Aid worker dies in Iraq.Marla Ruzicka Marla Ruzicka (December 31 1976 – April 16, 2005) was an activist-turned-aid worker. She developed a unique approach to advocacy for civilian victims of war: she insisted that combatant governments had a legal and moral responsibility to compensate the families of civilians , an advocate for Iraqi civilians who were casualties of military operations This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. World War I ''See also List of military engagements of World War I
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political while on her way to the Baghdad airport. She was heading back to the United States where she would be seeking additional funding from her backers, including the George Soros George Soros Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930, George Soros is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest investors. A famous hedge fund manager, Soros managed the Quantum Fund, a fund that achieved an average annual return of 30% from 1970-2000. Foundation. She founded CIVIC, Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict The Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) is a small aid organization working in Iraq and Afghanistan to help victims of conflict. Marla Ruzicka, the founder of the organization, and Faiz Ali Salim, the organization's Iraq country director, were killed by a car bomb . She initiated a door-to-door survey of civilian casualties in Iraq shortly after Saddam Hussein fell from power. She recruited survey teams to fan-out across the country and gather accounts of civilian casualties. She took her first report to Senator Patrick Leahy who sponsored legislation to provide $18 million in aid to innocent Iraqis who were harmed in the military operations. She then advocated for specific families who had been harmed. Only 28 at the time of her death Marla Ruzicka had ten years of human rights organizing experience. She had worked in Kabul, Afghanistan. She worked with a human fights organization, Global Exchange, to pressure the us government to set up a fund for Afghan families harmed in Operation Enduring Freedom. She arrived in Kabul only a few days after the Taliban were removed from power. In July 2002, only a week after returning from Afghanistan, Maria moved to Washington, DC, where she has been working with USAID USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (Spanish) and the Senate Appropriations Committee to allocate money to rebuild homes for families that suffered as a result of U.S. military actions. She dared to go everywhere in Iraq and believed that she was safe as long as she stayed clear of military formations. When the bomb exploded, her car was in a traffic jam surrounded by military vehicles. An Iraqi colleague, Faiz Ali Salim, was killed with her. |
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