Full Coverage: Iraq

28.11.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 28 (OneWorld) - Rural communities are experiencing a disproportionate amount of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new study by the Carsey Institute, a think tank at the University of New Hampshire.

24.11.2006 ARBIL, Nov 23 (IPS) - More than 150 people died in the Shia Sadr area of Baghdad in a spate of car bombings and mortar attacks Thursday morning.

21.11.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (OneWorld) - A New York-based non-profit stepped up a petition drive Tuesday aimed at pushing the Bush administration to engage the international community to bring peace to Iraq.

21.11.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (OneWorld) - A U.S. serviceman who went AWOL after refusing to return for a second tour of duty in Iraq is getting a court hearing Tuesday.

19.11.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 18 (OneWorld) - Four of the U.S. soldiers on trial for the murder of a disabled Iraqi man have reached plea bargains with military prosecutors, drastically minimizing the time they will spend in jail.

15.11.2006 They are caught in no-man's land--literally. Palestinians who have lived in Iraq for years now face only threats and death there, and the Syrian border has been closed to them.

15.11.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (OneWorld) - Human rights lawyers were joined by two winners of the Nobel Peace prize in filing charges in Germany Tuesday, accusing outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld of committing war crimes in Iraq and the U.S.-controlled Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba.

14.11.2006 Iran is working quietly but feverishly to prevent the total collapse of order in Baghdad and the hasty departure of U.S. forces--both to avoid spillover effects and to minimize the chance of a U.S. attack on its country, says journalist Kamal Nazer Yasin.

09.11.2006 Focusing on issues of peace, climate change, energy, foreign policy, women's rights, and more, many non-profit groups are quite pleased with the results of Tuesday's elections and looking ahead to what this might mean for the United States.

09.11.2006 The abrupt replacement of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld with former CIA director Robert Gates, combined with the Democratic sweep in Tuesday's mid-term elections, appears to signal major changes in U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. Jim Lobe reports.

08.11.2006 YK:n pakolaisjärjestö UNHCR on huolissaan kiihtyneestä väkivallasta ja riittämättömästä humanitaarisesta avusta Irakissa. Irakin humanitaarinen kriisi on vain pahentunut. UNHCR kamppailee rahoituspulan kanssa ja pelkää, ettei pysty turvaamaan apua kasvavalle määrälle maansisäisiä pakolaisia ja yhä suuremmalle määrälle epätoivoisia irakilaisia maassa ja sen ulkopuolella.

06.11.2006 Saddam Hussein's overthrow opened the opportunity to restore the basic right to a fair trial and to ensure, fairly, accountability for the crimes of the past. "It is an opportunity missed," said Amnesty International Sunday, "and made worse by the imposition of the death penalty."

06.11.2006 BAGHDAD, Nov 6 (IPS) - The death sentence for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could deepen a divide that threatens to tear Iraqis apart.

06.11.2006 Despite the fact that the Iraq War has played a dominant role in Tuesday's elections, there is little reason to expect George W. Bush will agree to major policy shifts in 2007 on Iraq or on other challenging issues, says security analyst John Isaacs.

05.11.2006 Amnesty International "deplora la decisione dell'Alta Corte Penale irachena di infliggere la pena di morte Saddam Hussein e a due dei sette accusati dopo un processo che è stato profondamente difettoso e ingiusto". L'organizzazione per la tutela dei diritti umani ribadisce che il processo avrebbe dovuto apportare "un importante contributo al ripristino della giustizia e del rispetto del diritto in Iraq, e accertare verità e responsabilità per l'imponente violazione dei diritti umani da parte di Saddam Hussein", mentre è stato "un vergognoso affare, guastato da gravi lacune". Il processo, infatti, non richiedeva che la colpevolezza degli imputati venisse dimostrata "oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio" - formula usata nel sistema occidentale -, ma doveva solo "soddisfare" l'opinione del giudice. L'Alto commissario Onu per i diritti umani Louise Arbour ricorda che "ai condannati di oggi va garantita ogni opportunità per poter ricorrere in appello" e, qualunque sia il risultato dell'appello spera "che il governo osservi una moratoria sulle esecuzioni capitali".