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Deaths as Maliki hails crackdown , BBC.CO.UK , BBC News , Saturday, 24 February 2007, 19:43 GMT

25 Feb. 2007

Link to news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6393127.stm

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What is the issue?

In Iraq, various religious groups are killing eachother. Maliki, the Prime Minister of Iraq, had installed a new Security Plan 10 days ago to avoid these kind of murders. However, yesterday a truck bomb exploded as worshippers left the mosque in Habbaniyah, 50 miles west of Baghdad. At least 42 people have died and more than 60 are hurt. It is still unknown who did this, but the American government said they didn’t do it and that they will try to find out who really did it.

Who is involved?

The religious groups of Iraq are involved, because they are throwing bombs and using other kinds of weapons against each other.

The Iraqi government is involved, because they have to do something about the problems between the various religious groups.

The American government and military is involved, because they are trying a peace-keeping mission in Iraq and try to find who did it.

Who is affected and how?

 In the article they give some statistics about the effects of the religious war between the various groups in Iraq:

* 62,473 families displaced by sectarian conflict in last year (source: IOM)

* At least 56,000 civilians killed since 2003 (source: IBC)

* More than 3,400 coalition military deaths since March 2003

So, all the people of Iraq are involved, because a lot of people don’t feel safe anymore.

Also, various other nations of the world are affected, because the military coalition is made up of a lot of countries.

What would you do if you were directly involved?

I would ask the Iraqi government if they could protect the mosques better, because then they could prevent such attacks.

The best solution would be if people would be more understanding of what somebody else believes. They should respect each others religious beliefs. If there is more respect, then Iraq would be a much safer place. Now, nobody trusts each other and that should change because that would be the best for Iraq and its people.

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