28% of Iraqi children are malnourished now compared to 19% before the invasion

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2137766,00.html

8 million Iraqis need urgent aid, report says

One third of the Iraqi population needs emergency aid because of the humanitarian crisis caused by war and ongoing violence, according to a new report.

Around 8 million Iraqis are in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter, a joint report (pdf)released today by Oxfam and the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq said.

The document said that although armed violence is the greatest threat facing Iraqis, the population is also experiencing another crisis of "an alarming scale and severity".

Researchers found that 15% of Iraqis cannot regularly afford to eat, 70% do not have adequate water supplies (up from 50% in 2003), 28% of children are malnourished (compared with 19% before the invasion), and 92% of children suffer learning problems.

The report also said more than 2 million people - mostly women and children - have been displaced within Iraq and have no reliable income, while another 2 million Iraqis have fled the country as refugees, mostly to neighbouring Syria and Jordan.

[AndyA]

1. Isn't Democracy a wonderful thing?

We've done so much to help the Iraqi people, no wonder they love and respect us so...

"You're starving, have no electricity, no jobs, but isn't Democracy worth it?" :eyes:

:sarcasm:

[NNN0LHI]

3. But we have to stay to keep them "heathens" from harming one another

White Mans Burden and all.

Don

[PA Democrat]

2. I'm sure this will be a top story in the MSM here in the US.

Looking at my local paper now, and I see a story about Iraq right there on the front page... must be it! Oh wait, it's a feel good story about how the Iraqi soccer team's win is going to unify Iraqis.

OK, let me check page 2...nothing, page 3...nothing, page 4... nothing. In fact this story is not to be found anywhere in my paper, which is considered "liberal" by the right-wingers around here.

OK, I'll watch the TV news today. I'm SURE this will be a top story! Won't it?



:sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

4. wrong base line

one would have to go back before the first war to have accurate figures. bush 1, clinton,and bush2 are all responsible for the disaster.

[Karenina]

5. Can we call it GENOCIDE yet?

:shrug:

[indepat]

6. Genocide happens only when the bad guys are involved

[Cheap_Trick]

7. Mission Accomplished!

:sarcasm:

[Turn CO Blue]

8. Winning the hearts and minds...

by thirsting and starving the Iraqi people!

/sarcasm