UN to help Iraq investigate ISIS crimes

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to establish a team to assist Iraq to investigate ISIS crimes and hold the terrorist group accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. A Special Adviser will be appointed by the Secretary-General to head an investigation team of international and Iraqi experts that will initially be given a two-year mandate. In August, Iraq made a formal request to the Security Council to help collect evidence... [Details]

Teen hits back at ISIS by sculpting Nimrud's ruined artifacts

When footage emerged of ISIS destroying the ancient city of Nimrud outside Mosul, the world stood powerless in the face of a group of militants using sledgehammers and electric drills to obliterate centuries-old archaeological gems. But 17-year-old Nenous Thabit rolled up his sleeves and began work on replicating the sculptures. For Thabit, an Assyrian Christian, the 3,000-year-old city -- which once formed the capital of an Assyrian empire reaching from Egypt to parts... [Details]

Iraq's Christians persecuted by ISIS

There are few places on earth where Christianity is as old as it is in Iraq. Christians there trace their history to the first century apostles. But today, their existence has been threatened by the terrorist group that calls itself Islamic State. More than 125,000 Christians -- men, women and children -- have been forced from their homes over the last 10 months. The Islamic State -- or ISIS -- stormed into Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, last summer and took control. From there,... [Details]

ISIL claims attack on pro-government militia in Iraq

More than two dozen members of a pro-government militia in Iraq have been killed after being ambushed by disguised Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters. Twenty-seven members of Hashd al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), were killed after clashes broke out late Sunday in Hawija, a town in Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk province, the militia said in a statement on Monday. ISIL - also known as ISIS - claimed responsibility for the attack and said... [Details]

ISIS , a history: how the world's worst terror group came to be

To understand the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — why it exists, what it wants, and why it commits terrible violence of which the Paris attacks are only the latest — you need to understand the tangled story of how it came to be. The group began, in a very different form, in 1999. In the 16 years since, it has been shaped by — and has at moments helped to shape — the conflicts, physical and ideological, of the Middle East. Here, then, is a concise history of... [Details]

The erratic ISIS and Baath party connection

Baathism, of course, has its roots all the way back to 1943. Baathism or “renaissance” or “resurrection” is an anti-colonial and pan-Arabist doctrine. At the time, being a Baathist, meant to claim a pure blood lineage to the origins of Islam and, at the same time, invoke the mid-twentieth-century ideals of socialism. Baathism called for the rejection of the “Western civilization’s invasion of the Arab mind.” Sound familiar? What followed, of course, was the fusion with... [Details]

Hussein Charged With Genocide in 50,000 Deaths

The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein announced Tuesday that it had charged him with genocide, saying he sought to annihilate the Kurdish people in 1988 when the military killed at least 50,000 Kurdish civilians and destroyed 2,000 villages. The case is the first against Mr. Hussein to address the large-scale human rights violations committed during his decades in power, the same acts the Bush administration has publicized in explaining the American invasion of Iraq. Six other defendants... [Details]

(Popular Crowd Forces in Iraq ( Al-Hashd al-shaabi

Popular Crowd Forces in Iraq, military factions, were formed on June 13, 2014, based on a fatwa of Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani to confront the organization Daesh, where the crowd is to become a legal cover to these factions, which have increased in number over time. The popular crowd has become as a result of victories against Daesh a significant number in the present and future of Iraq. As the popular crowd was turned into regular forces sponsored and trained by the Iraqi government, and in June... [Details]

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Iraq

It was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein; and has been since his removal from office. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. administrator, L. Paul Bremer, suspended capital punishment on June 10, declaring that "the former regime used certain provisions of the penal code as a means of oppression, in violation of internationally acknowledged human rights." On August 8, 2004, capital punishment was reinstated in Iraq. Iraqi law states that no person over the age of 70... [Details]

Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq

The forces of the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), supported by various international partners, including the United States and Iran, have almost concluded their military campaign against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Iraq. In the course of this campaign, Iraqi government and KRG forces have detained thousands of suspected ISIS fighters and affiliates, including hundreds of children. The judiciaries of the Iraqi government and the KRG are relying... [Details]

Iraq Finally Holds ISIS Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity

ISIS gained control of Mosul and other parts of western Iraq in 2014, bringing terror, war, and genocide. Many Yazidis in Iraq, after surviving the initial horrors of ISIS control, were kidnapped and forced to work or used as sexual slaves. Now that ISIS has mostly been driven out of Iraq, the Iraqi government is taking steps to hold its members accountable for their crimes against civilians, and the country’s history and culture. In the face of growing international pressure, the... [Details]

Human rights in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Iraq's era under President Saddam Hussein was notorious for its severe violations of human rights. Secret police, state terrorism, torture, mass murder, rape, deportations, forced disappearances, assassinations, chemical warfare, and the destruction of southern Iraq's marshes were some of the methods the country's Ba'athist government used to maintain control. The total number of deaths related to torture and murder during this period are unknown. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issued... [Details]

