Iraq

Iraqis Move to Stem Looting

Volunteer organizations are emerging to clamp down on local theft and violence, filling the security vacuum left by American troops.

22 Feb 05

A remarkable Iraqi volunteer group is helping families collect the remains of Saddam’s victims, and close a sad chapter in Iraqi history.

22 Feb 05

Tens of thousands of Kurds still languish in poverty and despair, 16 years after the Iraqi regime’s devastating campaign.

22 Feb 05

Unlike other parts of the country, this southern Iraqi city is supportive of Coalition soldiers in its midst.

22 Feb 05

Old anthems heard again as people in president’s home town insist they have the right to honour their former leader.

22 Feb 05

A community displaced once before has to flee again to avoid being caught up in Baathist and Islamist resistance.

22 Feb 05

Many blame America for the fighting – but some point their fingers at foreign militants.

22 Feb 05

Use of brutality to coerce confessions is justifiable in the war on serious crime, officers claim.

22 Feb 05

Shia from Iran enlist in Mahdi Army, pledging to keep US forces out of Iraqi holy places.

22 Feb 05

Ordinary Iraqis say Governing Council has no right to alter national symbol.

22 Feb 05

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