8 million Iraqis need urgent aid, report says

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the good christian george bu$h* must be concerned over this, huh?


THAT'S 8,000,000 PEOPLE

~snip~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.

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

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1. Child malnutrition rates have risen from 19 percent before the US-led invasion in 2003 to 28 percent

Violence masking humanitarian crisis in Iraq: Oxfam

by Hala Boncompagni Mon Jul 30, 8:20 AM ET

AMMAN (AFP) - Oxfam warned in a report Monday that unabated violence in Iraq is masking a humanitarian crisis that has worsened since the US-led invasion in 2003, putting at risk almost eight million Iraqis.
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"While horrific violence dominates the lives of millions of ordinary people inside Iraq, another kind of crisis, also due to the impact of war, has been slowly unfolding," said the report by international relief agency Oxfam and a coalition of Iraqi non-governmental organisations.

According to the 45-page report released in Amman, almost eight million Iraqis are in need of immediate emergency aid with children the hardest hit by worsening conditions. An estimated "43 percent of Iraqis suffer from 'absolute poverty'."

"Children are hit the hardest by the decline of living standards. Child malnutrition rates have risen from 19 percent before the US-led invasion in 2003 to 28 percent now," it said.

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2. We are way past forgiveness. Way past, IMO. (n/t)