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American Anthropological Association: Troops Out, Now What?

2012-03-29T14:42:54Z

Militarism in the U.S. seems to have a gravitational force pulling a wide array of resources and sectors into its orbit. Our involvement with Iraq serves as a case study for how deeply rooted militarism is in American culture and political life.

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Bishop Pierre Whalon: How Quickly We Forget

2011-04-11T09:16:37Z

On Monday last, I went to Charles de Gaulle airport with members of the AEMO to meet family members of people wounded in the October 31 attack on the Baghdad Cathedral.

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Dorian de Wind: Iraq and Afghanistan Refugees -- No End to the Tragedy

2010-12-01T14:38:16Z

Americans should reflect the "character of a nation" by not forgetting the millions of Iraqi and Afghanistan refugees who are, once again, the wretched legacy of wars they had no hand in.

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Charity Tooze: A Play About Iraqi Refugees Strives to Inspire Action

2010-10-13T14:08:14Z

Silhouetted by a searing light, actress Kim Schultz transforms. With arms pleading, head vaguely lifted, she recites, "There is no place for us in Iraq now -- no place called home."

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Sara Reef: A Preventative Approach to National Security

2010-09-03T15:43:55Z

One of the least talked about aspects of the 2003 US-led allied incursion into Iraq is the Iraqi refugee crisis. Over the past seven years, over four million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes.

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Jake Diliberto: Enough Is Enough: War Chatter From the Oval Office

2010-09-02T11:10:35Z

2010 is the deadliest year thus far in Afghanistan. How much war chatter do Americans have to endure? When does the President call it "game over"?

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Firas Al-Atraqchi: Obama's "No, We Won't" Moment in Iraq

2010-08-30T20:23:50Z

The US political and military establishments have made numerous grave errors in judgment when it comes to Iraq policy, foremost of which is the choice...

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Dorian de Wind: As Troops Leave Iraq, Will America Forget the Refugees?

2010-08-23T16:18:57Z

We must exercise our moral responsibility and provide meaningful financial support for the millions of innocent Iraqi men, women and children who are the wretched legacy of a war they had no hand in.

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Jodie Evans: We Can't Miss This Opportunity

2010-07-22T21:27:20Z

We started CODEPINK in an attempt to stop the war in Iraq. We need your help getting out the truth that the war has left Iraq in tatters, drained our resources and must not be repeated for years to come in Afghanistan.

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Human Rights First: Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Still Await U.S. Decisions on Resettlement

2010-04-23T18:21:19Z

By Jesse Bernstein- Pennoyer Fellow/Senior Associate Refugee Protection Program, and Parastou Hassouri

AMMAN - Fatima is a single mother who fled Ir...

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Diane Tucker: In Iraq, Women Entrepreneurs Starting a New Kind of Insurgency

2010-04-16T17:26:47Z

After spending $50 billion, now the U.S. wants Iraq to take the lead in rebuilding itself. Several experts told me recently they want Iraq's women to play a prominent role in rebuilding the nation's crippled economy. Why women?

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Human Rights First: Security Clearances Identified as a Impediment to Timely Resettlement of Iraqi Refugees, including U.S. Affiliated Iraqis

2010-05-21T17:09:32Z

By Jesse Bernstein, Pennoyer Fellow/Senior Associate- Refugee Protection Program and Ruthie Epstein, Researcher & Advocate- Refugee Protection Program...

Morton Abramowitz: Uprooted Iraqis: Worse Off, Not Better

2010-03-18T17:53:39Z

Over the past three years, we have investigated one of the unintended byproducts of the Iraq War: uprooted Iraqis. It is safe to say that between 3 and 4 million Iraqis have been forced to flee.

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Charity Tooze: Security is the dominant issue for displaced Iraqis

2010-03-06T13:57:03Z

Iraq continues to convulse from its transition from despotic dictatorship to democracy. Tomorrow marks Iraq's second election since the US lead invas...

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Kathryn Schulz: Billie Jean in Baghdad

2009-11-16T14:40:21Z

For every five people who have read Lolita in Tehran, roughly a billion have tried, in the privacy of their own rooms, to master the moonwalk.

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UN Tests Text-Messaging Food Vouchers To Iraqi Refugees

2009-10-27T13:19:38Z

GENEVA (AFP) -Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on mobile phones, the World Food Programme said Tuesday....

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Diane Tucker: Brutal Destruction Of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues (SLIDESHOW)

2009-09-21T16:46:10Z

A brutal plundering of this rich cultural heritage has been taking place in broad daylight ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Anne C. Richard: Refugees Lose Three Inspiring Champions

2009-08-27T11:11:19Z

These three shared an outspoken passion for the cause of aiding refugees and other victims of oppression, war and poverty, but they also shared something rarer: the ability to translate concern into action.

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3 Iraqi Refugees Fleeing Violence Languish In A Federal Lockup

2009-08-24T12:16:48Z

PEARSALL, Texas -- One fled the Iraqi city of Irbil when militant Islamists threatened his life for befriending local Christians. Another bolted from ...

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Iraqi Refugees In Denmark Begin Hunger Strike To Avoid Deportation

2009-08-14T16:49:30Z

PARIS - Iraqi refugees who were arrested this week in Denmark, setting off a violent confrontation between their supporters and the police that was ca...

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Iraqi Immigrants Struggle To Adjust To Life In The U.S.

2009-08-12T13:44:02Z

Advocates for immigrants in New York and elsewhere say that Iraqis have had more difficulty getting settled than most migrant populations. Many are we...

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Philip Jacobson: From A Syrian Prison To A Chicago Apartment: An Iraqi Refugee's Story

2009-08-10T20:07:28Z

Without letting her contact anyone, they locked her in a cell. To everyone she knew, Mahmoud had simply disappeared into the Syrian prison system.

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Indonesia Braces For New Wave Of Refugees

2009-06-29T15:24:34Z

INDONESIAN authorities are bracing for a huge influx of boat people, anticipating as many as 10,000 asylum-seekers are waiting in Malaysia to transit ...

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Crossover Dreams: Iraqi Refugees in the U.S.: Strangers in Paradise

2009-06-28T22:11:18Z

Wars often drive people from their homes. But in Iraq, a discretionary war, launched through deception by a rogue administration in search of good targets for "shock and awe", produced refugees with industrial efficiency.

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International Rescue Committee: Iraqi Refugees in the United States - In Dire Straits

2009-06-20T17:41:00Z

Many people say that now is not the time for America to bring in more Iraqi refugees. I tell them that Iraqi refugees cannot wait for the economy to improve. Resettlement is saving their lives.

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