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As the Iraqi Thawra revolution enters its second month of protests, the al-Maliki government responded today with both savage violence and repression around Iraq when confronted by Friday´s “No Retreat” rallies.

ICSSI Supports Popular Protests in Iraq

by ICSSI on 25-01-2013

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative [ICSSI] supports all the demonstrators who are working to build an Iraq free from corruption, ethnic and sectarian conflict, and injustice.

CORRUPTION HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS IRAQI REVOLUTION OCCUPATION PRISONERS PROTEST RESISTANCE THAWRA

Human Terrain: When Academics Join the War on Terror

by Hugh Gusterson on 24-01-2013

In Iraq and Afghanistan, anthropologists are involved in activities such as gathering information on genealogical relationships and development projects, finding out why insurgents cluster in particular areas, briefing commanders before tactical operations, and advising on psychological warfare.

ACADEMICS AFGHANISTAN COUNTERINSURGENCY HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERIALISM IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - ACADEMICS OCCUPATION USA US NATO WAR WAR ON TERROR ANTHROPOLOGISTS

The Iraqi Thawra (Revolution) Confronts Al Maliki

by The Common Ills on 23-01-2013

Maliki attacks the protesters as unconstitutional and illegal. They demand change and exercise their Constitutional rights, he sticks his military on them and says they are a threat or Ba'athists or terrorists or paid off by foreign agents or some other lunatic from his paranoid mind.

HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - CIVIL SOCIETY IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS PRISONERS PROTEST REPRESSION REVOLUTION THAWRA

The Great Iraqi Revolution. An appeal by Uday Al Zaidi to the people in Southern Iraq

by Uday Al Zaidi on 21-01-2013

Uday Al Zaidi: "Dear Iraqi brothers: it’s time to answer the call of our beloved country, which started in Al-Anbar, to not support any politician, but to save Iraq from the defilements and the ever deepening crisis, like our Iraqi brothers did in the other governorates".

HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - CIVIL SOCIETY IRAQI REVOLUTION MALIKI THAWRA