About Iraq

Yokosuka asked:


Can you do this? Plus, right after bt and ait, he went straight to iraq with out having a unit? He supposed to be up in may 08 but may be extended till aug 08. Can he request to go active army after 6mths and request a duty station stateside once he finishes iraq? If he has no unit, once he finishes iraq, where would he go? His mos is 09L.

Marvin

Weam Namou asked:


Iraq is as famous for its Kurdish jokes and riddles as America is for its Polack ones. After the January 30, 2005 elections, Iraqis came up with a new riddle: If 60% of Iraqis are Shia, 35% Sunni, and 15% Kurds, who voted for the Kurd?

According to CIA’s World Factbook, the population of Iraq is 75%-80% Arab, 15%-20% Kurdish, and 5% Assyrian or other ethnicities. Yet Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, was chosen as Iraq’s president on April 6, 2005, becoming the first leader of an Arab country who is not himself an Arab. His leadership proved to satisfy both Sunnis and Shiites to such extent that he was reelected in April 2006.

“Did you ever imagine that one day you might be president of the Iraqi republic?” BBC’s Jim Muir asked President Talabani in April 2005.

“No,” President Talabani responded. Of course he didn’t. Kurds are an Iranian ethno-linguistic group, like Persians, Lurs, Baluch and Bakhtiari. They are fluent in Persian which is why Talabani, during his speeches, stumbles over his “learned” usage of Arabic, sort of the way our American president does – except in our president’s case, English is his native language.

“What do you think it means for Iraqi Kurdistan, for the Kurds of Iraq, that you’re president?” Jim Muir asked.

“First, it means that the Kurds are equal citizens, they are no more second-class citizens…In the past, Iraqi governments were always looking on them as second-class citizens of the country.”

Presidency or not, Kurds will continue to be viewed as second-class citizen because none of the countries they reside in wants them to have an independent state. About 55% of the world’s Kurds live in Turkey, 22% in Iran, 16.5% in Iraq and 6.5% in Syria (CIA’s World Factbook). In the 20th century, all four countries have suppressed many Kurdish uprisings. Then suddenly in 2005, Iraq was kind enough to give one of its men the position of Iraqi president?

Kurds’ prehistory is not very well known. Estimated at about 35 million people, they make up the largest ethnic group in the world who do not have a nation-state of their own. Preparing to one day declare independence, the Kurdistan region in Iraq has been functioning as a semi-independent country. They have their own educational system and their own police and militia, which are now turned into an army and are not a part of the central command in Baghdad. They have refused to allow other units of the Iraqi army to enter Kurdistan. Since 2004, Kurdish politicians have demanded the departure of some 200,000 Arabs who settled in oil-rich Kirkuk.

“He [Jalal Talabani] has dedicated his life to the cause of Iraqi liberation,” President Bush said.

Actually, Talabani has dedicated his life to the cause of the Kurdish liberation. In his lifetime, he had first joined the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, which was then run by Mustafa Barzani and he founded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the P.U.K. These two Kurdish parties have led Peshmerga (literally, “those who face death”), who used Guerilla Warfare style tactics against Iraqi forces.

Since Kurdistan is next door to Iran, Jalal Talabani has a very long tradition of good relations with Iran. During the Iraq-Iran war, Talabani and Barzani ran militias that fought alongside the Iranians and against the Iraqi soldiers. They worked with the “enemy” against their own national army. There’s a word for that. “Treason.” There’s another word, “Halabja,” which stemmed from this fighting.

Given his little bio, Talabani is in no way an Iraqi, not by birth nor by heart. As Saddam Hussein watched Talabani’s election from his prison cell on a TV, only one who really knows the history of Iraq could imagine what he was thinking. Oh, those Brits and Americans – never know who they’ll put next into Iraq’s political office. First a foreign-born king in the 1920’s, then a leading member of the Baath Party in the 1970’s, now a Kurd who can barely speak Arabic. But who will believe the nonsense that a Shia or Sunni or Christian or Turk risked their life to vote for a sect outside of their own? And what about me? I’m still president of Iraq.

Technically, Saddam Hussein was correct in maintaining his title of presidency during the occupancy. There are two reasons for that, which Kofi Annan summed up during an interview he gave to Owen Bennett-Jones for BBC. “From our point of view and from the Charter point of view the war was illegal… You cannot have credible elections if the security conditions continue as they are now.”

