Ask Amnesty

Iraq Index

War and War Crimes

• How can we stop human rights violations without war?
• How can I respond to friends who think that AI's reporting on the war in Iraq is biased against the U.S.?
• Is it true that the US is using depleted uranium weapons?
• Saddam Hussein is a typical sociopath ...How do you reach such a person with negotiations or references to the Geneva Convention?
• Will the members of the US and UK govt./military be tried as war criminals after the war for the use of cluster bombs?
• Has AI, or anyone, information on Iraqi prisoners of war's condition?

Civilian Casualties

• Does AI distinguish between Iraqis who are deliberately disguised in order to deceive Coalition troops and those who are not?
• Will Amnesty International have a figure for number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war?
• Does your organization have an estimate of how many civilians were killed during Sadam Hussein's tenure?
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• Is there any independent inquiry into reports that US troops fired on civilian protesters by Amnesty International or other organizations?

Reconstruction

• What is the refugee and displaced persons situation?
• Are things much worse in Iraq i.e. looting, violent crimes than are being reported on the news?