BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

Two lawsuits against private military contractors (PMCs) offer encouragement. Both were brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed them on behalf of tortured and abused plaintiffs.

Nouri's failure with regards to Iraq's medical needs

by The Common Ills on 25-11-2012

Iraq is bringing in medical professionals -- nurses, doctors and techs -- from India and elsewhere. At a time of rapid unemployment within Iraq.

ASSASSINATION BRAIN DRAIN CORRUPTION EMBARGO HEALTH IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HEALTH IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - HEALTH WORKERS MALIKI MEDICS

Sandstorms, corruption making Ninawa farmers abandon land and home

by Mohammed Omar al-Qaysi on 25-11-2012

Farmers in Ninawa are being forced to abandon their farms in droves because of desertification. And now they say, to make matters worse, those who don’t even have farms have been claiming subsidies and seeds that belong to the beleaguered agriculturalists.

CORRUPTION ENVIRONMENT FARMERS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ECONOMY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - ENVIRONMENT IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS SANDSTORM

US battles Iraq and Afghanistan over detention without charges

by Glenn Greenwald on 24-11-2012

It is ironic indeed that the US is demanding that the practice of due-process-free indefinite detention be continued in Afghanistan and Iraq, two countries it invaded and then occupied while claiming it wanted to bring freedom and democracy there.

ACCOUNTABILITY AFGHANISTAN ASSASSINATION CHILDREN DETENTION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS