February 2012 - Archive
Iraqis in Syria: Again Facing Civil Unrest and Regional Religious Animosity
The escalating conflict in Syria has many of the one million Iraqi refugees there again facing civil unrest, as well as an intensifying regional sectarian animosity, according to the Wall Street Journal. The increasing instability has forced many Iraqis to flee once more: of the 112,000 Iraqis who have registered as refugees in Syria seeking resettlement [...]
Domestic Violence On the Rise in Iraq
Domestic violence is on the rise In Iraq, and there are few places for abused and vulnerable women to seek refuge, an Al-Jazeera story reports. Rights groups have said that domestic violence has increased since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, leaving many women in danger and with nowhere to turn. Few women have relatives [...]
U.S. Plans to Cut Embassy Staff in Iraq by Half
The State Department may halve the staff at the American embassy in Iraq – which, as the largest embassy in the world, costs $6 billion a year, according to a New York Times article. The United States had hoped that the expanded diplomatic mission would help Iraq on the path to democracy after the war, but [...]
IRAP in USA Today: Refugee advocates express concern over slowing resettlement of Iraqi refugees
IRAP Director Becca Heller and other advocates met with the Deputy National Security Advisor to discuss the “dramatic” slowing of the resettlement of Iraqi refugees, a USA Today story reports. In 2009, two Iraqi men who were resettled in Kentucky as refugees were arrested for allegedly plotting to send weapons and money to Al-Qaeda, prompting the Obama administration to [...]
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