Iraq

Iraq's Outcasts

Many orphans and other poor children are forced into begging and prostitution.

22 Feb 05

Iraqis trying to get on with their lives do not know to whom to turn for guidance and security.

22 Feb 05

By Haytham el-Salimi in Basra (ICR No. 22, 17-June-03)

22 Feb 05

Women have an important role to play in building a democratic Iraq, but they have so far been conspicuous by their absence.

22 Feb 05

Iraqis are discovering that their neighbours' ordinary homes had been converted to Ba'athist torture centres.

22 Feb 05

With ordnance literally sown into the land, and many farmhouses destroyed by both sides, Iraqi farmers are unable to harvest without substantial aid.

22 Feb 05

In a test case for post-Saddam justice, Kurdish police have arrested a party official accused of a triple murder.

22 Feb 05

Frustrated by the failure of coalition authorities to arrest criminals and former Ba'athists, some Iraqis are taking matters into their own hands.

22 Feb 05

Overhaul of higher education required if Iraqis are to play a part in the reconstruction of their country.

22 Feb 05

Plight of ramshackle Baghdad suburb highlights need for international assistance.

22 Feb 05

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