An election cannot be legitimate when it is conducted under illegal foreign military occupation. It is neither free nor fair. Yet based on this illegal war and fraudulent election, a 275-seat “transitional National Assembly” was put in place. With a total of some 8.4 million votes cast, a 58 % turnout, the Iraqi Electoral Commission had this to report:

The official counting records were almost always completed properly (i.e. filling in a number on the correct line) and signed by the required officials….Observers reported discrepancies during the ballot reconciliation in 15 to 20 percent of monitored cases…Ballot counting was reported to have started late in some places, although lack of electricity and the security context were contributing factors. In terms of the local counting, frequent problems were reported concerning both intimidation of the counting staff and interruptions to the counting process that caused delays…There were reports that some polling station officials refused to co-operate with the electoral observers. This limited the overall transparency of the counting process… There were some local problems with the tamper evidence bags being used improperly (placed in with the ballots rather than in a separate box to be sent to IECI headquarters) or not being used at all. Also, some ballot boxes were not properly locked.

Voter turnout ranged from 89% in the Kurdish region of Dahuk to two percent in the Sunni region of Al Anbar. Many Sunnis didn’t show up to the polls, because they, like other Iraqis, opposed these elections and refused to participate in a political process dominated by the U.S. After all, Paul Bremer, another non-Arab, set up the rules for this election. The High Commission for Elections had the authority to disqualify any party that did not meet with Washington’s approval. Before he left his post, Bremer issued a series of articles which cannot be reversed by any election.

For others the fear of violence kept them at home. At least eight candidates were killed in the run-up to the election, and many others received daily death threats. Many of the Iraqis who did vote were manipulated to the polls with money and food rations. With 7,785 mostly unnamed candidates on the lists of 83 coalitions of political parties, voters had little idea who they will be voting for.

The lists were mostly sectarian. Kurdish lists were focused on winning Kirkuk for Kurds, and obtaining a top government post. Shiites, whose revered Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani had issued a fatwa instructing his followers to vote, wanted federalism, others an Iranian-style regime. Rather than having their own lists, the Association of Muslim Scholars, a Sunni group, was calling for a boycott in protest against the destruction of Fallujah by the U.S. military.

With the massacre that occurred in Fallujah, as well as in the rest of the Sunni Triangle, it’s surprising that even two percent showed up. For instance, after the 2003 invasion, Fallujah was one of the least affected areas of Iraq. Despite its pro-American mayor, Tahah Bidaywi Hamed, U.S. soldiers did great damage, and there were reports that cluster bombs and white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary weapon, were used on the city. By the end of operations, the city lay in ruins. Fallujah’s compensation commissioner reported that 36,000 of the city’s 50,000 homes were destroyed, along with 60 schools and 65 mosques and shrines.

So the men and women of that region might have voted were they not busy mourning the loss of loved ones, finding new homes or just scrimmaging for ways to stay alive. The situation made safe and possible for the Kurds, they got to the voting polls fine, resulting in the high 89% outcome.

Despite all this, A Kurdish interim minister of human rights, Bakhtiar Amin, said, “The parliament elected a president, and it’s not like before where the transfer of power was done through the shedding of blood, military coups and invasions.” Typical Kurdi, an Iraqi would say.

And U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said that participation had “exceeded all expectations.” Meanwhile, President Bush remarked, “By participating in free elections … [Iraqi] men and women have taken rightful control of their country’s destiny, and they have chosen a future of freedom and peace.” Typical Bush administration, an American would say.

These elections no more reflected the will of the Iraqi people than did the elections held between 1925 and 1958 under the British occupation. During that time, the British struggled to end the violence while teaching Iraq democracy and keeping their foot in the door. They came up with this solution: place on the throne an Iraqi king, foreign born, and surround him by expatriate military officers who had spent most of their adult lives elsewhere. Sounds familiar?

The United States Constitution, adopted in 1788, provided for an elected government and protected civil rights and liberties. Already in the colonial period before 1776 most adult white men could vote. American women have had the right to vote since 1920, and they’re almost equal in number to American men, but their political roles have been minimal. Not until 1984 did a major party choose a woman, Geraldine Ferraro of New York, to run for vice-president. And it wasn’t until 1965 that the United States arrived to a complete form of democracy, allowing African-Americans to vote.

