Public Meeting in London
6:00 - 8:00 pm - Tuesday 10th November 2009
Room G3
SOAS
University of London Thornhaugh Street Russell Square, London , WC1H 0XG. All welcome, spaces are limited so please turn up on time. Sponsored by SOAS London Middle East Institute
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The destruction of Iraq's cultural Heritage - public meeting 12th August 2009


Professor Zaineb Al Bahrani of Columbia University NY speaking at a WSIUI meeting
The whole of Zaineb Al Bahrani Speech can be seen below
ميثاق العدالة للعراق
أولاً: الأنهاء الفوري للإحتلال الأمريكي البريطاني وإعتباركل الأتفاقات الأمنية و الأستراتيجية حتى لحظة نهاية الأحتلال غير شرعية ولاغية حسب ماتقره الشرائع الدولية
ثانياً: أتخاذ أجراءات عاجلة لمعالجة الأزمات الأنسانية الراهنة التي يعانيها الشعب العراقي بما في ذلك أغاثة اكثر من ثلاثة مليون لأجى في خارج العراق و عدد مماثل من المهجّرين داخله
ثالثاً: أنهاء كافة التدخلات الأجنبية في شوون العراق الإقتصادية بما في ذلك التدخل في إدارة ثرواته النفطية لكي يستطيع العراقيون ممارسة حقهم في تقرير المصير؛
رابعاً: دفع التعويضات ومقاضاة كافة الدول الاجنبية المسؤولة عن الحرب وعن الحصار الذي فـُرض على العراق في السنين السابقة للغزو
خامساً: مقاضاة جميع المسؤولين عن جرائم الحرب وانتهاكات حقوق الانسان وسرقة موارد ثروات العراق؛
أننا نعتقد أن هذه أبسط مستلزمات ضمان العدالة للعراق وأن هذه المسلتزمات يجب أن تتوضح بوثائقة تفصيلية أخرى
Justice for Iraq Charter
Iraqis continue to live in the anarchy and destruction caused by the invasion and occupation in 2003. The responsibility for this suffering falls squarely on the states responsible for the invasion and occupation. We express our solidarity with the Iraqi people in their struggle for peace, justice and self-determination, and condemn the illegal and immoral invasion and occupation and their consequences. We therefore call for an international charter to restore legality and justice in Iraq to include:
1. An immediate end to the US and UK-led occupation of Iraq, and the annulment of any security and strategic agreements enacted under occupation.
2. Urgent action to fully address the current humanitarian crises facing Iraq’s people, including help for the more than three million refugees and similar number of displaced persons inside the country;
3. An end to all foreign interference in Iraq's affairs, including its oil industry, so that Iraqis can exercise their right to self-determination;
4. Compensation and reparations from those countries responsible for war and sanctions on Iraq;
5. Prosecution of all those responsible for war crimes, human rights abuses, and the theft of Iraq's resources.
We believe that these are the minimal requirements for justice for Iraq, nd have to be elaborated in detailed documents.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Disclaimer
المقالات المنشورة على هذا الموقع لا تعكس بالضرورة آراء أعضاء منظمتنا
While the point itself may not have more than Abbasid houses under the ground, it is adjacent to the palace of Sur Isa, the remains of which can be seen in the photo. While the initial construction might or might not touch the palace, accompanying activities will certainly spread over it.Sur Isa can be identified with the palace of al-Burj, built by the
Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil, probably in 852-3 (Northedge, Historical Topography of Samarra, pp 125-127, 240). The palace is said to have cost 33 million dirhams, and was luxurious. Details are given by al-Shabushti, Kitab al-Diyarat.
Samarra was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO at the end of June. The barracks could easily have been built elsewhere, off the archaeological site.--
Alastair Northedge Professeur d'Art et d'Archeologie Islamiques UFR d'Art et d'Archeologie
Universite de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) 3, rue Michelet, 75006 Paris
tel. 01 53 73 71 08 telecopie : 01 53 73 71 13 Email :
Alastair.Northedge@univ-paris1.fr ou anorthedge@wanadoo.fr
