Tag Archives : US-led invasion of Iraq

In its first comprehensive tally released since the war began, Iraq pegs a violence casualty tally of at least 85,694 in the four-year period. The Human Rights Ministry report also declares that 147,195 were wounded during the same period. We have seen pictures of the gory and tragic deaths of Iraqi civilians (men, women, elderly, and children), as [...]

According to a study conducted by the Iraqi government agency Central Statistics Authority, nearly a quarter of all Iraqis live below the poverty line that is demarcated as living on $2.50 or less per day. As the country starts its rehabilitation after the 6-year war spurred by the US-led invasion in 2003 to defeat former dictator Saddam Hussein’s [...]