Nouri al-Maliki is among the most paranoid of recent minor despots. He rules as if he misunderstands the saying. Time and again, he takes an unwise and unpopular stand and, in the face of massive protest, refuses to re-evaluate as if to do so would show weakness. That's what he and others like him don't get.
The Human Rights Department of the Association of Muslims Scholars confirms the arrest of 1435 citizens during the past month. - The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq - Baghdad Headquarters.
Some 21 children living with their mothers in a Baghdad women’s prison represent a potential "time bomb," an Iraqi rights group warned on Sunday in a report that also noted claims of rape and torture.