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New documents
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Trauma and Transition: Mental Health in Iraq
- Transcript of radio program "All in the Mind" (broadcast on ABC National, May 1, 2004)
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Support for Iraqi democrats
- From SIAW (Socialism in an age of Waiting)
An interesting commentary on Hak Mao's proposal:
".......let`s put it together - not a formal organisation or party, or another blog, but some public means of directing support for Iraqi democrats, and equally as important, attempt to exert pressure on the US administration to lift their game."
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The second spring of freedom in the Middle East and the Kurds
- The Middle East has to change; it needs to go back to its noble beginnings, where humanity took its first baby steps in the fields of light that separated us from the beasts of burden.
March 22,2004
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Recent massacre of Kurds in Syria
OPEN LETTER
To:
United States President George W. Bush
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Chanceller Gerhard Schroder
President Jacque Chirac
Mr. Kofi Annan
The Permanent Member of the the UN Security Council
Council of Ministers of the European Union
World Public Opinion
- George W. Bush stated: "We cannot turn a blind eye to oppression just because the oppression is not in our own backyard. No longer should we think tyranny is benign because it is temporarily convenient ? our great democracies should oppose tyranny wherever it is found.." All nations in the Middle East are looking forward to see this new shift in policy is fulfilled.
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John Pilger on ABC Radio
- Pilger: Now, I think the situation in Iraq is so dire that unless the United States is defeated there that we're likely to see an attack on Iran, we're likely to see an attack on North Korea and all the way down the road it could be even an attack on China within a decade, so I think what happens in Iraq now is incredibly important.
Tony Jones: You mean defeated militarily?
Pilger: Yes.
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BBC Survey
- An opinion poll suggests most Iraqis feel their lives have improved since the war in Iraq began about a year ago. The survey, carried out for the BBC and other broadcasters, also suggests many are optimistic about the next 12 months and opposed to violence.
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The Signatures Saved Iraq from Collapse
"The process that led to the transitional law of Iraq is unique in the Middle East. Despite terror attacks and political assassinations, the political forces have refrained from accusations and retaliation and instead taken a path characterised by negotiations and compromises", writes Khaled Salih.
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Syria's Dictatorship has an Achilles Heel
The Kurdish people are aware of a second Saddam (Assad), but we have to wait for the International Community to take a similar action as it happened in Iraq last year. A hundred miles must begin with a single step.
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