US military to punish culprits behind toxic waste dumping in Iraq Oliver August div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } The American military has announced an investigation into its disposal of hazardous material in Iraq and declared its intention to prosecute anyone violating environmental standards. The announcement comes after The Times disclosed that private contractors employed...

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Vital River Is Withering, and Iraq Has No AnswerBy STEVEN LEE MYERS SIBA, Iraq — The Shatt al Arab, the river that flows from the biblical site of the Garden of Eden to the Persian Gulf, has turned into an environmental and economic disaster that Iraq’s newly democratic government is almost powerless to fix. Withered by decades of dictatorial mismanagement and then neglect, by drought and the thirst of Iraq’s neighbors, the river...

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Iraq war changes Tigris from river of life into river of death Tigris River becoming a graveyard of bodies The United Nations report: BAGHDAD - The River Tigris has long been a symbol of prosperity in Iraq but since the US-led invasion in 2003, this amazing watercourse has turned into a graveyard of bodies. In addition, the water level is decreasing as pollution increases, say environmentalists. Pollution in the river is caused by oil derivatives...

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Iraq’s Civilians Under Fire: Better protection urgently neededAmnesty International today called on the Iraqi authorities to urgently step up the protection of civilians amid the recent surge of deadly violence in the country.A new Amnesty International report, Iraq: Civilians Under Fire, documents how hundreds of civilians are being killed or injured each month. Many are specifically targeted by armed groups because of their religious, ethnic or...

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Killing of civilians in Iraq attacks condemned as 'war crimes'Amnesty International has condemned the killing of civilians in a series of suicide bombings and shootings by armed groups in Iraq on Monday, which left over 100 people dead and 350 wounded.The attacks on a textile factory, markets and police and army checkpoints were carried out in the town of Hilla, the southern city of Basra, the capital Baghdad and other cities."Yesterday, was the...

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Writer Killed Over a Poem in IraqJohn LundbergThe murder of a young man named Zardasht Osman earlier this month called attention to the growing problem of government crackdowns on journalists and writers in Northern Iraq , and reminds us not to take our freedom of speech here for granted.The ruling party of Kurdish-controlled Northern Iraq , under president Massoud Barzani, is under growing scrutiny by international watchdog organizations for its...

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