In America, there are 81.7% whites and 12.9% blacks. (2003 est.), nearly the same figures as Arabs vs. Kurds in Iraq. But while after hundreds of years of democracy, America hasn’t yet voted a black man for president, Iraq, a tribal nation, has appointed an outsider, a former enemy, as its leader? That’s like America, on the basis of him speaking English, electing someone with an Arabic accent as U.S. president.

Allison

Ross M. asked:


I’ll be going back to Iraq for about 6 months and just my luck college football season is just around the corner. What is the best way (internet, satellite TV, etc) for me to catch the games while over there. I’ll have a laptop and internet access and I’ll probably just need the basics, ABC, NBC, ESPN, Big Ten Network if possible. I need to keep up with my Ohio State Buckeyes so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Troy

LyLsLick asked:


If i live in California, how much does it cost to send a letter or maybe a CD to iraq. And what type of stmaps would i have to use? Thanks!

Catherine

Weam Namou asked:


When I was a child, I often heard that America “raised” Saddam, that he was her son. He was conceived the moment, if not before, he attempted to topple Iraqi President Abdul Kareem Qassim. It was 1959 and President Qassim had barely been in power for a year, but he was already Iraq’s most popular leader and America’s least favorite one. He had carried out anti-American and anti-corporatist policies like nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing Baghdad Pact, and decriminalizing the Iraqi Communist Party. He also resurrected a long-standing Iraqi claim to Kuwait.

Saddam’s attempt on President Qassim’s life having failed, he fled to Egypt, where his nursing and rearing began. Hussein repeatedly visited the US Embassy and met with CIA agents interested in the downfall of the Qassim government. After his return to Iraq, in 1963 and with help of the CIA, President Qassim was assassinated, and in the process, thousands of Iraqis were massacred. While the brutalities of the Baathist regime aroused international protests, the United States was among the first nations to recognize the new government, and arms shipment began immediately.

At this point the CIA continued to hold Saddam’s hand and, step-by-step, they and the State Department led him into power. They offered a list of 800 Iraqi communists to the Baathist insurgents – all were killed. Meanwhile, western business interests, such as Mobile, Bechtel and British Petroleum began operations in Iraq. And in 1968, the final Baathist coup brought Ahmad Hassan Al Bakr to power. He placed his cousin, Saddam Hussein, in charge of the State Security apparatus.

In 1979, Saddam Hussein seized power in a palace-coup and by 1980, the incoming Reagan administration, seeing the Islamic revolution in Iran as a threat, encouraged, if not coached, the subsequent Iraqi invasion of Iran with promises of arms, money, and intelligence. In addition to billions of dollars in arms, the Reagan administration provided the Iraqi Regime with chemical and biological weapons, including Brucella Malitensis (a bacteria that can damage major organs; Bacillus Anthracis (cause of anthrax); histoplasma capsulatam (cause of a disease attacking lungs, brain, spinal cord, and heart; clostridium perfringens (a highly toxic bacteria causing systematic illness; clostridium tetani (highly toxigenic substance).

These were given with full US knowledge of the repressive nature of Hussein’s regime, and his support of international terrorists such as Abu Nidal. Back then, Saddam was loved unconditionally, practically patted on the back for what today Busch considers “unaccepted” behavior. For instance, after Iraq used U.S. supplied chemical weapons against Iranian troops and the Kurds, the Reagan administration resumed normal diplomatic relations with Iraq, and removed it from the list of countries that support terrorism.

The Iran/Iraq war stretched on for eight years, claimed over a million lives and bankrupt Iraq. After the war ended in 1988, Kuwait flooded the world oil market, lowering oil prices worldwide. It was rumored that Kuwait not only refused negotiations but assured Iraqis they’ll keep the prices low even if it meant that the Iraqi women will have to prostitute themselves for ten dinars. During his court sessions some fifteen years later, Saddam cited this exact statement to the judge, which he claims was made by Kuwaiti officials.

