O n 29 March 2011 Professor Mohammed Alwan, dean of AlMustansiriya Medical School in Baghdad and my uncle, was assassinated. A bomb was planted in his car and exploded as he got in after leaving his medical practice. He was a distinguished academic and surgeon who was respected by his students, and he was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Within a week, another clinical acad...

There is high prevalence of intestinal parasite throughout the world; it’s more than three billion people which are infected with these parasites [1]. There are direct relation between infection with intestinal parasites and socioeconomic status. In area with low hygienic condition there are more infection with intestinal parasite and many studies reports these parasites in low socioeconomic st...

The energy industry and in particular the Oil Refineries are extremely important elements in Iraq’s infrastructure. A terrorist attack on one oil refinery will have a catastrophic impact on oil production and the whole economy. It can also cause serious damage to the environment and even losses of human lives. The security of information systems and industrial control systems such as Supervisor...

In 2004, the Lancet published results from a survey that estimated the death toll attributable to the conflict in Iraq until then at almost 100,000. Since that moment, the topic has been subject of a large debate among scientists. Besides this publication, four other surveys conducted in Iraq reported data on mortality due to the conflict. Although each one of these studies had its own specific...

The Abu Jir fault zone in western Iraq that marks the limit of Zagros foreland basin merges with Anah graben north. northern segment and are inverted structures. In this study, we investigated timing mechanism inversion comparison other structures like Tel Hajar Sinjar, which located north closer to Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. study area is characterized by a local-scale northwestern-trendin...

Many cities in Iraq are facing environmental issues, such as air, and noise pollution, due to huge increases population, vehicles density, heavy traffic congestion, well petroleum extraction. Therefore, the quality of air has deteriorated threatened citizens’ health. In this research, concentration gaseous pollutants like carbon monoxide (CO), dioxide (CO2), ozone (O3), methane (CH4), hydrogen ...

In this paper we explore whether violence in Iraq is gravitating towards a steady state level of violence observed in other civil wars, such as those in Colombia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, among others. Using data from the Iraq Body Count for 2003-2007, we explore whether civilian casualties follow a power law distribution. We replicate previous analyses of civilian casualties and confirm that c...

In Iraq an industrial revolution is in full swing and is advancing more quickly than is fully appreciated. Most Iraqi industrialists have learned from the lessons of history and are not committing all the blunders made by the industrialists of the nineteenth century in Europe. The biggest and most important industry in Iraq is undoubtedly agriculture, and great efforts are now being made to mec...