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    July/Aug. 1998 (1419 A.H.) - Issue #2

    Top Stories
    Iraq Sanctions Challenged in Congress
    Rep. John Conyers
    WASHINGTON — Several Congressional Representatives have openly challenged Clinton Policy on Iraq
    TEXT: Read the Congressional Letter.


    Voices in the Wilderness in Iraq
    Faith based relief and direct action organization brakes the UN embargo on Iraq.


    Israel found in Violation
    The UN has found the state of Israel in violation of several international norms of human rights behavior.


    FEATURE: What is Hamas, Terror or Tender?
    The Islamic Resistance Movement is allegedly involved in terrorist activities, it's supporters claim it's real mission is social support for refugees.


    Islamist of a Red Hue. Modernity Censored in Egypt.
    So you thought all beard wearing Muslims were conservative? Read an interview with Egypt's progressive modernist Islamist cleric.


    FEATURE: Oil Flows While Iraqis Bleed
    According to latest reports from the UN the highly touted "oil-for-food" deal has not greatly reduced malnutrition and has had no substantial impact on healthcare, further complicating matters SCIRI alleges that the regime is hoarding some medicines.


     

    Iraqi Malnutrition, The Latest Food and Agriculture Organization report finds that despite Oil-for-Food malnutrition still kills Iraqis.
    Afghanistan: Will the peace treaty stand up.
    Pakistan explodes a nuclear device New questions.
    Free Iraq in Washington The grass roots of the Iraqi opposition spoke out to indict Saddam Hussein as a war criminal, impose UNSCR 688 and end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq at the Lincoln Memeorial.



    US Security Based in Repressive Regime
    The home of the U.S. Navy Persian Gulf fleet is in Bahrain, a state found in violation of human rights by the UN, Amnesty International and HRW-ME.

    Christians Arrested in Saudi Arabia, Corruption Continues
    Despite calls for religious tolerance of non-Wahhabi Muslims and Christians more persecution occurs in US ally, Saudi Arabia, home of operation Southern Watch.


    NEWS

    FEATURE: Hezbollah Persists...
    With the stagnation in the Peace Process the Lebanese Shi'ah guerillas Hezbollah continue their inspired fight for self-determination.

    FEATURE: Kosovars, the Latest Balkan Crisis
    Withstanding recent World Court rulings against Serbia, Serbs tackle their latest ethnic rival in the former Yugoslavia.


    FEATURE: Countering celebrations of 50 years of occupation in Palestine on the Internet.
    Israel celebrated it 50 years of "existence" through mass media see how Palestinian activists countered this through the internet. New from MERIP.


     

    Turkish Kurds and Islamists Under Fire
    In northern Iraq (south Kurdistan) Turkish troops continue to hunt the PKK while in Istanbul the Islamist Party was overthrown.


    Islamic Unity on the Rise
    The Organization of the Islamic Conference held it's latest assembly in Tehran. Relations are improving between majority Muslim states.


    FEATURE: Christian, Jew and Muslim
    Breaking down religious barriers through the love of God.


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    Outsourced News on Iraq:

    Iraq: Critical Condition
    An photo essay on the effects of sanctions

     
    Iraqi Children Starving Under Sanctions
    Under UN sanctions the worst hit our the children not Saddam Hussein
     
    Assessing the Costs: Sanctions Impact on Iraq
    Sanctions cost the civilians of Iraq while helping the Dictatorship
     
    Thousands Die from Iraq Sanctions
    Thousands are dying from sanctions in Iraq.
     


     
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