More than 100 killed in two days of Iraq violence, officials say
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| Iraqi protesters hold a sign reading "Revolution of free Iraqis" as others flash the victory sign during a demonstration in the northern Iraqi town of Hawijah, south of the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, on March 8, 2013. (AFP) |
[Editor: Iraq hanged 21 people in one day on 'terror' related charges in the middle of April, 2013. Also, in March, 2013, it executed 33 people and according to media reports, it plans to put another 150 people to death within the next few weeks.
The country's executions sparked concerns from the United Nations, as well as from Britain, the European Union and rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. At a press briefing a spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Rupert Colville, derided the executions as a "conveyor belt of executions" and said 1,400 people are believed to be on death row in Iraq.
After those ghastly, state sponsored murders by the Iraqi government, a worst kind of violence erupted and took the lives of more than 100 people. So, who won and who lost? The politics of violence will only give rise to violence, as people becomes insensitive to Pain and Torture. Will the Indians and our political parties learn from Iraq experience as what happens if people linked with terrorist outfits are slaughtered in this way? Afzal Guru execution has again revived the Kashmir issue, now with more vigor. Hope my writings will reach the head quarter of political parties in India; because their flawed approach and jingoistic comments by some of the political functionaries is making things more worse..What is now needed is what Rajib Gandhi did way back in late 1980s: sit down with the insurgent groups and try to solve the problem, even if it means granting partial amnesty to those who are convicted or accused of terror charges; like it was done in case of participants of the Assam movement. The government of India's policy of using gun at the fall of a hat, under public pressure, is not yielding any results or is not able to curb the menace of terrorism]
Two days of violence in Iraq have killed 110 people, 92 of them in clashes and attacks involving security forces, protesters and their supporters, officials said on Wednesday.
The violence also wounded 187 people, 136 of them in protest-related unrest, they said.
The trouble began early on Tuesday, when clashes broke out after security forces moved into an area near Hawijah in northern Iraq, where protests have been held since January.
The fighting killed 53 people, and a series of revenge attacks left another 27 dead. A further 15 were killed in apparently unrelated unrest, officials said.
On Wednesday, another 15 people died in violence, 12 of them in protest-related unrest.
Protesters have taken to the streets in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq for more than four months, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and decrying the alleged targeting of their minority community by the Shiite-led authorities.
The latest spate of violence is the worst protest-related unrest since the demonstrations began.
Courtesy: Al Arabia
The country's executions sparked concerns from the United Nations, as well as from Britain, the European Union and rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. At a press briefing a spokesman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, Rupert Colville, derided the executions as a "conveyor belt of executions" and said 1,400 people are believed to be on death row in Iraq.
After those ghastly, state sponsored murders by the Iraqi government, a worst kind of violence erupted and took the lives of more than 100 people. So, who won and who lost? The politics of violence will only give rise to violence, as people becomes insensitive to Pain and Torture. Will the Indians and our political parties learn from Iraq experience as what happens if people linked with terrorist outfits are slaughtered in this way? Afzal Guru execution has again revived the Kashmir issue, now with more vigor. Hope my writings will reach the head quarter of political parties in India; because their flawed approach and jingoistic comments by some of the political functionaries is making things more worse..What is now needed is what Rajib Gandhi did way back in late 1980s: sit down with the insurgent groups and try to solve the problem, even if it means granting partial amnesty to those who are convicted or accused of terror charges; like it was done in case of participants of the Assam movement. The government of India's policy of using gun at the fall of a hat, under public pressure, is not yielding any results or is not able to curb the menace of terrorism]
Two days of violence in Iraq have killed 110 people, 92 of them in clashes and attacks involving security forces, protesters and their supporters, officials said on Wednesday.
The violence also wounded 187 people, 136 of them in protest-related unrest, they said.
The trouble began early on Tuesday, when clashes broke out after security forces moved into an area near Hawijah in northern Iraq, where protests have been held since January.
The fighting killed 53 people, and a series of revenge attacks left another 27 dead. A further 15 were killed in apparently unrelated unrest, officials said.
On Wednesday, another 15 people died in violence, 12 of them in protest-related unrest.
Protesters have taken to the streets in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq for more than four months, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and decrying the alleged targeting of their minority community by the Shiite-led authorities.
The latest spate of violence is the worst protest-related unrest since the demonstrations began.
Courtesy: Al Arabia
