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• Congressional hearings with Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker The commander of Multinational Force-Iraq and the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq appear before Congress on April 8th and 9th, 2008 to discuss the situtation in Iraq. (Watch on CSPAN)
  
  
• IRC Commission on Iraqi Refugees: "Five Years Later, A Hidden Crisis"
  March, 2008
  PDF (English)
  
  
• Amnesty International Publishes Report on Iraq
  March, 2008
  PDF (English / Arabic)
  
  
• IF Mourns Archbishop's Death
  March 14, 2008
  Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, kidnapped last month, was found dead on March 13, 2008, buried in a shallow grave outside of the Iraqi city Mosul. The Iraq Foundation deplores the loss of this man of religion, condemns the hatred and intolerance that motivates such heinous action, and calls on the Iraqi government to fulfill its responsibility of protecting Iraqi citizens.
  
  
• Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
  USIPease Briefing
  January 30, 2008
  By Executive Director Rend Al-Rahim and Daniel Serwer
  
  This USIP paper is the product of meetings conducted in Beirut and Baghdad in mid-January 2008, which incumpassed a high-ranking and broad cross-section of the Iraqi political spectrum expressed views on the current political situation, main priorities for the next year, prospects for moving forward on key issues, and the American military presence in Iraq. The Iraqis, numbering about 40, included parliamentary leaders, members of the presidency and their staffs, top government officials and leaders in both the Anbar and Baghdad "Awakenings" (tribal groups prepared to fight Al Qaeda and guard their own neighborhoods).
  
  
  
• State Department Special Briefing: Iraq Year in Review
  Cspan
  (12/18/2007)
  
  
  
• The Ultimate Crime
  by Reuben Bromstein and Salim Mansur
  National Post Published: Thursday, November 29, 2007
  Follow the link to read this article on Canadian Bill S-210, which according to the authors would again demonstrate Canada ’s leadership in the fight against terrorism.
  
  
  
• "Seven Months Into the Surge:
  What Does It Mean for Iraqis"
  A Paper by Executive Director Rend Al-Rahim
  
  
• David H. Petraeus Congressional Testimony
  (September 10, 2007)
  
  
• Ambassador Ryan Crocker Testimony
  (September 10, 2007)
  
  
• Senate Armed Services Hearing on the Jones Report -CSPAN
  Retired Marine Corps. General James L. Jones Jr. discusses a report on Iraq's security situation. Gen. Jones chaired the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Cmsn., a Dept. of Defense-sponsored look at Iraq's military and police forces. The hearing is chaired by Sen. Carl Levin, Chair. of the Senate Armed Services.
  9/6/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 3 hr. 45 min. Read Report.
  
  
  
• GAO Report on Iraqi Benchmarks
  (Full Report / Testimony)
  Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: PDF
  (September, 2007)
  
  
• "War and Occupation in Iraq"
  A report published by Global Policy Forum and co-sponsored by 30 other NGOs and NGO networks. The report covers a range of issues in international law.
  
  
• Learn more about Walk for Iraq!
  
  
• Iraq Foundation Congratulates Iraqi National Soccer Team
  
  
• IDW report, The Status of Rights and Freedoms in Iraq in 2006, is now available in English.The report addressed violence against civilians in Iraq , individual rights and freedoms, the situation of Iraqi women, and freedom of opinion and belief.
  
  
• Thank You Letter from CPI Deputy Head Faris Al-Ajrash to the Iraq Foundation
  
  
• IF Executive Director, Rend Al-Rahim, Discusses National Reconciliation with Iraqi President Talabani
  
  
• Initial Benchmark Assessment Report from The White House
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