The Iraq war is not over for Iraqi civilians and U.S. veterans who continue to struggle with various forms of trauma and injury; for veterans and Iraqis who suffer the effects of environmental poisoning due to certain U.S. munitions and burn pits of hazardous material; and for a growing generation of orphans and people displaced by war.
Show your support of the request for a thematic hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to address our demands. If you are an organization that would like to endorse this letter and/or this initiative as a whole please email [email protected]
In addition to calling on the U.S. government to provide reparations in the form of environmental remediation, scientific research of and health clinics for towns and cities experiencing skyrocketing rates of cancer and birth defects since the invasion, you can also provide “People’s Reparations” that will go directly to buying what our partner organization OWFI’s clinic in Haweeja needs the most, such as medicine, wheelchairs and physical therapy equipment.
On the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqis and U.S. military veterans came together to hold the U.S. government accountable for the lasting effects of war and the rights of veterans and civilians to heal. The Iraq war is not over for Iraqi civilians and U.S. veterans who continue to struggle with various forms of trauma and injury; the effect environmental poisoning due to certain U.S. munitions and burn pits; and with a generation of orphans and displaced people.