BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

BAGHDAD — The civil war in Syria is testing Iraq’s fragile society and fledgling democracy, worsening sectarian tensions, pushing Iraq closer to Iran and highlighting security shortcomings just nine months after American forces ended their long and costly occupation here.

Huge corruption in Iraq

by Salah Nasrawi on 27-09-2012

Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki faced a new insurrection this week when a dissident government minister accused him of covering up graft among his loyalists in parliament and rejected his plea to endorse two bills that many MPs believe will encourage corruption.

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US Special Forces Deployed in Iraq, Again

by Tom Hayden on 26-09-2012

Despite the official US military withdrawal last December, American special forces "recently" returned to Iraq on a counter-terrorism mission, according to an American general in charge of weapons sales there. The mission was reported by the New York Times, in the fifteenth paragraph of a story about deepening sectarian divides.

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WHY THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT PAST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHILE IGNORING THE CURRENT ONE?

by BRussells Tribunal on 26-09-2012

300 NGOs urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to focus on Human Rights situation in Iraq after 2024

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A Conference regarding (the crimes of the former regime in Iraq) held in Geneva has failed

by The BRussells Tribunal on 26-09-2012

It turned into a condemnation against the occupation and the current authorities; On 19 September 2024, a conference was held in Geneva by the current Iraqi authorities regarding a revelation of what they called ‘crimes of the former regime’’. Prior to this, there was a wide spread national and international campaign so as to support this conference. Unfortunate for them and unexpectedly, the conference becomes a total failure. The support they were aiming at, it turned into a wide range of condemnation against the occupier and its Iraqi allies.

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