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How You Can Help Displaced Iraqis

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:46:00 GMT

As you know, ElectronicIraq.net is home to the Direct Aid Initiative, a grassroots relief effort that provides funds for crucial medical care for Iraqis displaced by war and chaos. We want to take this opportunity to share with you an exciting new opportunity to include the work of the Direct Aid Initiative in your holiday giving. David Smith-Ferri, a gifted poet and longtime activist who has been visiting Iraq since 1999, has generously offered all of the after-printing proceeds from the new edition of his book, "Battlefield without Borders: Iraq Poems", to benefit the medical needs of Iraqi families through the Direct Aid Initiative. $12 of the $14 book price goes directly to this ongoing effort. "Battlefield without Borders" is a book of poems that grew out of David's encounters with Iraqi people during the last eight years. Many of the poems were written in Iraq and in Jordan, and some of them feature people that DAI is supporting. You can read some of David's poems and purchase the book online at <a href="http://www.battlefieldwithoutborders.org">http://www.battlefieldwithoutborders.org</a>. -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a> Mailing List Powered by Dada Mail <a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/</a>

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Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:07:00 GMT

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Media Worker Death Toll Reaches 200 | Alcoholism in Iraq | Sabotage of Kirkuk Pipelines | More...

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:02:00 GMT

:: AID & DEVELOPMENT :: HOSPITALS UNDER PRESSURE AS DOCTORS MOVE ABROAD Dr. Muhammad Abdel-Sattar, 36, is packing his bags as he discusses on the phone with two colleagues the best time to leave for the airport. In December 2006 Abdel-Sattar sent his family to Jordan after three times receiving threats from militants. Recently his car was shot at in front of his house, and he has now decided to leave the country - and his job as a leading oncologist in Baghdad. 'I love my country and would like to stay to help my people but. I'm scared that any time a militant will come and shoot me dead,' Abdel-Sattar says. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> :: NEWS & ANALYSIS :: VIOLENCE, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT FUEL RISING ALCOHOLISM As the violence continues in Iraq, many people have been turning to alcohol to relieve their stress, say observers. 'Violence, unemployment and poverty are the main reasons for the increase in alcohol abuse,' said Younis Obeidi, a psychiatrist at Ibn Rushd Hospital. 'In Iraq there are no specialized programs for alcoholics. The two non-governmental organizations which were helping alcoholics closed down after receiving threats from militants.' TRIBES SABOTAGE KIRKUK PIPELINES Masked men infiltrate the village of al-Milih, 75 kilometers west of Kirkuk, and approach an oil pipeline that passes nearby. Under cover of darkness, they steal oil from an opening they drilled into the pipeline weeks earlier. Over a period of weeks, this scene is repeated nightly. Despite the presence of special oil ministry units, pipelines around Kirkuk are destroyed and hundreds of tons of oil stolen every day by tribe members from surrounding villages. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/</a> :: THE MEDIA :: MEDIA WORKER DEATH TOLL REACHES 200 An Iraqi translator for a United States' television network has been found dead in Iraq, bringing the number of journalists and media workers killed in the country since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 200. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/themedia/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/themedia/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a> Mailing List Powered by Dada Mail <a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/</a>

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Classroom Chaos | Blood Sellers Find Market Niche

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:23:00 GMT

AID & DEVELOPMENT CLASSROOM CHAOS Iraqi children are desperate to study after the isolation of the Saddam years, but a special report by the Institute of War and Peace Reporting shows that violence, poverty and prejudice threaten to condemn their generation to ignorance. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> NEWS & ANALYSIS BLOOD SELLERS FIND MARKET NICHE IN BAGHDAD As the Iraqi National Center for Blood Donation urges Iraqis to donate more blood to help meet increasing demand, individuals wishing to sell their blood congregate at hospitals in the hope of being able to make some money. Those offering rare blood types are best able to cash in. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a> Mailing List Powered by Dada Mail <a href="http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/">http://lists.electronicintifada.net/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/</a>

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Emergency Medical Supplies Requested After Blast in the North | More...

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:52:00 GMT

:: NEWS & ANALYSIS :: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES REQUESTED AFTER LATEST BOMB BLASTS Doctors in hospitals treating victims of the latest bomb blasts have asked for medical supplies to be delivered urgently. 'We need all kinds of emergency materials but especially plasters, cotton wool and painkillers to help victims who have lost limbs or have serious cuts,' said Dr Dirar Muhammad, who has been working overtime at Dahuk hospital. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis</a> SAVING DARBAND VILLAGE High in the mountains of northern Iraq a deadly legacy of the Iran/Iraq war hides amongst the wild flowers and long grass, ready to strike any unsuspecting victim. The spiky crowns of the deadly Valmara land mines are hard to see, but the slightest movement of one of the sensitive spikes could result in death for any person or animal within 30 meters. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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Noah Baker Merrill: The Prisoner of Three Prisons | More...

