4 years later Iraq is a nation in ruins

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2369003.ece

A nation in ruins

2,000,000 Iraqis now live outside Iraq, according to UNHCR

12,000 doctors have fled Iraq since the war began. Another 2,000 are said to have been killed, and at least 250 kidnapped

50% Average inflation in 2006, according to the World Bank

6.3 hours of electricity daily in Baghdad in December 2006. In May 2003 there were 16-24 hours

32 percentage of people in Iraq with drinkable water

3,700,000 Iraqis now receive food aid from the UN World Food Programme

16% Proportion of Iraqis who said in January that their income meets their basic needs

[Jacobin]

1. The new Palestinians

[leftchick]

3. on a much larger scale

but yes indeed, another inhumane and devastasting occupation tolerated by the world. :(

[cassiepriam]

2. How many have been murdered, raped, tortured by the US?

How many psychologically damaged?
How many with birth defects because of the depleted Uranium?