According to the topics of study, The intensity of the news coverage of the Abu Ghraib scandal and the US soldiers' torture of Iraqi prisoners have become apparent since the scandal was revealed on April 29, 2004 until May 30, 2004 and the period in which the coverage of this scandal had intensified not only in Al-Zaman, but in all newspapers, magazines and other media locally and internationally. And according to a research taken from Al-Zaman magazine that showed great interest in highlighting the event, interpreting it, following up its roots and results, and showing contradictory claims and slogans between the US and Britain, particularly in respecting human rights and the spread of justice, equality and well-being in Iraq specifically and what happened actually from violations and abuses of US forces, and whoever made an alliance with them against the Iraqi people which are contrary to all international laws, legislations and conventions that prevent the violation of human dignity in times of peace and war alike and can not be accepted under any justification. The importance of the news reports was also revealed in the dissemination of the essence of the event and its reasons, and based on new factual information in a clear and simple manner, and a comprehensive explanation of most aspects of the event and all relevant developments, ideas, attitudes and results. For more honest and objective follow-up, the reports relied on documents supporting the information since the beginning of the event, and highlighted the US abuses and violations of international laws and the resolutions of the Security Council and the United Nations in the violation of human rights, and that was proved by the (categories of analysis) which highlighted the obvious contradiction between the slogans and behaviors and practices, this was obtained with the adoption of specific scientific steps. After the analysis of the news reports of the newspaper Al-Zaman, it showed many results focusing on highlighting the condemnation and anger of the Iraqi people against the crimes of torture in Abu Ghraib prison, whereas the US officials’ stated that the US administration’s justice will punish the American soldiers for Abusing the Iraqi prisoners, also highlighting the heinous torture and humiliation of US soldiers against prisoners. The Red Cross, The Unicef and Amnesty International were also concerned about the need to punish the perpetrators of torture crimes. The focus was also on the US president's claim to insist on peace and security in Iraq. Iraqi and international claims blamed the American minister of defense Donald Ramsfield, for the torture crimes against Iraqi prisoners. This scandal led to the escalation of international and US hostility against Washington and It showed how clear the British claims were contradictory in the analysis which questions the validity of the abuse of British soldiers against the Iraqi detainees.
The research objective was to study the amount of lost fluids, some blood components and mineral salts in volleyball players under hot weather conditions. The sample of the present study was composed of 12 volleyball players of Al-Sinaa Club (Baghdad, Iraq) in the 2022/2023 season. The variables analyzed in this study were: Heart rate before and after exercise, internal and external body temperature before and after exertion, potassium ion, sodium ion, calcium ion, and the amount of fluid lost (the player's weight) before and after the exercise. The tests were conducted at a temperature between 42-47 degrees Celsius. The maximum anaerobic exercise was performed with volleyball. The results showed that to play volleybal
... Show MorePVC/Kaolinite composites were prepared by the melt intercalation method. Mechanical properties, thermal properties, flammability and water absorption percentage of prepared samples were tested. Mechanical characteristic such as tensile strength, elongation at break; hardness and impact strength (charpy type) were measured for all samples. It was found that the tensile strength and elongation at break of PVC composites decreased with increasing kaolinite loading. Also, the hardness of the composites increases with increase in filler content .The impact strength of the composites at the beginning increases at lower kaolinite loadings is due to the lack of kaolin adhesion to the matrix. However, at higher kaolin loadings. This severe agglom
... Show MoreGypseous soils are considered one of the most problematic soils. The skirted foundation is an alternative technology that works to improve the bearing capacity and reduce settlement. This paper investigates the use of square skirted foundations resting on gypseous soil subjected to concentric and eccentric vertical load with eccentricity values of 4, 8, and 17 mm in 16 experimental model tests. To obtain the results by using this type of foundation, a small-scale physical model was designed to obtain the load–settlement behavior of the square skirted foundation; the dimension of the square footing is 100 mm × 100 mm with 1 mm thickness, the skirt depth (
Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) refer to a group of symptoms where pain is the most leading cause to demand a treatment by the patient. Light therapies are of great importance at current times due to its biosafety and non-invasive quality when used for the management of TMD symptoms. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of red LED light with low-level LASER in treating TMD patients.
A double-blind randomized clinical study was conducted and included 60 patients along 3 groups (20 for e