PRAYERS
FOR PEACEMAKERS, Jan. 4, 2012
Pray
with CPT for Iraqi leaders who have been detained because they opposed
corruption. Remember especially Ibrahim, beaten and arrested after he joined a
political party dedicated to exposing secret governmental practices funneling
resources away from community service programs.
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Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – the PKK – announced it would disband, bringing to a close a decades-long armed struggle against the
In August, CPT Reservist Maggie Hindley returned to Al Khalil/Hebron after a few years. She reunited with those she’d met before, and reflects on the changes in their daily lives after two years of war in Gaza.
Seven months on from the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, bombardments and attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan seem to have ceased. But the increasing military presence by both actors makes the situation appear fragile.