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Headlines : "War on Terror"Third of Iraqis 'need immediate emergency aid'
Oxfam and the aid agency network NGO Co-ordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI) report that life in Iraq for those who have survived is far worse than before the 2003 invasion.
Four million citizens (15%) regularly cannot afford to eat; 70% are without adequate water supplies (up from 50% in 2003); 28% of children are malnourished (compared with 19% before the 2003 invasion).
Despite Gordon Brown’s efforts to avoid the issue in his talks with Bush Iraq is one elephant that steadfastly refuses to leave the room.
[Posted By Watson]Republished from The Independent
Nearly a third of Iraqis need immediate emergency aid while the conflict in the country “masks the humanitarian crisis”, according to a report out today.
Although the everyday threat of armed violence is the biggest problem facing most ordinary Iraqis, eight million – almost one in three – are in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter, the report by Oxfam and the aid agency network NGO Co-ordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI) said.
According to the report, four million citizens (15%) regularly cannot afford to eat; 70% are without adequate water supplies (up from 50% in 2003); 28% of children are malnourished (compared with 19% before the 2003 invasion); 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems, and more than two million people – mostly women and children – have been displaced inside Iraq, with a further two million Iraqi refugees fleeing the country, mainly to Syria and Jordan.
Posted by Watson
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??The human species was created when aliens from the planet Nibiru landed on Earth in Mesopotamia, in search of gold they needed to save their atmosphere, and mixed their DNA with primitive humans in order to create a race of servants. The Alien landing party was marooned when a pole-shift on Earth caused a catastrophe which destroyed most human cities and most alien technology along with it. The next available jump-gate for the aliens is in 2012, and their most likely landing spot is the site of their old spaceport in Mesopotamia, in what is now Iraq. George Bush either knows this, or is an alien, and so he invaded Iraq to ensure that he would have control of the landing spot, and thus exclusive contact with the aliens once they arrive?.?
Straw poll: more or less convincing than the “WMDs” argument for the invasion?
more or less convincing than “democracy”?
more or less convincing that “al-Qaeda?”
hows the oil?
its yummy