MIDDLE EAST: IRIN-ME Weekly round-up 111 for 26 January
– 1 February 2007
Source: IRIN
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DUBAI, 3 February (IRIN) - CONTENTS:
IRAQ: More Palestinians flee Baghdad
IRAQ: Lack of medicines put asthmatic children at risk
IRAQ: Insecurity and
corruption hinder reconstruction, audit says
IRAQ: Baghdad hospitals in crisis as they lack security and drugs, say specialists
IRAQ: Widespread condemnation of fatal attack on girl's school IRAQ-UAE: Um Retaj Ali Abed, Iraq "I've decided not to have any more children
IRAQ-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Iraqi children flown to UAE for treatment
IRAQ: Series on the provincial breakdown of
humanitarian needs
IRAQ: Samir Ibraheem, Iraq "We were 21 students and today I'm the only one in class"
IRAQ: Funds urgently needed for displaced, aid workers say
IRAQ-UAE: Saleh Fadel, Iraq "My
daughter likes being in hospital because there is water and electricity"
IRAQ: Explosions destroying people and infrastructure
IRAQ: Violence distressing mental state of population
ISRAEL-LEBANON:
US inquiry into use of cluster bombs
OPT: Civilians caught in the crossfire
ETHIOPIA-YEMEN: 122 Ethiopians deported after a month's detention
YEMEN: Smugglers of Somalis take new sea routes
YEMEN:
Local Jews live in fear after death threat IRAQ: More Palestinians flee Baghdad The number of Palestinians stranded at the Iraq-Syria border has risen to 700 as more refugees flee the escalating
violence in Baghdad, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57268 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Iraq IRAQ: Lack
of medicines put asthmatic children at risk Iraqi children who suffer from asthma have suffered more than ever over the past three months. A shortage of medicines and a consequent increase in prices
of available medications from private pharmacies have compounded their health problems, sometimes causing deaths, local doctors said. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57270 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ: Insecurity and corruption hinder reconstruction, audit says Insecurity, corruption among Iraqi officials and weak US contract management have
led to tens of millions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction aid going missing, a new audit report said on Wednesday. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57273 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ: Baghdad hospitals in crisis as they lack security and drugs, say specialists Hospitals and Primary Health Care Centres (PHCC) in Baghdad are facing a major crisis as a
result of a lack of security and a shortage of medicine, equipment and specialised staff, say health specialists. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57224 and SelectRegion=Middle_East,%20
and SelectCountry=Iraq IRAQ: Widespread condemnation of fatal attack on girl's school The Iraqi government, the United Nations and NGOs have condemned an attack against a girls' school in Baghdad
that left five students dead and more than 20 injured on Sunday. Parents, students and teachers were left horror-struck after the incident. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57239 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ-UAE: Um Retaj Ali Abed, Iraq "I've decided not to have any more children" "My family is from Baghdad where we have been living for a very long
time. My daughter Retaj is four years old and has been diagnosed with Ichthyosis [a dermatological condition caused by genetic abnormalities] since birth. Her outer skin is dry and exfoliates like a
fish and then after it exfoliates, her skin sticks out of her body and swells. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57235 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=IRAQ-UNITED_ARAB_EMIRATES IRAQ-UAE: Iraqi children flown to UAE for treatment A fourth batch of Iraqi children has arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to seek treatment for a
number of injuries, some life-threatening, which are the direct or indirect result of the US-led occupation of Iraq, specialists said. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57233 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East,%20 and SelectCountry=Iraq-United_Arab_Emirates IRAQ: Series on the provincial breakdown of humanitarian needs In a series of articles, IRIN documented the levels of
violence and consequent needs of the population in six different areas of Iraq: Anbar province, the southern provinces, Baghdad province, Kurdistan, Kirkuk province, and Salah ad-Din province. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57231 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Iraq IRAQ: Samir Ibraheem, Iraq "We were 21 students and today I'm the only one in class" "I'm 11
years old and an only son. I'm a pupil at Mansour Primary School in Baghdad. Lately, I have been feeling very lonely in my class. This week, I was the only student in class because all my classmates
didn't come to school for various reasons. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57228 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ: Funds urgently needed for displaced, aid
workers say A report released on Tuesday said that 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Iraq lack basics such as drinking water, sanitation, health and education facilities, in addition
to food and non-food items. Yet funding allocated for the displaced is falling. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57246 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ IRAQ-UAE:
Saleh Fadel, Iraq "My daughter likes being in hospital because there is water and electricity" "I am Saleh Fadel from Baghdad. My 10-year-old daughter Azel was diagnosed with a viral infection in
her eyes at birth. The infection is called granulomatous multicentric papilloma and it needs continuous treatment. So far, she has undergone 13 operations in her eye in Iraq and this week she will
have her 14th in the UAE [United Arab Emirates]. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57242 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Iraq-United_Arab_Emirates IRAQ: Explosions
destroying people and infrastructure Since the US-led occupation of Iraq began in 2003, hundreds of explosions have rocked the country, killing thousands of civilians and causing serious damage to
vital infrastructure. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57259 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Iraq IRAQ: Violence distressing mental state of population Bullets and
bombs are killing thousands of civilians every month in Iraq while the psychological impact of the ongoing violence is affecting the mental health of millions and is a major cause for concern for
future generations, psychologists say.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57257 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Iraq ISRAEL-LEBANON: US inquiry into use of cluster bombs Israel may have violated agreements regarding the use of American-made cluster bombs during its war in Lebanon in July 2006, the US State Department said on Monday. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57255 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=Israel-Lebanon occ. Palestinian terr.: Civilians caught in the crossfire Palestinians in Gaza say
they have been trapped in their homes as deadly fighting between rival Palestinian militia groups had taken over the streets. Residents are hopeful that a truce on Tuesday morning between Hamas and
Fatah would bring some form of normality back to their lives. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57243 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=OPT ETHIOPIA-YEMEN: 122 Ethiopians
deported after a month's detention Yemeni authorities deported 122 illegal migrants from Ethiopia along with 129 Somalis on 30 December, an official at the Immigration Authority said on condition of
anonymity. This news ended a month's speculation over the whereabouts and condition of these asylum seekers. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57260 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=Ethiopia-Yemen YEMEN: Smugglers of Somalis take new sea routes Smugglers carrying asylum seekers in fishing boats from Somalia have started taking new routes across the Gulf of Aden
to Yemen as a result of the increased security patrols along the Yemeni coast, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57278 and
SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=YEMEN YEMEN: Local Jews live in fear after death threat About 45 Jews from the village of Al-Salem in the volatile northern province of Saada have been
seeking refuge in a hotel in the provincial capital after receiving death threats asking them to leave the province within 10 days. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57225 and
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