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Highlights from Iraq
El-Mada newspaper accuses the American embassy of isolation
In a long editorial piece the newspaper accused US embassy in Iraq of isolation and lack of awareness of trends in Iraqi society.
“The Americans are interfering in the Iraqi-Iraqi negotiations to form a new government, they want to draw a scenario for the future of Iraq even if it is against what Iraqis see as their best choice for the future”,The editor said.
The writer admits that his country is not totally independent because American troops are not leaving Iraq before the end of next year, however this doesn’t mean that US can control Iraq future to be in the favor of its allies in the Arab world.
The paper in this editorial tries to refer to the American concern that Iraq might have a government that supports Iran.
Source : Elmada newspaper .. date : Nov 7th
Bush has no regrets
A news story about President George W. Bush’ new book “Decision points” that will be released on Wednesday.
The story highlights Bush’s shock when he discovered that Iraq didn’t has weapons of mass destruction .. “No one was shocked or angry as I was … however America and Iraq are now in a much better condition in the absence of Saddam Hussien”.
Source : Aswat al-Iraq .. date : Nov 3rd
Lawyer: we can’t sue American troops for Wikileaks revelations
The legal Iraqi expert Tareq Harb said that U.S. forces cannot be sued through the International Criminal Tribunal for war crimes because USA has not signed the Rome Convention of 1998 concerning the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
The American troops can be sued for any violation they made after the security treaty between both the American and Iraqi governments was signed in January 2009.
The expert who was commenting on the latest documents revealed by Wikileakes urged those who want to take legal action aginst US troops to sue them in American courts.
Source : Aswat al-Iraq .. date : Oct 25th
US reconstruction team works on 3 infrastructure projects in Basra
US reconstruction team in Iraq is on the verge of delivering a $375,000 water project in Basra governorate in Iraq while it started another $ 404,000 electricity project in the same area.
Opinion, Qaeda uses Iraq as a front line against the west
The Iraqi writer Hazem Mobydeen analyzed Al-Qaeda attack over a Christian church killing 57 people and sending threats to the Christian church in Egypt.
The writer believes that Qaeda wants to target religious minorities in the middle east to force them to immigrate and to create more tensions between Islam and the west.
“Qaeda wants to create more hatred against Islam in the west so they can gain more authority in the Middle East”.
Source: Rafeden newspaper
Why we need a Foreign Bureau?
Do you know that USA spends annually more than 17,8 billion dollars on foreign aids to more than 74 countries?
Where these billions go? Does they help other nations in the development process or they end up in pockets of corrupt leaders? Does they help promoting democracy and freedom or they support dictatorship and totalitarian regimes?
What the US image in the receiving countries? Are people in the 74 countries aware of the US aids? Are those nations grateful for US people? Can these billions be supporting terrorism indirectly? Are they promoting international peace? Can spending these billions in the wrong direction create threats to US citizens or military troops?
What gap will it fill? And the Internet impact :
The drastic changes in the journalism industry forced many Media organizations in US to close their foreign bureaus and give less space and attention to international affairs due to lack of resources.
On the other hand, the internet boom helped people worldwide to make their voices heard through the presence of their traditional media online or through social media.
What is Foreign Bureau :
A newsroom formed of bilingual and trilingual journalists who have the ability to analyze Foreign press and its cultural context to inform the American reader a good understanding of the image of his country abroad and how this might affect his security, economy or social life.
The newsroom can hire correspondents or stringers in foreign countries to gather more info if needed.
The project will be non profit and can work relying on donations or funds from non-governmental organizations, in return the newsroom can provide media organizations with news feed for free.
The main job of the editorial team will be to track any mention of US in news or opinions in local and social media in different regions of the world with special focus on the impact of US aids on other societies.
Who will benefit?
The American tax payer, voters who will have a better understanding for how their politicians spend their money and promote a good image of USA.
Decision makers like Congress members who approve annual foreign aids.
Why do we translate work of less professional journalists or biased opinion writers?
Because people in foreign countries read and watch their local media not New York Times and Washington Post.
The local media organizations affect public opinion and decision makers abroad the same way American media do in US.
Where these billions go? Does they help other nations in the development process or they end up in pockets of corrupt leaders? Does they help promoting democracy and freedom or they support dictatorship and totalitarian regimes?
What the US image in the receiving countries? Are people in the 74 countries aware of the US aids? Are those nations grateful for US people? Can these billions be supporting terrorism indirectly? Are they promoting international peace? Can spending these billions in the wrong direction create threats to US citizens or military troops?
What gap will it fill? And the Internet impact :
The drastic changes in the journalism industry forced many Media organizations in US to close their foreign bureaus and give less space and attention to international affairs due to lack of resources.
On the other hand, the internet boom helped people worldwide to make their voices heard through the presence of their traditional media online or through social media.
What is Foreign Bureau :
A newsroom formed of bilingual and trilingual journalists who have the ability to analyze Foreign press and its cultural context to inform the American reader a good understanding of the image of his country abroad and how this might affect his security, economy or social life.
The newsroom can hire correspondents or stringers in foreign countries to gather more info if needed.
The project will be non profit and can work relying on donations or funds from non-governmental organizations, in return the newsroom can provide media organizations with news feed for free.
The main job of the editorial team will be to track any mention of US in news or opinions in local and social media in different regions of the world with special focus on the impact of US aids on other societies.
Who will benefit?
The American tax payer, voters who will have a better understanding for how their politicians spend their money and promote a good image of USA.
Decision makers like Congress members who approve annual foreign aids.
Why do we translate work of less professional journalists or biased opinion writers?
Because people in foreign countries read and watch their local media not New York Times and Washington Post.
The local media organizations affect public opinion and decision makers abroad the same way American media do in US.
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