MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 105 for 15
December - 21 December 2006
08 Jan 2007 11:06:58 GMT Source: IRIN
MIDDLE EAST, 8 January (IRIN) - IRAQ: Salwa Muhammad, Iraq "This will be the last polio campaign of my
life"IRAQ: Muhammad Abdel Kader, Iraq, "I never made so many coffins a day"IRAQ: Suspension of Red Crescent work could affect the lives of thousandsIRAQ: New initiative brings no hope for
IraqisIRAQ: Aid agencies call for respect from armed groupsIRAQ: Palestinian refugees fear for their lives after recent attackJORDAN: Noora Nadi, Jordan, "Nobody cares about refugees from Gaza"LEBANON: Rate of cluster bomb casualties fallingOPT: Huda Mohammed al-Awadi, OPT "I can't believe I'm still alive"OPT: Gaza violence shuts schoolsYEMEN: Somali community concerned over migrant
deathsIRAQ: Salwa Muhammad, Iraq "This will be the last polio campaign of my life""I am a 32-year-old Iraqi widow with three children. Seven years ago I started working with UNICEF [the UN
Children's Agency], giving anti-polio vaccines to thousands of children. But my life has changed drastically in the past two years as my work has become dangerous because now I get threats at least
once every two months.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56805 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQIRAQ: Muhammad Abdel Kader, Iraq, "I never made so many coffins a day""My name is Muhammad Abdel Kader. I am 36 years old and live in the Ejidida neighbourhood of Baghdad with my parents, wife and only son. I have lived in Baghdad all my life. I have been making coffins
since I was 24 to help with the family income.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56799 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQIRAQ: Suspension of Red Crescent work could affect
the lives of thousandsThe lives of thousands of Iraqis are going to be adversely affected by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society's (IRCS) decision on Monday to suspend its activities in Baghdad,
according to doctors, humanitarian workers and ordinary Iraqis who depend on the organisation for their survival.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56784 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=IRAQIRAQ: New initiative brings no hope for IraqisIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new olive branch to reinstate former army officers and soldiers was "too little, too late"
and more steps should be taken to ensure peace for this war-ravaged country, an analyst said.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56789 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQIRAQ: Aid agencies call for respect from armed groupsAhmed Hussam (not his real name), 32, was shell-shocked after his colleagues were kidnapped on Sunday while on duty in the Iraqi Red Crescent
Society's (IRCS) office in the capital, Baghdad.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56769 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQIRAQ: Palestinian refugees fear for their lives
after recent attackPalestinian refugees living in Iraq say there is increasing fear in their community after a recent attack on a predominantly Palestinian Baghdad neighbourhood left nine people
dead and several injured, including children.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56763 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQJORDAN: Noora Nadi, Jordan, "Nobody cares about
refugees from Gaza"Widow Noora Nadi, 40, a Palestinian refugee living in Baqaa camp, 20 km west of Amman, is struggling to make ends meet to support her three children after her husband died two
years ago.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56764 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=JORDANLEBANON: Rate of cluster bomb casualties fallingDespite one man being killed and
two injured from an explosion on Tuesday in the southern Lebanese village of Marjayoun, mine clearance specialists say that the incidence of cluster bomb casualties in the country has fallen
significantly over recent weeks.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56794 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=LEBANONOPT: Huda Mohammed al-Awadi, OPT "I can't believe I'm still
alive"Twelve-year-old Huda Mohammed al-Awadi is recovering on the fourth floor of Gaza City's Shifa hospital, after being shot by gunmen on 11 December.http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56765 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=OPTOPT: Gaza violence shuts schoolsThousands of Gaza children stayed away from class on Sunday and
Monday after the United Nations closed schools to protect staff and pupils from rampant street violence.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56767 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and
SelectCountry=OPTYEMEN: Somali community concerned over migrant deaths
The Somali community in Yemen has expressed mounting concern for the fate of its fellow citizens following reports in the past
few days that up to five had been killed by smugglers while trying to cross the Gulf of Aden and one shot dead by Yemeni authorities a day earlier.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56762
and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=YEMEN