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:10:00 GMT

:: IRAQ DIARIES :: THE PRISONER OF THREE PRISONS Electronic Iraq Amman correspondent Noah Baker Merrill profiles an Iraqi man stuck in a Jordanian prison while he waits for the UN to resettle him. 'Iraqis here in Jordan describe Iraq as a prison where hope cannot enter,' writes Merrill. 'They speak of Jordan as another kind of prison where they hope and pray to leave these years of living in limbo behind them. Saad knows the inside of each of these prisons well. And he knows this third kind of prison, Juweideh Prison, even better.' <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/iraqdiaries">http://electroniciraq.net/news/iraqdiaries</a> :: AID & DEVELOPMENT :: CONFLICT JEOPARDIZING CHILDREN'S PHYSICAL, MENTAL HEALTH Muhammad Abdallah, 12, lost his only brother in a shooting incident, and since then his parents are not taking any chances and do not let him out of the house. 'In the past two years I've been more or less confined to my room. My parents don't allow me to go out, most of my friends have gone abroad, and I was forced to leave school for security reasons,' he said. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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Violence Taking Toll on Pregnant Mothers, Infants

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:39:00 GMT

:: AID & DEVELOPMENT :: VIOLENCE TAKING TOLL ON PREGNANT MOTHERS, INFANTS According to doctors, dozens of women in Iraq each day face delivery difficulties caused by violence and the curfew that is preventing access to health care during the night. 'For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies,' said Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, a gynecologist at Al-Karada maternity hospital. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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Escalation by the Numbers | Kathy Kelly Op-Ed | Educating Iraqi Kids in Jordan

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:07:00 GMT

:: NEWS & ANALYSIS :: ESCALATION BY THE NUMBERS - BY TOM ENGELHARDT Admittedly, a 'surge' does sound more comforting, less aggressive, less long-lasting, and somehow less harmful than an 'escalation,' but the fact is that we are six months into the newest escalation of American power in Iraq. It has deposited all-time high numbers of troops there as well, undoubtedly, as more planes and firepower in and around that country than at any moment since the invasion of 2003. Naturally enough, other 'all-time highs' of the grimmest sort follow. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/</a> :: OPINION/EDITORIAL :: GET TO WORK! - BY KATHY KELLY Activist Kathy Kelly tells the story of two women who saw their lives spin out of control after taking jobs with the U.S. military. 'Some argue we're not 100% responsible for this aftermath,' Kelly writes. 'Is it 90%? Are we 80%? 70%? What percent of Noor's blindness, of Nadra's status as the mark of death on any family who houses her - what percent of that can we be comfortable with?' <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/opeds/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/opeds/</a> :: AID & DEVELOPMENT :: IRAQI CHILDREN GRANTED ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN Some 200,000 school age Iraqi children could benefit from a recent announcement by the Government of Jordan that they will now allow Iraqi children to enrol and attend both public and private schools in the country. This decision was made in response to the mounting needs of Iraqi children, some of whom have not attended school for years. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://kebab.electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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Women's Rights Activists Targeted | Doctors on Strike | Refugee Stories

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:07:00 GMT

:: NEWS & ANALYSIS :: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETED BY MILITANTS Haifaa Nour, president of the Women's Freedom Organization, one of the few women's rights organizations in Iraq, said threatening she has been receiving letters will not deter her from her job, even if it cost her her life. However, she acknowledged that for a woman activist the risks of doing humanitarian work were increasing daily. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/</a> :: AID & DEVELOPMENT:: BASRA DOCTORS STRIKE, DEMAND PROTECTION Nearly 150 doctors in Basra, Iraq's second largest city about 600km south of Baghdad, began a three-day strike on 23 July, demanding the government protect them and their families. According to figures from the Iraqi Health Ministry released earlier this year, 618 medical employees, including 132 doctors, as well as medics and other health care workers, have been killed nationwide since 2003. IRAQI REFUGEE VOICES: STORIES OF DESPERATION AND NEED Every morning at 8:00 am, Suha departs for her job at a small cafe in Amman, Jordan, leaving her seven-year-old son, Yasir, locked inside of their two-room apartment, alone. Suha and her son fled Iraq and came to Jordan with no friends, family, or resources. Suha works illegally, earning only US$140 a month, and acknowledges it's a struggle to meet their basic needs: 'My salary barely pays for our rent and food alone. How can I ever pay to send my son to school?' Read more from a collection of refugee portraits compiled by Refugees International. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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Living in a Dead City | Tattoos | Improvised Refugee Camps | More...

