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Iraq’s Stability Requires Strong U.S. Response to Humanitarian Crisis (4/14/08) Experts and audience of hundreds at Iraq Forum agree: strong U.S. leadership is needed or the world will continue to ignore this devastating crisis as its consequences loom large for the future of Iraq and region. Read more >

Americans Join to Aid Millions of Iraqis Fleeing Violence (4/07/08)
A coalition of non-governmental organizations including InterAction, Refugee Council USA, International Rescue Committee, and the Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) are coming together to provide the latest on-the-ground perspective of the deepening humanitarian crisis in Iraq and discussing the best way forward from the crisis. Read more >

Most Recent:

A Moral Imperative by Tulin Daloglu (The Washington Times, 4/22/08)
With so much attention focused on the violence in Iraq, not nearly enough is focused on Iraqi refugees — based on the graphic accounts of their plight during a day-long "Iraq Action Days" conference last Monday at George Washington University. Read more >

Nuns lobby for peace in Iraq (The Journal-Times, 4/19/08)
Sister Agnes Schneider has never forgotten what she saw in an Iraq hospital in 1999. In stifling 100-degree heat, patients waited for their families to bring them food, lying on beds that doubled as nurse’s stations with reports tucked underneath the mattresses. Read more >

Experts debate Iraq refugees (The George Washington Hatchet, 4/17/08)
While immersed in Iraq's boiling hot weather during his 2003 and 2005 tours, GW sophomore and U.S. Marine Sean Robinson assessed the damaging effects of the Iraq War. Robinson and his battalion listened to the grievances of the Iraqi people who had lost their shops, livestock and homes to the war's bombs and gunfire. Read more >

International Medical Corps Concerned Over Crisis (4/14/08)
Speaking at a policy forum during the Iraq Action Days, Rabih Torbay, International Medical Corps Vice President of International Operations, said the humanitarian situation he found during his April visit to Iraq is complex and challenging. Read more >