Daily Archives: 7 July 2007

Provided By PHubb: shortages; lack of electricity; potable water; tanks rolling through the streets night and day; gunfire and explosions. Iraqi health care in shambles. 200 bodies turn up daily in the Baghdad morgue. For Iraqis, it’s 9/11 every day … Continue reading →

by Prof. Shimshon Bichler and Prof. Jonathan Nitzan Global Research, 6 July 2007 The Puzzle Many observers of the Israeli scene have been perplexed by the countrys apparent resilience to bad political news. The headlines of late seem uniformly dreadful. … Continue reading →

Human Rights Watch Press release 2007-07-04 11:46:10 Warring Parties Must Respect Laws of War, Ensure Humanitarian Access (New York, July 4, 2007) — The Ethiopian military has forcibly displaced thousands of civilians in the country’s eastern Somali region in recent … Continue reading →

Toni Oyry, Reuters AlertNet, 5 July 2007 The United Nations is supposed to play global policeman, but what happens when its own peacekeepers break the law? That’s a question raised by a string of incidents allegedly involving Pakistani and Bangladeshi … Continue reading →

Gideon Levy, Ha’aretz, 5 July 2007 What do you do for 21 hours, trapped in one room – 28 people, including children and babies? How do you pass the time? How do you calm down crying and frightened children? How … Continue reading →