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Throughout 2002 and 2003, an effort was carried out to avert the war by
calling for a determined, universal pressure to force Saddam Hussein to step
down, and for enhancing the chances of an emergent democratic Iraq by calling
for the deployment of human rights observers for the transitional period. It
became known as the Democratic Iraq Initiative (DII) |
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Arab and Turkish leaders of public opinion,
1 February 2003
Statement, published with original signatories, an-Nahar
and The Daily Star
Signatories
Additional
signatories |
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European Colleagues' Endorsement and Statement,
10 February 2003 |
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Media Coverage (2003)
24 March,
In the midst of war: DII update
21 March,
Reason
Magazine on DII, by
Tim Cavanaugh
21 March, Die Junge Freiheit (Berlin),
Interviews of
Elias Khoury and
Chibli Mallat, by Moritz Schwarz
Early March,
Draft DII UN Security Council Resolution circulates in the US and
Europe
6 March,
Irene Khan, Amnesty International SG: "Human
Rights Monitors need to be deployed in Iraq now"
5 March,
119 Bahraini intellectuals join DII call
3 March,
Iraqi oppositional
leaders support the call of the UAE leader for SH to resign
2 March,
In defence of DII
12 February,
Minority rights
group supports human rights monitors deployment,
statement by Mark Lattimer, director MRG
11 February,
Statement of Irene Khan, Amnesty International
Secretary General and AI petition
31 January:
Iraqi
opposition calls for human rights monitors |
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Early western media coverage
(2003)
Die initiative von
Ghassane Tueini und Chibli Mallat,
ADR (German tv, Claudia Kuhland producer)
Human rights
focus, Khaleej Times
No peace in ME
without justice, The Daily Star
War for
Iraq, not on Iraq, Financial Times
Tueini and Mallat on Democratic Iraq
Initiative, National Public Radio
US
connection of the lebanese lawyer leading the push for Saddam's
exile, Independent
Australian
Radio int'v, ABC
Arabs ask Hussein
to go quietly, The Christian Science Monitor
The ins and outs
of a one way ticket for Saddam: wishful thinking, The
Daily Star
Strongman's three decade reign has been a nightmare, The
Daily Star
Arab intellectuals
seek Saddam resignation, Reuters
Don't make
Saddam mad, make him lonely, The Christian Science
Monitor |
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