Hussein’s pleas to OPEC ignored, he considered military action against Kuwait. When he informed the US about his plans to invade Kuwait, US Ambassador April Glaspie told him: “We (the United States) have no opinion on your border dispute with Kuwait. James Baker (then Secretary of State) has instructed our official spokesman to emphasize this instruction.” Given this green light to invade Kuwait, Saddam Hussein did so. The Bush administration immediately began preparations for war. Iraq offered to withdraw from Kuwait in exchange for arranging a Middle East peace summit, but was also ignored.

In this invasion, hundred of Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians died. And civilian infrastructure – including power generators and water treatment facilities – were considered to be “Legitimate Military Targets” – although the Geneva Convention, article 54, claims “It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population.”

Afterwards, over 5 million Iraqis had no access to clean water, which resulted in growing epidemics of Cholera, Typhoid, and diarrhea. Understaffed, overflowing hospitals, without power, were unable to provide even the most minimal treatment. And 1.5 million Iraqis died as a direct result of the harshest sanctions regime in world history.

Then, even though there were no links between Iraq and the terrorist who executed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Bush administration found Saddam to blame and launched a second war against Iraq. Since then they’ve used a number of reasons, like liberations and such, to remain in Iraq, or to excuse their role in that country’s unbelievable downfall.

In four years, the violence and the number of dead bodies found buried or laying in the streets have outnumbered those whom Saddam had murdered in the thirty years he was in power. And Saddam had a mission regarding Iraqi lives – to destroy whoever crossed him politically, whereas both the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and everything in between have caused aimless massacres for the Iraqis – sort of the way Saddam did with Halabja. All these attacks were done in the name of war against the enemy.

When Saddam dropped poison gas on the Kurdish city of Halabja, which occurred during the Iraq-Iran war, it wasn’t because he was mad. It was because Halabja was then held by Iranian troops and Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga guerillas allied with Tehran. Throughout the war, Iran had supplied Iraqi Kurdish rebels military support.

So all these attacks, whether by the United States against Iraq or Saddam against Halabja and Dejail were done in the name of war against the enemy. Except that Halabja and Dejail happened quickly. The death of Iraqis since 1991 has been slow, painful, degrading, and spreading wildly like an incurable disease. But that’s another story. Back to the parent and child.

The lengthy relationship between Saddam and the CIA is what makes the Middle East and Europe distrust the United States. Many factors make the world view us as the “bad guys.” For instance, in 1991 when Iraqis rose against Saddam, the United States, afraid that change would put its majority Shi’ites and thus Iran in power, stood by with its forces as the Republican Guard crushed the rebellion. In 1996, the CIA fled and left the INC people in the hands of Saddam as Iraqi tanks moved into the Kurdish-controlled zone to destroy them.

From beginning to end Saddam served his so called parent. Even in his death he was a good son. He was hung by Shi’ites in a ruthless manner that “by chance” was videotaped and distributed on the Internet, giving America’s least favorite Islamic sect the ugliest reputation possible. Now who the hell is going to be sympathetic towards Shi’ites – in other words, Iran – when the Arab world itself found them despicable for killing a man in a manner that completely goes against the teachings of the Quran?

Jamie

Ken asked:


The returns from investing that way will be more world peace. Our economy and world image would increase too. My brother is in the army and even I know the Iraq war was a complete waste. The Republicans have some good ideas but the Iraq War is such a big mistake they will never be able to pay it back to this country.

Georgia

Nick Carter asked:


The controversial war in Iraq started with the US-led invasion in March 2003. The main reason offered for the proposed war was that Iraq has nuclear capabilities and that the war would act as a means of disabling such capabilities – thus the war would protect the interests of the US and further afield by disarming them. Countries that were opposed to the war, such as members of the UN security council who did not back plans, suggested that such fears were not correct. Another reason given for the invasion of Iraq was that there was claims linking Iraq to al-Qaeda – so far there has been no evidence linking them together in anyway.

The invasion of Iraq was lead by a largely American force, with soldiers from Australia, Great Britain, Poland and Denmark also playing their role. In an attempt to restore peace in Iraq, the Co-coalition countries attempted to establish a democratic government. Such plans have not went as smoothly as was hoped, and on-going violence has continued despite there being troops and a democratically elected government in place.