The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988

The Iran-Iraq War of 1980 to 1988 was a grinding, bloody, and in the end, completely pointless conflict. It was sparked by the Iranian Revolution, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which overthrew Shah Pahlavi in 1978-79. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who despised the Shah, welcomed this change, but his joy turned to alarm when the Ayatollah began calling for a Shi'a revolution in Iraq to overthrow Saddam's secular/Sunni regime. The Ayatollah's provocations inflamed Saddam Hussein's... [Details]

Should Baathists have role in post-IS Iraq

Iraqi security forces arrested Saddam Hussein’s cousin Nizar Hammoud Abdul Ghani, who was one of the Iraqi president’s personal guards, on Oct. 25 for his alleged involvement in the Islamic State's attack on Kirkuk “Three of his brothers are also high-ranking officers in the [IS] organization in Al-Hawija district,” the chief of Kirkuk’s suburban police, Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir, told Rudaw. Hawija lies some 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Kirkuk. As the inevitable defeat... [Details]

The meaning of Martyrdom

Martyrdom is defined as voluntary death for a cause, often for a religious purpose or persecution.The term of martyrdom takes a different meaning from region to region. The term martyr has been came from the Greek martur, which means “witness,” as does the Arabic shahid . Martyrs thus bear witness to their cause by sacrificing their lives as proof of its validity. Eastern cultures tend to use words closer to sacrifice for the others by different reasons. Although martyrdom... [Details]

Woman sacrifices under Saddam's Regime

Situation for Women in the period of Baath regime in Iraq, In 1979, immediately upon coming to power, Saddam Hussein silenced all political opposition in Iraq. Furthermore, Saddam his converted one-party state into a cult of personality. Since then, his regime has systematically executed, tortured, imprisoned, raped, terrorized, and repressed the Iraqi people. Iraq state is a nation rich in multicultural, with a long history of intellectual and scientific achievement, in particular... [Details]

The Halabja chemical attack

The Halabja chemical attack also known as the Halabja Massacre or Bloody Friday in Iraqi history. This attract was a massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988. During the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the Kurdish city of Halabja in Southern Kurdistan. The attack was part of the Al-Anfal Campaign in northern Iraq, as well as part of the Iraqi attempt to repel the Iranian Operation Zafar 7. It took place 48 hours after the fall of the town to the Iranian... [Details]

Martyr Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

“It has become clear – although with great sorrow – that the deceased Ayatollah, the Martyr Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and his honorable, oppressed sister – who was among the teachers of knowledge and ethics and among the most prideful in knowledge and literature – have attained the elevated status of martyrdom at the hands of the Iraqi regime. And this was carried out in a terribly horrid way. “But it is not a surprise that such great ones should be martyred – those who have... [Details]

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr was a member of a distinguished Iraqi family who traced their genealogy back directly to the Prophet Mohamed (hence the title of Sayyid) and whose ancestors had lived in the region of Jabal Amil in present-day southern Lebanon. In recent Iraqi history one of their number, another Muhammad al-Sadr, was Prime Minister in 1948 while the great intellectual and scholar Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was murdered along with his sister, Bint al-Huda, by the Baathist regime... [Details]

What is Azadari, the Mourning of Imam al-Husayn?

Imam Husayn (as) is the ambassador of Allah (swt) who owns the complete authority given by Him (swt) to implement and safeguard the system of Divine justice. In Karbala, the objective of Imam Husayn (as) for humanity was to safeguard and implement the system of divine justice, the oneness of God and the guardianship of the infallibles. Another objective was liqa ullah (meeting of Allah). Since Islam is a religion of nature and the message of guidance was for humanity,... [Details]

The Prophet's Birthday in Iraq

Muslims observe the Prophet Muhammed's (also known as Mohammed or Muhammad) birthday on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi' al-awwal, while Shi'a Muslims mark it on the 17th of this month. Muhammed is believed to be the last prophet. There are mixed beliefs on how one observes Muhammed's birthday. Some people see the Prophet's birthday as an event worthy of praise. Others view the celebration of birthdays as contradictory to Islamic law. Both sides cite the Hadith (narrations... [Details]

A national week for the mass graves… rather than the national day

The anniversary of the national day of the mass graves in Iraq was passed, which was in 16/5/ from every year, and it is the day of opening the first mass grave after the overthrowing the Baath regime (Saddam regime). That regime was killed a lot of Iraqi people and trespassed on the sanctities of human whether by the executions, chemical weapons, buried the citizens alive and other types of killing. Today we celebrated with the national day of mass graves, and we remember these savagery crimes,... [Details]

Halabja … Martyrdom of a city

(If the injustice continued it will destroys)… It is an authenticated adage since that human write to its generation and next generations the texts of wisdom and authenticates it to be an article for moving its memory. This adage is one that the Iraqi people and society suffered a lot from it in many times and as the history authenticated it . It also authenticated its chapters, its heroes and heroines, its results, and all the suffering of the society. The history narrates that the injustice differed... [Details]

The period of suffering

An old period had been gone, but it remained in the memory of Iraqi people. Which was spread fear, death, and fright in the poor’s lanes. When the tyrants killed the hungry people by the sword of savagery and the whip of destruction. It was the period of torture and death even that the tyrant Saddam is overthrow. Tyrants always fall by their victims, who are poor people: women, children, old men, and youths. The tyrant Saddam prevented them from happiness, life, and from everything makes... [Details]

 

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