighting, the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces are now getting close to the eastern outskirts of Mosul, the last city in Iraq still under the control of so-called Islamic State (IS). The Iraqi authorities hope the joint offensive will succeed in pushing IS out of the city, which would be a crushing defeat for the militants and leave them with very little territory in Iraq. But over the past week IS has been hitting back hard on the battlefield, and in various towns and cities.

• Irak : L’Etat islamique détruit au bulldozer les ruines de Nimrod
  7 mars 2015, par siawi3

  Le carnage de l’art continue. Le groupe Etat islamique (EI) a commencé à détruire les ruines assyriennes de Nimrod. Les jihadistes estiment que les statues ou les tombes favorisent l’idolâtrie. Cet avis est extrêmement marginal, même chez les religieux les plus traditionnels.

• Irak : une série d’attentats fait au moins 19 morts
  30 septembre 2012, par siawi3

  Au moins 33 personnes ont été blessées dans cette série de huit attentats. Les violences restent très fréquentes en Irak, plongé depuis plusieurs mois dans une grave crise politique doublée de fortes tensions confessionnelles.

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