Kuwait

Bangladesh: migrants export class struggle

Ret Marut — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:40:02 +0000

There are about 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in the Gulf countries, mostly employed in cleaning services, security guards or construction. Every year thousands of poor Bangladeshis pay a labour recruiting agent (dalal) to arrange temporary jobs in Kuwait and other wealthy countries.

1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:05:21 +0000

Crushed by Saddam Hussein's regime, the article covers the roles of the Allied forces and the Kurdish nationalist parties.

Ten Days that shook Iraq

1990-1991: The Gulf War

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:08:26 +0000

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council immediately condemned Iraq and imposed severe sanctions on it. Why was the UN response so prompt and so unprecedently firm? The US government-media alliance had a standard answer.

1990-1991: Resistance to the Gulf War

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:04:12 +0000

Do you remember the first time?

1990-1991: Iraqi mass mutiny in the Gulf War

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:58:20 +0000