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IslamicStatebombingofShiitearea
inBaghdadkills45
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/islamicstatebombingofshiiteareainbaghdadkil
ls45/article29973531/
By:SinanSalaheddin
Summary
Thisarticleishighlightingthestrugglesgoingoninthebaghdadandthelivesthathave
sufferedandlostduetotheharshclimateandsocietyinthespecificarea.
threecarbombsclaimedbytheIslamicStategroupkilled93peopleacross
theIraqicapitalWednesday.
Theseparatebombings,whichalsowounded165people,cameatatimeof
turmoilanddeadlockinIraqsgovernmentandparliament.
Streetswerestainedwithblood,buildingfacadeswereheavilydamagedand
smokebillowedfromstoresguttedbytheblast.Dozensofpeoplewalked
throughmangledwreckageofcarsandotherdebrisasambulancesferried
awaytheinjured.
AccordingtotheUnitedNations,atleast741IraqiswerekilledinAprildueto
ongoingviolence.TheU.N.said410wereciviliansandtherestwere
membersofthesecurityforces.InMarch,1,119peoplewerekilled,itsaid.
TheISStatetargetedtheShiitemilitiamen,buthospitalandsecurityofficials
saidthevastmajorityofthevictimswerecivilians
SeemstheISgroup'sstrategyistowreakhavoconcommunitieswithout
worryingorfeelingtheguiltofthelivestheyhaveended
Article3
Everyonehastherighttolife,libertyandsecurityofperson.
Peoplehavedied
Article5
Nooneshallbesubjectedtotortureortocruel,inhumanordegradingtreatmentorpunishment
Havingyourlovedoneskilledbyaccidentwhileattemptingtokillothersisdegradingtothe
humanraceasdoingsoshowsthekillerthinksthemurderedhasnovaluesandthereforeis
inhuman
Article12:
Nooneshallbesubjectedtoarbitraryinterferencewithhisprivacy,family,homeor
correspondence,nortoattacksuponhishonourandreputation.Everyonehastherighttotheprotectionof
thelawagainstsuchinterferenceorattacks.
Peoplesprivacyandlivesarebeingtakenawayandthegovernmenthasnotsteppedintotrytostopsuch
horrificthingsfromoccurring
Article20.
(1)Everyonehastherighttofreedomofpeacefulassemblyandassociation.(2)Noone
maybecompelledtobelongtoanassociation.
Associatingandsolvingmattersinwayofbombingpeopleisnotawayofpeacefulassociation
Discussion
1.Howcouldmattersbesolvedinawaywhereinnocentliveswouldnotbelost,without
chancingtheriskofsomethingworsehappeninglikewarwithanothercountry?Canother
countriesinterferewiththisformerterroristgroupAlQaeda.