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Orwell and newspeak vs. history and democracy...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2023 8:59pm PDT
"I never killed anybody, by the acts of my own hand"...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2023 9:52pm PDT
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is caused by highly stressful, frightening or distressing events. Someone with PTSD often relives the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and may experience feelings of isolation, irritability and guilt....
Posted: Tue, Jun 14, 2022 12:16am PDT
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the “Wuhan lab” theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2021 1:03pm PDT
Shia Muslim Leader and Pope to Meet...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2021 12:10pm PST
Young people who survived Islamic State (ISIS) captivity say they have not been able to resume their formal education for years while living at camps for the internally displaced in the Kurdistan Region....
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2020 1:35am PST
The Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) has warned that the Iraqi city and governorate of Basra is suffering from an increasingly high poverty rate, with almost 40 per cent of residents now living below the poverty line....
Posted: Sat, Nov 21, 2020 5:43am PST
At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and activists said....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2020 7:09am PST
Two years on from the liberation of Mosul in one of the fiercest urban battles since World War II, the children of the northern Iraqi city are still struggling, lacking vital documentation and assistance....
Posted: Mon, Jun 24, 2019 10:34pm PDT
Over 3.000 Yazidi's remain missing, in an act declared as "Genocide" by the International Community....
Posted: Sat, Mar 2, 2019 7:44am PST
The ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’ Initiative was presented on 30 June 2018 during the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee....
Posted: Wed, Jul 4, 2018 12:54am PDT
Almost four years ago, tens of thousands of Yazidi people were forced to flee Sinjar, in north west Iraq, after being subjected to appalling violence. Returning takes courage, and determination....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2018 3:59am PDT
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 4:07pm PST
As many as 750,000 children in Mosul and surrounding areas are struggling to access basic health services. While violence has subsided, less than 10 percent of health facilities in Ninewah governorate are functioning at full capacity. Those that are operational are stretched to breaking point....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2018 11:40pm PST
On a classroom whiteboard in the battered city of Mosul the words "rediscovering how to smile" outline the heartbreaking task of Iraqi teachers striving to heal their students' mental scars after brutal Islamic State group rule....
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2018 12:52am PST
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2018 5:21pm PST
What we are asking, is that you consider donating what you can afford, so that all donations received throughout the Christmas season, can help the AMAR Foundation to rebuild more lives across Iraq....
Posted: Sun, Dec 3, 2017 1:41am PST
The ACLU reports that "For nearly two months, the U.S. military has been detaining an American citizen at a secret jail in Iraq, denying him access to a lawyer and even refusing to release his name. "...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 8:33pm PST
This week, UNHCR Iraq began its winter assistance programme to help vulnerable displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees. Altogether, more than 100,000 households will benefit from additional help over the next four months....
Posted: Sat, Nov 4, 2017 2:02am PDT
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2017 4:27pm PDT