Another low for what ISIS is capable of doing.
Isis has destroyed Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery, satellite images confirm
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Ja’fari law takes the Iraqi government’s violation of women’s rights to a new level | Haifa Zangana
Iraq may not have many things to be proud for lately but at least the current personal status law, No 188, was issued in 1959 and is considered to be the most protective of women’s rights in the Arab countries. It stipulates the following: the legal age of marriage for both men and women is 18; polygamy is prohibited and taking a second wife is extremely restricted; a Muslim male is allowed to marry a non-Muslim female without conditions or restrictions; and a woman can disobey her husband if he behaves tyrannically and harms her by failing to provide adequate housing or care should she fall ill. But that is not getting well with the pathetic government we have, the new proposed Ja’fari law takes will make Iraq move backward with a new level. Marriage at age nine, legalizing marital rape – this bill breaches UN conventions and is degrading for Iraqi men and women alike.
Ja’fari law takes the Iraqi government’s violation of women’s rights to a new level | Haifa Zangana
Iraq: back to the future | Editorial
Is Nouri al-Maliki becoming Iraq’s next dictator and, if he is, does anyone in Washington care? The second half of the question is easy to answer. The Pentagon wanted to keep 8,000 troops in Iraq after withdrawal. But Maliki made it clear there would be no US troops after the agreement expired on 31 December 2011. The state department also planned for an embassy up to 16,000 strong, and a CIA station 700 strong, but the Iraqi strongman made short shrift of a sizeable US civilian presence, by insisting that his office take direct responsibility for approving every US diplomatic visa. Washington could use the soft power of military supply contracts, but is unwilling to do that. Maliki is allowing Iranian overflights to resupply Assad’s embattled regime in Syria. Washington still does not want to know.
‘Subversive’ Iran accused of undermining Iraq and causing deaths
Iraq has endured years of subversive attacks by its hardline neighbour, Iran, that have undermined its western-backed government and been “directly responsible for the deaths of many Iraqis”, according to Britain’s departing ambassador.The stark assessment was made by Christopher Prentice at the end of a seven-year stretch as one of the government’s most-senior regional advisers, during both the lead-up to the 2003 invasion and the fraught occupation. Prentice said the departure of British forces in April had been “liberating” for Britain, because it was no longer regarded as an occupier
‘Subversive’ Iran accused of undermining Iraq and causing deaths
From Baghdad To New York 