Humanitarian Situation in Iraq ‘Worsening’

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

Although U.S. forces have stabilized security in Iraq, the country’s humanitarian situation continues to worsen, with up to 50,000 Iraqis a month still fleeing or being forced out of their homes by sectarian violence, the top U.N. official here said.

"Overall the situation remains of great concern and has not been improving. In fact, it has been worsening, there’s no doubt about that," Ashraf Jehangir Qazi said in an interview over the weekend with NBC News.

Qazi, the special representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, called the current situation in Iraq one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

In addition to tens of thousands of civilians killed and many more injured since the start of the war, one in six Iraqis have been forces to leave their homes, according to the United Nations.

Read more: http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/08/309237.aspx

[JeffR]

1. "U.S. forces have stabilized security in Iraq..."

Wow, when did that happen?

[liberal N proud]

2. In little georges dreams

[JeffR]

3. And MSNBC's apparently

[liberal N proud]

5. They are required to report what the prezidente wants them to report

Part of the new ameirka

[UKProPeace]

4. How the hell can they say that they've stabilised security?

According to reports in July alone there were over 1600 Iraqis killed. Plus the headline directly contradicts this blind assertion....Perhaps MSNBC should learn how to use the english language properly if they are to promote such blatant propaganda.

[xchrom]

6. this article gets one ''D'UH'' award and one ''DUMB'' award.

the first for noting the obvious that the humanitarian situation is worsening -- and the second for stating the highly improbable that the u.s. has stabilized anything there.