The Iraqi government announced over the weekend that the Internet will be shut down nationally during the upcoming exam period, per the Ministry of Education's request. Join the call for #NoExamShutdowns
"Statisticians have debunked the data. Yet the narrative remains unchanged, even by President #Biden. Clearly, the sheer volume of the footage of suffering civilians– all projected by #Hamas, which censors pictures of dead or wounded combatants– has caused us to lose our minds. When we fought in #Afghanistan, #Syria & #Iraq, nobody debated civilian casualties. Yet when it comes to #Israel, it’s all anybody talks about"
After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
#WarOfndependence that began in 1947 was first a #civilWar between #Arabs and #Jews in #Palestine, and then a multi-state war… from at least five sovereign countries—#Egypt, #Transjordan, #Syria, #Iraq, and #Israel—as well as small contingents from others. It was a war fought village by village and town by town, and it resulted in massive population displacements on both sides.
No Jews remained anywhere in parts of Palestine that fell under #Arab control
Gender, Trauma and Coming to Terms with a Haunting Past Tickets, Mon 20 May 2024 at 18:00 | Choman Hardi Book event in London #Women#Iraq#Kurds@kurdistan@iraq
Interview with Baher Azmy, attorney for Abu Ghraib survivors of torture
The contractor hired to do interrogation at Abu Ghraib was accused of war crimes; it repeatedly tried to have the case dismissed after it was first filed in 2008.
“What they could not stop is three courageous human beings who stood up against every obstacle & told their story in a U.S. court", said their attorney.
Interview with Baher Azmy, attorney for Abu Ghraib survivors of torture
The contractor hired to do interrogation at Abu Ghraib was accused of war crimes; it repeatedly tried to have the case dismissed after it was first filed in 2008.
“What they could not stop is three courageous human beings who stood up against every obstacle & told their story in a U.S. court", said their attorney.
#Syria#Iraq - US repatriates 11 citizens from horrible al-Hol camp for relatives of Islamic State militants (also 1 non-citizen child & facilitated repatriation of 11 others) @syria@iraq
Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, travel writer, explorer and political administrator, responsible laying the foundations of the modern state of Iraq.
She made important contributions to archaeology and her books have provided a greater understanding of the cultures of Mesopotamia and ancient Persia.
A judge has declared a mistrial after a civil jury said it was deadlocked in a court case accusing a military contractor of conspiring to abuse Abu Ghraib detainees before interrogations. Pictures of abuse in the Iraq prison 20 years ago created a firestorm during the U.S. occupation of the country. The trial was the first time a U.S. jury had heard claims from Abu Ghraib survivors. The Associated Press has more.
#Iraq#Palestine A Pro-Palestine protest at the University of Baghdad in Iraq as part of the global student movement in support of Palestine and Gaza. @iraq
A puff piece on Labour MP Bradshaw. Of course the eejit is not questioned on why he thinks Blair was correct!
The second Iraq war was a disaster, the country, the region and globally. Death, impoverishment, terrorism - all can be directly linked to the lies used as justification.
Iraqi #TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead in Baghdad in a motorcycle drive-by night attack near her home.
“In February 2023, she had been sentenced to six months in prison by a court in #Iraq that determined her videos contained “indecent speech that undermines modesty and public morality”.
Some of her videos generated more than one million views.”