Curfew leaves Bagdhad suburb residents in trouble

[maddezmom]

Source: IRIN/Reuters

BAGHDAD, 4 June 2007 (IRIN) - Clashes between rival Sunni militant groups in the Sunni neighbourhood of Amiriyah in western Baghdad have left residents facing acute difficulties.

In a bid to restore calm after the last week of clashes, the Iraqi authorities and US forces imposed a curfew, adding to residents' problems.

"This is our seventh day indoors and we have run out of basic essentials," said Sarhad Abdul-Ghafour Amin, a 48-year-old taxi driver from Amiriyah.

"Shops have been closed for the last week… and we can't venture out to other areas for fear of being shot by militants or US and Iraqi forces," Amin, a father of five, told IRIN.

"We have already run out of meat, vegetables, mineral water and fuel for the generator. We have only flour and eggs and are forced to drink dirty water. I have just eight blood pressure tablets left and it will be a real catastrophe for me if I can't get more," he added.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/62b477bcaf31cbb4f1aaecd953a0dc3e.htm

[babylonsister]

1. Yea, this is working. Are they/we trying to starve those who aren't outright killed? nt

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2. But think how peaceful all those corpses will be

Of course, the survivors will be the sort with whom sensible people will not want to fuck, but you take out 10-25% of the population through attrition, and what could possibly go wrong?

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[maddezmom]

3. Iraq is pure hell

for everyone there :(

[damntexdem]

4. To save the village, we had to destroy it.

See how much those insurgents enjoy murdering people we've already starved to death!

;-)