On March 10, 2005, the body of Tom Fox was discovered in a Baghdad neighborhood. Fox was in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), an organization that calls on Christians to "devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war." Fox had been working in Iraq since 2004, documenting detainee abuse, advocating for the human rights of all Iraqis, accompanying refugees and protesting the occupation. Electronic Iraq has assembled here some of his writings and the things others are writing about him so that his convictions, experiences, and the effects of his work can be better understood.
On November 26, 2005, four members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams were abducted in Iraq. The four men were two CPTers and two delegates, one American, one British, and two Canadian. Videos were aired on Al Jazeera. Demands were made and deadlines set. A video aired in March and showed all of the hostages except American Tom Fox. On March 10, 2006, Fox's was discovered in a Baghdad neighborhood. Two weeks later, on March 23, 2006, Fox's three colleagues - Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Norman Kember - were freed in Baghdad after nearly four months in captivity. All reports indicate that the three were freed by a multinational force and that no shots were fired and none of the captors were present at the time of the raid, reportedly led by British troops. Kember, Loney, and Sooden, were found inside a house in western Baghdad with their hands tied.
Following the invasion of Iraq by the United States, a proposed Iraqi constitution was drafted in 2005 by the interim Iraqi Government and assisted by the occupying forces. According to the de facto law in Iraq, the "Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period" should be replaced by a new constitution, which will be presented to the Iraqi people for approval in a constitutional ratification referendum to be held no later than October 15, 2005.
US Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, 24, of Vacaville, California was killed on 4 April 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Cindy Sheehan, his bereaved mother, travelled to Crawford, Texas to camp outside President Bush's vacation home in an attempt to meet the President. Since her protest began, "Camp Casey" has seen a large number of antiwar protestors travel to the site and has received international media coverage.
The interim Iraqi government chose 30 January 2005 as the date for its first nationwide election since the fall of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime. Voters will choose a 275-member national assembly, whose primary task will be to debate and approve a new Iraqi constitution. The elections include votes for 18 provincial assemblies, and the autonomous Kurdish parliament in the north.
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