The report found that about 43 percent of Iraq's population endure "absolute poverty," and that more than half "are now without work."
Child malnutrition rates have jumped from 19 percent before the invasion four years ago to 28 percent now, and there are two million internally displaced people, many of whom have no or little access to food rations.
The number of Iraqis "without access to adequate water supplies" is 70 percent, up from 50 percent since 2003.
Think about the South Vietnamese and the Montangards who fought for us and with us and the hundreds of thousands that we gave a home to.
Compare with the Compassionate Conservatism of the Bush Administration: Less than 2,000 of the Iraqis who have asked for asylum have been granted it. Hell, we can’t even house the residents of New Orleans, but we have displaced 4 million Iraqis from their homes and 2.2 million of those are living in refugee camps.
Think about every time a wingnut stands in front of their hand picked audiences and claims we liberated 28 million people. Then read these paragraphs.
About eight million Iraqis -- nearly a third of the population -- are without water, sanitation, food and shelter and need emergency aid, a report by two major relief agencies says.
Oxfam and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Coordination Committee in Iraq have issued a briefing paper that says violence in Iraq is masking a humanitarian crisis that has worsened since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003...
"Eight million people are in urgent need of emergency aid; that figure includes over two million who are displaced within the country, and more than two million refugees. Many more are living in poverty, without basic services, and increasingly threatened by disease and malnutrition," said the relief agencies' report. The population of Iraq is 26 million.
It said that not addressing the needs of Iraqis in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter would further create more unrest in the country.
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Nearly a third of Iraqis need immediate emergency help as conflict masks humanitarian crisis
According to the report:
· Four million Iraqis - 15% - regularly cannot buy enough to eat.
· 70% are without adequate water supplies, compared to 50% in 2003.
· 28% of children are malnourished, compared to 19% before the 2003 invasion.
· 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems, mostly due to the climate of fear.
· More than two million people - mostly women and children - have been displaced inside Iraq .
· A further two million Iraqis have become refugees, mainly in Syria and Jordan .
Nothing will feed and care for these people quickly. But that shouldn’t be a bigger priority than just simply stopping the war.
Many humanitarian organizations will not accept money from governments that have troops in Iraq , as this could jeopardize their own security and independence. Therefore the report urges international donors that have not sent troops to Iraq to provide increased emergency funding for humanitarian action.
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It's official folks. The Iraqis are worse off now than they were under Saddam.