The Week in Iraq is a weekly assessment of significant incidents and trends in Iraqi civilian casualties by IBC's news collector and Recent Events editor Lily Hamourtziadou.

The analyses and opinions presented in these commentaries are personal to the author.

The Week in Iraq

Archive

by Lily Hamourtziadou

2009

18 Jan 2009	Healing the wounds of the past
11 Jan 2009	Happy New Year

2008

31 Dec 2008	The sad numbers
21 Dec 2008	Immunity
14 Dec 2008	The farewell kiss
7 Dec 2008	Regrets –he’s had a few…
30 Nov 2008	Another sad count
23 Nov 2008	Shame
16 Nov 2008	One step forward?
9 Nov 2008	Remembering the fallen
2 Nov 2008	Death of a child
26 Oct 2008	Interests
19 Oct 2008	Let’s not forget the blood
12 Oct 2008	Building nations (the military way…)
5 Oct 2008	In Self-Defence
28 Sep 2008	The Victims
21 Sep 2008	Whose Security?
14 Sep 2008	Above the Law
7 Sep 2008	Legacies of pain
25 May 2008	Hurt
18 May 2008	Men of Honour
11 May 2008	Hostile forces
4 May 2008	For Ali, Sajad, Ayat and all the other children
27 Apr 2008	The Occupier
20 Apr 2008	Blankets covered the dead
13 Apr 2008	Helping Iraq
6 Apr 2008	Fluid, not frozen.
30 Mar 2008	The Charge of the Knights
23 Mar 2008	Irreversible
16 Mar 2008	And the winner is...
9 March 2008	Images of Iraq
2 Mar 2008	The success delusion
24 Feb 2008	The consequences of state-collapse
17 Feb 2008	‘Good now’
10 Feb 2008	The ‘good,’ the ‘bad,’ and the truly ugly.
3 Feb 2008	The vulnerable

2007

3 Jun 2007	Fear
27 May 2007	Causes of war
20 May 2007	The ethos of war
13 May 2007	Tony Blair's legacy
6 May 2007	Actions, reactions and their consequences
29 Apr 2007	Lost memories, lost lives
22 Apr 2007	For the dead
15 Apr 2007	Fighting terrorism in a free Iraq
8 Apr 2007	The children of Iraq
1 Apr 2007	The full picture
25 Mar 2007	A mixed bag
18 Mar 2007	The Hero
11 Mar 2007	'The mud is getting wetter'
4 Mar 2007	Security and other plans
25 Feb 2007	Success?
18 Feb 2007	Imposing the Law
11 Feb 2007	Still in Shock
4 Feb 2007	The greatest attack
28 Jan 2007	The Gift
21 Jan 2007	More of the same
14 Jan 2007	'The one who fashions the sticks'
7 Jan 2007	Irrelevant

2006

31 Dec 2006	The end of a dark year
24 Dec 2006	...and rising: Iraq 2006
17 Dec 2006	Inside Pandora’s Box
10 Dec 2006	Not all about winning –or losing
3 Dec 2006	Abandoning ship
26 Nov 2006	Terrorists
19 Nov 2006	Trapped
12 Nov 2006	No Red Poppies for them
5 Nov 2006	No cause for concern
29 Oct 2006	What war looks like
22 Oct 2006	Winning
15 Oct 2006	One option means no option
8 Oct 2006	The price they pay for our humanity
1 Oct 2006	Violence in Iraq: Terrorism, Insurgency or Resistance? Or maybe something altogether more powerful?
24 Sep 2006	Democracy and Human Rights? Not in evidence in Iraq
17 Sep 2006	Federalism, trenches, reconciliation and dead bodies everywhere
10 Sep 2006	The Usual Deaths
3 Sep 2006	'Conditions that could lead to civil war'
27 Aug 2006	Increasing Violence
20 Aug 2006	The dead this week
13 Aug 2006	This week in Iraq
6 Aug 2006	Another sad week ends in Iraq