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New Survey Shows Lack of Any Income Main Problem for Iraqi Refugees in Egypt
A first official survey of Iraqi refugees in Egypt tentatively puts their number at 20,000. The survey is a product of a year’s field work and analysis by Egypt’s Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) and the American University...
Iraq’s Status Uncertain – Political Opinion
It looks increasingly likely that President Bush will leave office without having achieved one of his most significant goals: the signing of a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq.
Lessons Learned After 9/11 – Political Opinion
The attacks of September 11, 2001, forever changed the way that Americans think about their national security. It made clear that the need to confront transnational terrorism is a reality of the new age of globalization that is drawing the world closer...
Iraqi Christian Refugees Flee the Horror of Sectarian Violence to Struggle with Life in Lebanon
“My friend was stopped at a checkpoint on the road to Irbil from Baghdad. The people in the car had to show their ID cards to the masked men. “They could see she was Christian from her name. They dragged her from the car, pushed her to her...
Over a Quarter of a Million Iraqi Refugees Live in Jordan in Perilous Conditions Placing a Strain on the Country’s Infrastructure
Banned from working in Jordan and subsisting on measly cash assistance from an international relief agency and occasional wire transfers from his relatives abroad, Iraqi refugee Raad Desher rarely ventures outside his cramped two-bedroom apartment in...
Iraq – A Surge of Confusion – Political Opinion
In an interview on Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) asserted that the 2007 troop surge in Iraq “began the Anbar awakening,” the process by which Sunni tribal leaders allied with U.S. force and turned against al Qaeda in Iraq. McCain also suggested...
Pentagon Says Attacks Down But Iran Continues to ‘Meddle’ in Iraq
The Pentagon says it has no indication that Iran has reduced what a spokesman calls its “meddling” in Iraq, even though attacks by Iranian-backed militias are down significantly. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.
U.K. Agrees to Compensate Iraqi Victims of Abuse
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it has agreed to pay compensation to victims of abuse in Iraq, who were in British custody at the time.
