Børn af al-Qaeda medlemmer havner uden for systemet, da de hverken har fødselsattest eller dokumentation og derfor ikke kan få adgang til den irakiske regerings services.
BAQUBA, 18. december, 2012 (IRIN): Near a swamp of sewage in a slum in eastern Iraq, six-year-old Amir plays soccer with friends, unaware of a fact that may continue to affect him for the rest of his life:
His father – killed four months before he was born – was a senior leader within al-Qaeda.
Like dozens of other children of insurgents in Diyala Province, Amir’s birth was not registered. He has no documentation, no citizenship, no access to government services and, his mother fears, no future.
Diyala was one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas during the civil conflict of 2006-7, one of the many provinces north and west of Baghdad that fell under al-Qaeda’s control.
During that period, some families gave their daughters up for marriage because the militants forced them to do so; others considered it a sign of gratitude to foreign fighters seen to be defending Iraqi lands from occupation. Those marriages were never registered in court, but rather under Islamic law, requiring only a mosque imam and two witnesses. (Iraqi law requires birth registration to be supported by a marriage certificate.)
According to civil society activists and members of parliament, more than seventy children fall into this limbo in Diyala, one of the most affected provinces. No national statistics exist.
Like a curse
Læs videre på: http://irinnews.org/Report/97078/IRAQ-No-future-for-al-Qaeda-s-children
