What if you spoke regularly of “haji food,” “haji music” and “haji homes”? What if your speeding convoys ran over civilians often enough that no one thought to report the incidents? What if your platoon was told pointblank: “The Geneva Conventions don’t exist at all in Iraq, and that’s in writing if you want to
‘Arrowhead’ Becomes Fountainhead of Anger
BAQUBA, Jul 10 (IPS) – Ongoing U.S. military operations in Diyala province have brought normal life to an end, and fuelled support for the national resistance. Baquba, 50km northeast of Baghdad, and capital city of the volatile Diyala province, has born the brunt of violence during the U.S. military Operation ‘Arrowhead Ripper’. Conflicting reports are
Have the Tigris and Euphrates Run Dry?
BAGHDAD — Two of the largest rivers of the region run through Iraq, so why are Iraqis desperate for lack of water? The vast majority of Iraqis live by the Euphrates river, and the Tigris with its many tributaries. The two rivers join near Basra city in the south to form the Shat al-Arab river