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Iraq - Angry Hearts and Angry Minds

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  • LONDON, 26 JUNE 2008
    • The Senlis Council has maintained an operational base in the southern provinces of Afghanistan since 2004. Initially aimed at providing a firsthand view of the burgeoning opium trade, this local presence in Kandahar and Helmand has enabled us to develop an expertise in many of the issues associated with poppy cultivation.
    Building upon this foundation, The Senlis Council broadened its examination of other key theatres within the War on Terror, launching a research platform in Somalia – the first outside of Afghanistan – in March 2008. On the ground research in May 2008 a third conflict zone – Iraq – led to this report, and prompted The Senlis Council to consider an alternative approach to global security issues. In this report we offer a Situation Report (SITREP) on Iraq, as well as the initial findings from a series of interviews conducted in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia, and an examination of what we believe the study of the three conflicts tells us about current global security policy. more...

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  • Afghan and Somali Views on the United States Presidential Elections 2008 (April 2008)
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  • PARIS, 26 JUNE 2008
    • In a new report titled ‘Iraq: Angry Hearts and Angry Minds’, The Senlis Council on Thursday called for a reengineering of the international community’s mechanisms for responding to global security crises. The Senlis Council, a security and development policy group with research platforms in the three main War on Terror conflict theatres – Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia – has been undertaking a series of interviews looking at the root causes of the conflicts. The Council’s new research in Iraq demonstrates that current policies in the country are producing a generation of angry young men who are easy prey for recruitment to extremist insurgencies.
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  • Paris conference: Donors must use market forces to tackle Afghan opium crisis (12 June 2008)
  • Prime Minister Harper urged to keep Insite open (27 May 2008)
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  • ENTEBBE, UGANDA, 7 JULY 2008
    • Public Security is fast becoming an increasingly important concern for policy makers around the world. In all modern states, an essential responsibility of the state is to provide its citizens with security. A stable Public Security environment is an essential prerequisite for the social and economic development of democratic societies. Permitting the democratic engagement of civil society, the formation of economic networks, and the social development of communities.
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    Al-Quaeda interview    New Video Report: Iraq - Angry Hearts and Angry Minds
    On the ground research in May 2008, after Afghanistan and Somalia, a third conflict zone - Iraq - led to the Iraq: Angry Hearts and Angry Minds report, and prompted The Senlis Council to consider an alternative approach to global security issues. The following clips were shown during the report release on 26 June 2008 in London.

    Iraq angry man  Photo Report from Iraq










      Norine MacDonald QC talks to CNN about the War on Terror, Iraq and Afghanistan (3 July 2008)



  •   Paul Burton talks to Newsweek about the bombing of Kabul's Indian Embassy (8 July 2008)

    •   Norine MacDonald QC Talks to CBS about the opium poppy crisis in Afghanistan. CBS refers to The Senlis Council's "Poppy For Medicine" initiative that would help reduce the number of Afghan farmers becoming sympathetic to the Taliban. (25 June 2008)

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    • The Senlis Council participated to this congress, with the participation of over fifty National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent, which aimed at engaging the whole RC/RC movement in the formulation and implementation of humanitarian approaches to drug policy.

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