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iii) Current Situation ............
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a) Overall Situation ..............
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IOM International Organization for
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. Current Situat
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and gatherings, Shi’ite religious
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Government Officials and Other Pers
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Iraqi Asylum-Seekers From Central a
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considered to be well-founded. To t
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affiliated with criminal groups. In
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expand on the legal and policy guid
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The general chaos following the inv
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countries. While a good part of the
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evenues. 41 An understanding of var
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Article 140 of the Constitution cal
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the Middle East in terms of women
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epealed the CPA’s decision to sus
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The Iraqi judiciary continues to be
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Several groups, including the Mujah
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Al-Sunna. In addition, members of t
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dominated Special Police Commando u
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military commander in Iraq, General
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IV. PARTICULAR GROUPS AT RISK A. Re
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to Osama Bin Laden, the Shi’ites
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Shi’ite militias on the other han
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underscored how explosive the confl
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of the latest security crack-down i
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Ninewa Plains in particular have be
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The overall climate results in non-
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efuge in the three Northern Governo
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an international court. 261 Several
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The alleged main perpetrators of at
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In the current climate of religious
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prohibition to kill, lie, commit ad
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Mandaeans as belonging to the “Pe
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have found refuge with the Sabaean-
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distributed to homes in Baghdad gav
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Estimates of the number of Yazidis
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Yazidis are furthermore organized i
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AP reported in October 2006 that
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apostasy and a threat to public ord
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KRG. Mr. Falak Al-Deen Kakai, senio
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“those Iraqis who had lost their
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government offices, 441 and changin
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security, of transferring hundreds
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2. Roma (Kawliyah) 461 a) Introduct
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Ghraib and was known for its strong
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Sunnis willing to denounce violence
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CPA began to allow some vetted ex-B
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It has been documented that attacks
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een killed in Iraq and another 491
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Acts committed against employees or
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E. Government Officials and Other P
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3. Persons Opposing the Ruling Part
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3,250 professors had fled Iraq sinc
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There are a number of possible moti
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inside the media compound, refrain
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3. Artists Iraqi artists, actors an
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groups for not giving priority to t
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population at large and bring the c
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after their release. 660 UNAMI HRO
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International Covenant on Civil and
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evidence that over forty people had
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Both sexes have become victims of s
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V. ELIGIBILITY FOR INTERNATIONAL PR
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those countries, even only on a tem
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violence on a daily basis. Ordinary
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cause. 733 More than one Convention
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C. Exclusion From International Ref
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a) Before the Fall of the Former Re
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) War Crimes War crimes are serious
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in mind when assessing crimes commi
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groups (pre-2003) or insurgency or
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A plausible explanation regarding t
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D. Internal Flight or Relocation Al
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Travel by Road Road travel in Iraq,
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Page 185 and 186: Annex IV: Attacks on Government Off
Page 187 and 188: • 2 May 2006: A suicide car bombe
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Page 191 and 192: Annex VI: Attacks on Doctors and Ot
Page 193 and 194: • 1 July - 31 August 2006: Accord
Page 195 and 196: Annex VIII: Attacks on Athletes and
Page 197 and 198: Annex IX: Attacks on Palestinian Re
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Page 201 and 202: Annex X: Selected Bibliography Note
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Page 205: Senanayake, Sumedha, Iraq: Ethnic T
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