Since the invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein fled the country in an attempt to avoid the consequences that would come as a result of being caught by the coalition troops. Despite his best attempts, Saddam was captured in December 2003 and was hanged in the same month the crimes he had committed whilst in office. His trial and subsequent hanging were all completed under the Iraq interim government.

The Iraq war has been controversial for a number of reasons:

1. The war was not legal and was completed without the backing of the United Nations. Some political commentators suggest this as a reason for wider international backlash out with the coalition countries that participated.

2. Not enough troops. The number of troops that were sent to Iraq, and that are now in Iraq, is less than half of what would be needed to allow for a swift operation which would lead to less casualties, according to a Rand report. Some objectors comment that this shows a lack of respect for human life and was done as a means of lessening the financial burden of the war.

3. Insufficient post-invasion strategy. The coalition governments did not adequately prepare an exit strategy and a means of bringing peace to Iraq according to many politicians and defence analysts.

4. Financial Burden. According to Reuters news agency, the cost of the Iraq war is close to $2 trillion.

5. Iraq’s oil supply has often been quoted as a reason for the start of the war. Such claims, if true, would be much different from the original reasons cited as the reason for the war happening in the first place.

6. Weapons of Mass Destruction have been been found in Iraq, which has made analysts increasingly sceptical as to whether they were there in the first place. If indeed they were not, then this would mean that the war was started on a false premise.

Gladys

Kris asked:


I’ve been in Iraq for well over a year and while I have been pretty much out of harm’s way for the most part, it has been a rough year emotionally. I have not been diagnosed with depression before because I never saw a psychiatrist or anyone of that nature, however, I can tell you that for a good part of ten years, I’ve been having a series of depression which last for several days.

Here in Iraq, it’s been the most prominent. I would get depressed and feel empty inside and this will last for a week and then I would feel better for a week and get depressed for another week and feel better for three weeks. Usually, my depression is sudden. I would be at work and I will feel fine and then all of a sudden I would feel this uncontrollable saddness and empty feeling inside me. Almost like disappointment or like I lost something. Which would eventually turn into iritability and hostility and back to silence again.

I want to see a real psyciatrist but don’t know what to do. Thanks.

Alice

Mitra Naeimi asked:


” Bush ” Is the Worst ” Saddam ”

According to “chron” (Nov. 19, 2006 ) at least 700 Iraqis die in 8 days ,

1,319 Iraqis already in November, 1,216 Iraqis in October…

But it is not new, we hear ,we watch ,we read every day ; ten Iraqis died, fifty Iraqis died ,a hundred Iraqis died … and until now, totally , a half million Iraqis have died. And even the real number is more than this ,because many deaths are not reported.

However, all of this, according to Bush’s logic, is because that bush isn’t like saddam:

I ‘m not saddam ! I ‘m bush! I sell you liberty and democracy ,and you must pay me your lives, because I like Middle East and you have to love my rules in this game too !

Manipulating the World ,Liberating Iraq

It was 48 hours before the beginning of the Iraq war that Bush said :

“[…](there is a) deep hatred of America and our friends . And it (Iraq ) has aided ,trained and harbored terrorists ,including operatives of Al Qaeda . the terrorists […] could kill thousands or hundreds of thousands of innocent people in our country ,or any other . Before the day of horror can come, before it is too late to act ,this danger will be removed “.

Consider the narration : it is like a story ,an epic story. You are good .But others are your enemy ,and your enemy is evil. And because you are so sympathetic, you ‘d like to survive people ’s of enemy country .So you kill them to liberate them, to democratize them!

But Is it possible to kill people ,in order to liberate and democratize them?

How much did they succeed? Did they obliterate Al Qaeda ? Did they obliterate terrorists?what do the Iraqi people themselves request ? Do they like to become liberated?

Leave Our Home, Leave Our Ruin At Once

According to a recent poll ,by World Public Opinion (WPO), taken in September: 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq.

61% of all Iraqis support attacks on U.S. troops

Now ,most Iraqis are tired.They want their home,they want to decide themselves.

This war not only don’t solve their problem, but also aggravate the other problems.

War Brings War

” A Sunni Muslim bombers kill at least 33 Shiites … ” ,

“A suicide bomber in the predominantly Shiite city of Hillah south of Baghdad lured men to his KIA minivan with promises of a day’s work as laborers, then blew it up, killing at least 22 and wounding 44 …” .

