Full Coverage: Iraq

31.08.2006 Architect Raed Jarrar was questioned and forced to change clothes at New York's JFK airport earlier this month because other passengers were apparently concerned about the Arabic script on his t-shirt. Here is his story.
From: Raed in the Middle blog

25.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferencz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting "aggressive" wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq.

25.08.2006 Concern is being raised in Iraq after nearly 180 professors have been killed and 3,250 have fled to neighboring countries. The news comes after reports of Iraqi lawyers also being targeted for violence.

23.08.2006 Some 38 lawyers in Iraq have been killed since last October, many of whom were defending women's rights or defending those accused of violating Islamic law.

18.08.2006 ARBIL, Aug 18 (IPS) - Hanan's family could never have thought three years ago of leaving Baghdad. They had lived for years in peace with their Shia neighbours in the ethnically mixed Shaab district. All that changed the morning they saw a letter in their courtyard giving them three days to leave.

07.08.2006 One of the pillars required to support the war in Iraq was pulled down last week as U.S. Democrats called for withdrawal of American troops before the end of 2006, guaranteeing that the issue will be at the forefront of November's nation-wide elections.