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31.03.2006 Patient care in Iraq has been the main casualty of an exodus of experienced doctors caused by rising levels of crime and violence.

30.03.2006 The Bush administration's handling of the war is turning allies into enemies, argues Robert Dreyfuss.

30.03.2006 Nearly three years after declaring the end of the war President Bush is still denying the obvious reality, says Council for a Livable World. So they've assembled a series of quotes from the Iraq War and the Vietnam War for a side by side comparison; check out the similarities and pass them along to a friend!

27.03.2006 Following pressure from media groups, US officials promised to begin prompt, high-level reviews of cases in which journalists are detained by troops in Iraq.

25.03.2006 NEW YORK, Mar 24 (IPS) - Wrapping up a week of over 600 protest actions to mark three years since the United States invaded Iraq, activists here say that anti-war sentiment has become the dominant perspective in the U.S. and leaves the war "without legitimacy".

23.03.2006 I have to take issue with Abid Aslam's article, "Third Iraq Anniversary Finds Publics Weary of War and Protest," particularly the assertion that anti-war activism has waned. I was surprised to see OneWorld joining the trend of playing down opposition to the Iraq war...

23.03.2006 A visitor to one war memorial sits thinking about another--a current--war. Attorney, political scientist, and poet David Krieger transports us there.

22.03.2006 A dentist, a journalist, a blogger...Find out what ordinary Iraqis think about the U.S.-led war, occupation, and prospects for the future.

20.03.2006 The Transnational Foundation points out that its predictions about Iraq - based on an annual budget of $25,000 - have turned out to be better than those of the American, British and Danish governments with their multibillion dollar budgets for foreign policy research, intelligence and other services. "Fortunately," notes Jan Oberg, these governments' "intellectual laziness, their (self) deception, lies and spin has been debunked."

20.03.2006 The war in Iraq is the deadliest for journalists since World War II. A total of 86 journalists and media assistants have been killed since the war began on 20 March 2003 - more than the number killed during 20 years of war in Vietnam or the civil war in Algeria.

19.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 19 (OneWorld) - Today's third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq presents anti-war groups with something of a paradox: Public protest has waned even as popular opposition to the war and the politicians prosecuting it has waxed.

17.03.2006 On kulunut pian kolme vuotta siitä kun Yhdysvallat hyökkäsi Irakiin. Sekavana jatkuvasta ajanjaksosta irakilaiselle Methboubsin perheelle ovat jääneet päällimmäisinä mieleen pettymyksen ja turhautumisen tunteet. Toivo rauhasta elää yhä.

17.03.2006 On the eve of the three-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the Methboubs, like most Iraqis, feel a mix of frustration, disappointment, and hope in the face of daily sectarian violence.

17.03.2006 Il Comitato Organizzatore della giornata nazionale contro la guerra a Roma del 18 marzo invita alle iniziative organizzate che chiedono impegni chiari e netti: per il ritiro immediato dall’Iraq, per una pace giusta in Israele e Palestina, contro ogni guerra, contro l’imbarbarimento dei conflitti e delle relazioni internazionali, contro le stragi di civili, contro la costruzione dello scontro di civiltà, per una nuova politica estera di pace, di giustizia sociale, di dialogo, di disarmo. Per tutta la giornata di sabato saranno presenti esponenti dei movimenti statunitensi, britannici, russi, palestinesi e israeliani, kurdi –che ogni giorno in situazioni difficili fanno la loro parte per la pace e la giustizia, i diritti. "Contestiamo con forza la tentata messa fuori legge morale del movimento no-global e del movimento contro la guerra – confusi con azioni e prese di posizione di gruppi estranei alle dinamiche unitarie che in questi anni hanno organizzato la partecipazione responsabile di milioni di persone, contribuendo a diffondere una nuova coscienza civile nella maggioranza del popolo italiano.

16.03.2006 U.S. forces launched a massive offensive in Iraq Thursday even as pressure mounts for the removal of U.S. forces from the country. The Nation Magazine says the U.S. does not have the legitimacy or the know-how to fix what it 'broke,' and OneWorld launches an ongoing Iraq special report this weekend on the third anniversary of the conflict.

15.03.2006 A week of nationwide events have already begun to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war on March 19th. United for Peace & Justice, Global Exchange, and many others want you to take part in your community and join the call for peace!

15.03.2006 If you feel like you've seen this film before, you have. Welcome to Operation Regime Change II. By Robert Dreyfuss.

15.03.2006 Ihmiset Basrasta Lontooseen, Barcelonasta Floridaan ja Bagdadista Souliin osoittavat mieltä ensi lauantaina, 18.3. Helsingissä sotaa ja miehitystä vastustava kulkue lähtee klo 15 Rautatientorilta. Miehityksen ja sodan lopettamisen lisäksi mielenosoituksessa vaaditaan, Suomen pysymistä Naton ulkopuolella ja Quantanamon tapaisten vankiloiden sulkemista.

13.03.2006 Violence against Iraqi women who do not wear headscarves has more than tripled in the three years since the US invasion, according to the Women's Rights Association in Iraq.

09.03.2006 The detainees held in limbo for over two years at the U.S. Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq need more than a change of scenery, said Amnesty International Thursday.