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• Irak : Haifa Zangana - La voix d’une femme d’Irak
  18 janvier 2014, par siawi3

  La militante et écrivaine Haifa Zangana amplifie dans le monde la voix des Irakiens qu’on n’entend pas. Rien que dans l’année écoulée, l’ONU estime que 8.868 personnes, comprenant 7.818 civils ont été tuées dans des attaques violentes dans le pays. « Les femmes ont été prises entre la destruction de la guerre et la politique féodale et sectaire menée par la classe politique au pouvoir depuis 2003. » Haifa a affirmé que le Printemps arabe avait en fait débuté en Irak : « On a rarement rapporté que des Irakiens se sont rassemblés chaque vendredi depuis décembre 2012 dans cinq provinces majeures dans une résistance non-violente qui a grandi spontanément, née après l’occupation de Bagdad le 9 avril 2003. » « L’ennemi…est la montée du sectarisme, de partis politiques corrompus appliquant aux femmes leur interprétation de l’Islam. »

• Iraq Hangs 36 Convicted in ISIS Massacre of 1,700 Soldiers at Speicher
  21 August 2016, by siawi3

  The Speicher massacre sparked outrage across Iraq and partially fueled the mobilization of Shiite militias in the fight against ISIS. The militias now rival the power of Iraq’s conventional armed forces.

• Militants killed, hostages freed after ISIS attack on oil field near Kirkuk, Iraq
  31 July 2016, by siawi3

  An ISIS hostage-taking at an oil field near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has ended with the attackers killed and their captives safely freed.

• Qaeda front group claims Iraq Eid attacks
  31 October 2012, by siawi3

  Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of shootings and bombings over the Eid al-Adha holiday that killed dozens nationwide.

• Iraq: The Victims of Fallujah’s Health Crisis are Stifled by Western Silence
  5 November 2012, by siawi3

  To research a possible link between US bombardment and rates of birth defects and pediatric cancer in Iraq is a moral imperative

• Iraq: Isis orders all girls and women in Mosul to undergo FGM, UN report says
  25 July 2014, by siawi3

  Report says ’fatwa’ issued by militant group in and around Iraqi city could affect 4 million, but doubts expressed on social media

• Irak : Le groupe EI accusé d’avoir exécuté plus de 230 personnes près de Mossoul
  28 octobre 2016, par siawi3

  Pressé par les forces irakiennes qui cherchent à reconquérir Mossoul, le groupe Etat islamique (EI) est accusé par l’ONU d’avoir massacré plus de 230 personnes et d’utiliser des milliers de civils comme boucliers humains.

• Suicide Bombers In Ambulance Kill At Least 21 People In Iraq
  6 November 2016, by siawi3

  Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shi’ite pilgrims in two Iraqi cities on Sunday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The twin attacks took place in Tikrit and Samarra, as Iraqi troops and security forces battled to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants who have controlled it for more than two years.

• ISIS turns to its old deterrence tactic: barbarism
  28 October 2016, by siawi3

  Iraq. Abductions, executions and poison gas: As the Islamic State “defends” its stronghold, the international stakes grow higher. The prospect of the participation of Turkish troops in the battle for Mosul is worrying to Iraqis and Kurds. The neo-Ottoman Empire policy of President Erdogan points to a virtual extension of the borders to areas that he considers the natural continuation of Turkish control. In fact, the long arm of Ankara could result in more or less direct control of northern Iraq.

• Iraq: young woman activist kidnapped and tortured
  2 October 2011, by siawi3

  On Friday 30-9-2011 afternoon, towards the end of the demonstration, a group of security men dressed in civilian clothing surrounded her, carried and threw her into the trunk of a car which they parked next to the square, in what looked like sectarian mob kidnappings, under the eyes of the police and the army- which had become common practice in the last months in Tahrir.

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