CPTnet 2 November 2008 IRAQ: CPTers asked to raise the voices of Kurdish IDPs Members of the Christian Peacemaker Team in Iraqi Kurdistan visited an IDP ...
THE WATCHERS Therefore, keep awake, for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or dawn, or...
CPT Iraq Update November Saturday November 8 The mayor of Pshdar told IDPs( International displaced people) to go home and that it’s illegal for them to buy...
CPT Iraq Update Tuesday, 21 October The team (Chihchun Yuan, Anne Montegomery, Craig Kite and Bob Holmes) returned to Suleimaniya ending a two month absence of...
19 November 2008 IRAQ: KRG fails to make reparations to IDPs; some return to villages in spite of bombings CPT in Iraq visited the village of Kani Spi on 14...
CPTnet 8 December 2008 IRAQ: CPTers visit northern villages under siege. On 28 November, the Christian Peacemaker Team in Iraq traveled to the village of ...
22 December 2008 A Visit to the Makhmour (Turkish Refugee) Camp By Peggy Gish "Sixteen years ago our families left our homes in Souteastern Anatolia Turkey,...
7 December 2008 Their Fear and Pain Continue By Peggy Gish “We can’t stay here!” the leader of the Zharawa displaced person tent camp in the Suleimaniya...
CPTnet 22 November 2008 IRAQ REFLECTION: Twice displaced by Bob Holmes It’s called Kani Spi, after the white spring that flows from the cliff below the ...
2 December, 2008 A More Powerful Witness By Peggy Gish “What are you doing here as Christians?” one man asked after we introduced ourselves as members of...
CPT Iraq Team Update, 1-12 December 2008 During this period the following worked with the team: Peggy Gish, Bob Holmes, Craig Kite, John Lynes, Anne...
9 January 2009 Amna Suraka (The Red Security Prison) By Peggy Gish Bullet holes and broken walls show marks of the battles during the 1991 uprising, when Kurds...
January 25, 2009 What Choice Did They Have By Beth Pyles "What Choice Did They Have?" This is the question a team friend recently posed to me. Story after ...
2 February 2009 No Voting for Thousands of Iraqi Kurds By Peggy Gish The mood was one of celebration. Iraqis in the northern Diyala province city of Khanaqin...
CPT Iraq Update: 1-18 February 2009 Team members present during this time include: Beth Pyles, Michele Naar, Dennis Murphy, and Peggy Gish. Sunday, February 1 ...
CPTIraq Reflection 21 February, 2009 Surrounded By: Michele Naar-Obed Word is filtering throughout Iraq that he United States is starting to remove its...
26 February 2009 Guarantees of Concern By Peggy Gish Rain poured down as we headed up the windy mountain road to Erbil. The winter's rainfall had been low in...
March, 17, 2009 After Six Years of War… By Peggy Gish After six Years of War, Iraqis live with: - Deaths of an estimated million Iraqi civilians. (Sept....
Dear Iraq team, By now you've all heard about the decision from the steering committee to "suspend" the Iraq team with the promise to review this decision on...
Dear Iraq team, By now you've all heard about the decision from the steering committee to "suspend" the Iraq team with the promise to review this decision on...
CPT IRAQ UPDATE: 21 February-15 March 2009 CPTers on the team during this period were Peggy Gish, Bob Holmes, Craig Kite, Michele Naar, and Chihchun Yuan. ...
CPT Iraq Reflection April 1, 2009 It Takes a World (And Then Some) to Raise a Village By Michele Naar-Obed Remember the expression, "It takes a village to...
Iraq Reflection: His name was Mohammed April 4, 209 By Craig Kite Today we traveled to see a mother and father who lost their 1½ year old son when a rocket...
CPT Iraq Update 16-31 March 2009 Summary: These two weeks have been quite a ride: the downer of learning that CPT is suspending our Iraq project at the end of...
CPT Iraq Reflection May 3, 2009 The Mothers For Peace By: Michele Naar-Obed At the end of a flat and dusty road, the CPT Iraq team and delegation arrived at...