the money should come from the US federal government, and from the other governments that took a part of the "coalition of the willing", then money should be sent to Iraq and Iraqis via UNCC.
The coalition can be officially called "of the billing" later.
path and everyone
if you're interested in taking a look at my master's thesis "the role of the local community in postwar reconstruction: The case of southern Iraq". Just email me!
wow! ian!
you're so helpful!
I wrote down what you already said. My web-design experience is very little, and I'll need the help of a profissional.
I'll put all of my ideas together and issue a press release in the first week of feb.
homunculus
hahaha!
in fact... niki, my partner, turned me into a skinhead today after a small mistake while cutting my hair.
So yeah! It DOES feel good!
path-
I don't think the compensation project should be seen as "punishment" to the US. On the contrary, it should be delt with as an investment for peace building.
Compensation to Iraq will make us all live in peace and will prevent any future excuses for attacks against anyone. It'll take away the excuses used by extremists to recruit fighters against "the evil west"
ian would say-
thank you for all your ideas and compliments!
This outline is what I was thinking on indeed. I'm meeting Proff. Juan Cole next week to have his feed back, and I already emailed some senators about it.
Where should I start to have a good site? (and secure against hackers). Do you think I should wait until I have enough funds and strart a fancy site or put my ideas on a blogspot page then expand?
stan the bat-
Sorry for the rAcket typo. (sorry rocket88)
The best way for rebuilding Iraq is to start nation-wide grassroots projects. You can know more about this by reading my master thesis! I can email it to you if you wanted :*)
path-
according to the forth geneva convention, the occupation authorities are risponsible for keeping the blah blah blah.
but anyway, these attacks are negligible when you look at the big picture.
rocket88
you're right, there are very small moves for rebuilding infrastructure and stuff. My idea is just to regulate them and make them on a national scale.
if you missed the very big news about the bush administration stopping all the "iraq reconstruction" funds, just google it.
ahhhh...
Iraq paid billions of dollars to kuwait and still paying every month.
Iraq is paying more than $50 billion in total for the six months occupation.
you can visit the website of The United Nations Compensation Commission to read more about this.
thank you path for your explination, and for contacting me to come back here. I thought the post lasts for one day, and that's why I didn't come again today.
And thank you tracicle for calling me a "high-profile blogger"! you made my day (hehe).
My guess is that Raed is trying to get compensation for Iraqis at all levels, not so much for himself. I know that he spent months documenting Iraqi casualties immediately after the invasion and later did research to get a total count of Iraqis killed because of the invasion and its aftermath.
this is very important to mention. The US government already approved $10 million as compensation to Iraqi casualties based on the work of CIVIC (the NGO established by my work partner marla ruzicka)
This fact can be used as a precedents to approve further compensation.
I think that giving compensation to iraq is in the interest of all sides. It's in the interest of Iraqis because it'll help them rebuild their country and have a better life, and it's in the interest of the coalition countries because that will help all the parties involved in the current crisis to start a new page after the withdrawal of the occupation troops, instead of leaving Iraq bleeding and Iraqis seeking revenge.
Protecting the future of Iraq, the United States, and the rest of the coalition countries should be based on a solution that eliminates any excuses for future revenge and violence.
If there should be a war on extremism and fundimentalism, giving compensation is the first battle in it.
sorry about the self-linking thing! I didn't know about it.
Next times, I'll link to other sites with related issues.
Thank you very much for your support
the money should come from the US federal government, and from the other governments that took a part of the "coalition of the willing", then money should be sent to Iraq and Iraqis via UNCC. The coalition can be officially called "of the billing" later.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
path and everyone if you're interested in taking a look at my master's thesis "the role of the local community in postwar reconstruction: The case of southern Iraq". Just email me!
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
wow! ian! you're so helpful! I wrote down what you already said. My web-design experience is very little, and I'll need the help of a profissional. I'll put all of my ideas together and issue a press release in the first week of feb.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
ian- don't have my thesis online, but I can email it to you if you wanted email me and you'll get a fat reply
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
Chyren- you're totally right. but I found a way in dealing with it. Preview first!
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
homunculus hahaha! in fact... niki, my partner, turned me into a skinhead today after a small mistake while cutting my hair. So yeah! It DOES feel good!
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
path- I don't think the compensation project should be seen as "punishment" to the US. On the contrary, it should be delt with as an investment for peace building. Compensation to Iraq will make us all live in peace and will prevent any future excuses for attacks against anyone. It'll take away the excuses used by extremists to recruit fighters against "the evil west"
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
ian would say- thank you for all your ideas and compliments! This outline is what I was thinking on indeed. I'm meeting Proff. Juan Cole next week to have his feed back, and I already emailed some senators about it. Where should I start to have a good site? (and secure against hackers). Do you think I should wait until I have enough funds and strart a fancy site or put my ideas on a blogspot page then expand?
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
stan the bat- Sorry for the rAcket typo. (sorry rocket88) The best way for rebuilding Iraq is to start nation-wide grassroots projects. You can know more about this by reading my master thesis! I can email it to you if you wanted :*)
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
path- according to the forth geneva convention, the occupation authorities are risponsible for keeping the blah blah blah. but anyway, these attacks are negligible when you look at the big picture.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
the exact total amount to be paid by Iraq is: $52,467,525,834 Iraq paid more than 20 billion of that until now.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
the exact total amount to be paid by Iraq is: $52,467,525,834 Iraq paid more than 20 billion of that until now.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
rocket88 you're right, there are very small moves for rebuilding infrastructure and stuff. My idea is just to regulate them and make them on a national scale. if you missed the very big news about the bush administration stopping all the "iraq reconstruction" funds, just google it.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
ahhhh... Iraq paid billions of dollars to kuwait and still paying every month. Iraq is paying more than $50 billion in total for the six months occupation. you can visit the website of The United Nations Compensation Commission to read more about this.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
thank you path for your explination, and for contacting me to come back here. I thought the post lasts for one day, and that's why I didn't come again today. And thank you tracicle for calling me a "high-profile blogger"! you made my day (hehe).
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
Tell us what you really think ;) hmmm, I'm really thinking about my hair cut. But I just told you what I think about the compensation project!
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
sorry for soundling like god with all the dramatic echo of my first comment!
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
My guess is that Raed is trying to get compensation for Iraqis at all levels, not so much for himself. I know that he spent months documenting Iraqi casualties immediately after the invasion and later did research to get a total count of Iraqis killed because of the invasion and its aftermath. this is very important to mention. The US government already approved $10 million as compensation to Iraqi casualties based on the work of CIVIC (the NGO established by my work partner marla ruzicka) This fact can be used as a precedents to approve further compensation.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
I think that giving compensation to iraq is in the interest of all sides. It's in the interest of Iraqis because it'll help them rebuild their country and have a better life, and it's in the interest of the coalition countries because that will help all the parties involved in the current crisis to start a new page after the withdrawal of the occupation troops, instead of leaving Iraq bleeding and Iraqis seeking revenge. Protecting the future of Iraq, the United States, and the rest of the coalition countries should be based on a solution that eliminates any excuses for future revenge and violence. If there should be a war on extremism and fundimentalism, giving compensation is the first battle in it.
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
sorry about the self-linking thing! I didn't know about it. Next times, I'll link to other sites with related issues. Thank you very much for your support
posted by raed jarrar 18 years ago
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