This war escalated previous conflicts between internal groups.

Even if Iraqis become successful to exit the US and other troops , it takes too long to solve civic religious and ethnoracial conflicts.

Find the Guilty Sooner

“Fighters for Al-Qaida in Iraq and allied terror groups, who also have crossed from Syria, have killed hundreds of Americans as well as tens of thousands of Iraqis in bombings …”

“Iran is believed to be financing and arming Shiite militias in Iraq who have engaged insurgents and Sunni civilians in civil-war style conflict in Baghdad and surround cities and towns…”

Now that we are losing the war, we find the guilty! If Iraqis don’t become democratized and liberated ,it is the fault of Syria, Iran and Iraqis themselves!

Recently , Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), incoming chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee; argued that “We can’t save the Iraqis from themselves.” The problem is not the occupation; it’s the failure of Iraqis to make the US-imposed system work.There’s something wrong with Iraqis themselves.”

First Injure,Then Dress the Wounds

“Since May 2003, USAID has helped Iraqis injured by coalition forces piece their lives and livelihoods back together. Over 350,000 Iraqis have benefited directly from projects completed under the War Victims Assistance Fund. The fund covers health care, income generation, and rehabilitation of destroyed homes, schools, and clinics. It also provides sustainable income for families that lost their main breadwinner, as well as prosthetics and medical treatment for survivors. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy said the program shows the Iraqi people “the face of a compassionate America.”

Empire is here! Building liberalism and democracy on the ruins of peoples ,ruins of children,ruins of houses…

It is exactly the sureness of bush’s speech that he expressed 48 hours before the beginning of the Iraq war, “[…] if we must begin a military campaign , it will be against the lawless men who rule your country and not against you. We will deliver the food and medicine you need.”

We destroy your homes, we kill you, we wound you, we injure you, but we are not against you ! If you became wounded ,we ourselves dress it! Don’t be worried!

After “go big” and ” go long”,one day we will”go home”!

You should die more,you should need more food,more medicine,your internal conflicts should become deeper ,then we will go,but don’t believe our going ,because we are here yet ,we are in Middle East !

Cathy

charli jhonson asked:


The price of war is not calculable and atrocities of war are not unknown. The 1949 Geneva Conventions prohibit “outrages upon the personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment” against any detainee. However, what’s happening in Iraq is the rarest of rare and puts big question mark on the face of humanity. Reports and video recordings from different sources show how soldiers are being abused by terrorist groups in Iraq. Though in wars atrocities and abuses are not new, in a manner the soldiers from U.S. and its ally countries are being abused, tortured, and killed every next day, is unheard and bizarre. The brazenness with which these terrorists from different groups operating in Iraq are torturing and killing soldiers suggests they want to prove that they don’t have any respect for humanity.War in Iraq is different in many aspects. However, the most noticeable and most painful one is the open and shameless violation of human rights. In the way terrorist groups are operating in Iraq leaves no space for human rights and shows utter disregard of humanity.The video clips released by terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, Al-Ansar, and others features very painful and miserable condition of soldiers and civilians in Iraq. There are reports of incidents on how these insurgent and terrorist groups are operating and handling their operations in Iraq, are abusing soldiers.These videos are very disturbing that involve abuses that US soldiers are undergoing and the suicide attacks on US army camps in different places of Iraq. In one such video clip it’s shown that terrorist leaders are praising those who killed these US soldiers.There are clips showing terrorists beheading soldiers, holding these heads of dead soldiers, bodies of abused US soldiers covered with blood. To humiliate soldiers their genitals are exposed. In many scenes it shows that even the dead bodies are being abused.In another video by Al Qaeda shows the bodies of two US soldiers being dragged behind a truck and then set on fire. Below the graphic footage is a subtitle it says “It’s the retaliation for an alleged rape of a young Iraqi woman by US soldiers”.Conclusion:The price of war in Iraq that these US soldiers and their allies are paying is not computable. It’s the utter disregard of Geneva Conventions which says “torture or inhuman treatment” is a war crime.Even the report from Amnesty International-global human rights watch dog, suggests that under the shadow of these tortures and Iraq war abuse, an already fragile condition will further worsen and that lead to no immediate solution for Iraq problem.

Andre