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World Links: Arrests in Pakistan, Peace Vigils in Northern Ireland
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Iraqi Women Campaign for Change
Of an estimated 14,400 candidates for provincial offices, nearly 4,000 are women.
Jan 30th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,111 Views
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Pilgrimage to Karbala: An Excerpt from “When the Shiites Rise”
Pilgrims travel to Karbala year-round to honor Hussein, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, whose murder, in part, caused the schism between the Sunni and Shia. In the time of Saddam such observances were banned, but in wartime Iraq, marked by vicious sectarian violence, the pilgrimage is more dangerous than it has been in years.
Mar 26th, 2007 | 0 comments | 2,813 Views
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Saddam’s Ultimate Solution: Introduction
One of the world's least-known societies, Iraqi Kurdistan, is under ongoing genocidal attack by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. British filmmaker Gwynne Roberts shot inside Iraqi Kurdistan for five years to prepare this unique report on a group who may play a crucial role, equivalent to that of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, in any military attempt to overthrow Saddam's bloody regime.
Jul 11th, 2002 | 4 comments | 12,992 Views
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