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:00:00 GMT

:: NEWS & ANALYSIS :: LIVING IN A DEAD CITY Life in the violence-plagued capital city of Iraq's Diyala province has become a struggle for day-to-day survival. Heavy U.S military operations, sectarian death squads and al-Qaeda militants have combined to make normal life in Baquba, 50 km northeast of Baghdad, all but impossible. Movement from the city to another destination is extremely dangerous. Kidnappings have become rampant in a lawless city where government control is only a mirage. SHIA AND SUNNI MPS FEAR AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL An American withdrawal from Iraq would cause bloodshed and leave the country dominated by radical militias, Iraqi politicians from across the parliamentary spectrum have warned. Even Sunni Arab leaders - who in the past have advocated an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign troops - are among those now supporting the US troop presence and a gradual pullout over time. Many Sunni leaders say the withdrawal should be conditional on the progress of the Iraqi security forces. AUTHORITIES PLAN TO ISSUE SPECIAL IDS TO BAGHDAD RESIDENTS In a bid to reduce sectarian violence, the Iraqi authorities have decided to issue special IDs to Baghdad residents to make it easy to identify militants, a senior military officer said. He did not specify when the authorities would issue these new IDs, which would bear a person's full name and address. GRIM TATTOO SUBCULTURE EMERGES AMID DAILY VIOLENCE One response to sudden and violent death which has become commonplace in Iraq's turmoil, is the emergence of a new subculture - the etching of tattoo identities on people who fear becoming an unclaimed body in a packed morgue. It is more than just another grim footnote in a nation brimming with sad stories. It points to how deeply war and sectarian bloodshed have transformed the way Iraqis live today and confront the constant possibility of death. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/newsanalysis/</a> :: OP-ED :: THOUSANDS OF STORIES TO TELL Having spent a fair amount of time in occupied Iraq, I now find living in the United States nothing short of a schizophrenic experience. Life in Iraq was traumatizing. It was impossible to be there and not be affected by apocalyptic levels of violence and suffering, unimaginable in this country. But here's the weird thing: One long, comfortable plane ride later and you're in Disneyland, or so it feels on returning to the United States. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/opeds/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/opeds/</a> :: AID & DEVELOPMENT:: FAMILIES FLEEING VIOLENCE SET UP IMPROVISED CAMPS Thousands of Iraqis have been setting up their own improvised displacement camps after fleeing violence in their home areas and being turned away from already overcrowded formal camps. "We didn't have a choice," said Muhammad Bilal, 43, who lives in a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Al Hillah, the capital of Babil province in central Iraq. TOUGH TIMES FOR ARAB REFUGEE KIDS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN As the violence has exploded in Iraq, the Iraqi Red Crescent says at least 4,500 Arab families have fled to the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, which was seen as one of the most mono-ethnic cities in Iraqi Kurdistan. While they are now neighbors, Arab and Kurdish children aren't mixing. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/aiddevelopment/</a> :: ART, MUSIC & CULTURE :: THE ART OF KAREEM RISAN AND THE URANIUM CIVILIZATION Characterized by two coinciding histories since its first cities were founded six thousand years ago, Iraq has experienced both the pinnacles of world civilization and large scale destruction at different times in its history. Subjected to unyielding violence and ruin, Iraq currently has the world's attention. Yet its rich cultural narrative continues in the work of its artists. Conscious of their complex history, contemporary Iraqi artists employ a diverse visual culture that utilizes and projects its multiple identities. <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/artmusicculture/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/artmusicculture/</a> -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. 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URGENT APPEAL for woman injured by mortar

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:18:00 GMT

Dear ElectronicIraq.net subscribers, The Electronic Iraq Direct Aid Initiative needs your support. More specifically, Buthaina Muhammad needs your support. She was injured last month when a mortar, fired by an unknown group, landed on her house and exploded, killing three woman inside. Buthaina survived and has been flown to Amman, Jordan for treatment. She is in urgent need of a surgery to repair an abdominal wound. The wound is at risk of infection. An infection could kill her. Her hospital treatment is costing between $700 and $1000 per day (just for the drugs and maintenance). The operation will cost between $15,000 and $18,000. The Direct Aid Initiative is a project of Electronic Iraq intended to support Iraqis displaced as the result of the ongoing Iraqi crises through providing funds for crucial medical expenses. If you are able to help, please contact Direct Aid Initiative Coordinator Noah Merrill, who is in Amman now. You can send him an email at <a href="mailto:noah@electroniciraq.net">noah@electroniciraq.net</a> To read Buthaina's story, visit this link: <<a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/directaidinitiative/">http://electroniciraq.net/news/directaidinitiative/</a> URGENT_APPEAL_Woman_injured_by_mortar_shell_in_need_of_urg ent_assistance-3146.shtml> For more on the Direct Aid Initiative, visit this link: <<a href="http://www.electroniciraq.net/directaid.html>">http://www.electroniciraq.net/directaid.html&gt</a>; Donations to the Direct Aid Initiative are tax deductible. Checks can be sent to DAI care of the Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society: MECCS/DAI P.O. Box 382425 Cambridge, MA 02238 Thank you for your support. Natalie and Noah Baker Merrill Direct Aid Initiative -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Electronic Iraq News Using the following email: example@example.com You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/>">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi/u/eIraq/[email_name]/[email_domain]/1234/&gt</a>; If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: <<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq>">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi?f=list&l=eIraq&gt</a>; If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: <<a href="mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net>">mailto:webteam@electroniciraq.net&gt</a>; To find out about other EI/eIraq lists available, see: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi">http://electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/kebab/mail.cgi</a> The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: MECCS/EI Project 1507 E. 53rd Street, #500 Chicago, IL 60615, USA <a href="http://electronicIraq.net">http://electronicIraq.net</a>

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