Iraq by the numbers....

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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?pid=2028


** 400,000 Iraqi children suffer from chronic diarrhea and dangerous deficiencies of protein, according to a UN development report. Iraq's child malnutrition rate now roughly equals that of Burundi--a war-torn central African nation--and is far above both Uganda and Haiti. 60 percent of rural residents and 20 percent of urban dwellers have access to nothing but contaminated drinking water.
Hepatitis outbreaks have doubled since the war began.

** According to military statistics, the number of insurgents has quadrupled since last year, from 5,000 to 20,000. A British general places the insurgency at 40-50,000 fighters.

A confidential Marine report predicted that the insurgency would continue to grow in the run-up to the January 30 election. According to director of reconstruction William Taylor, security "is worse today than it was, and we are having greater difficulties" compared to six weeks ago in cities such as Bagdhad, Falluja, Ramadi, Samarra and Mosul.
** Of the $18.4 billion in reconstruction funds allocated last year by Congress, the US has spent only $1.7 billion.