2 million kids left behind, forgotten - shame on us

[donsu]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7156399.stm


Iraq children 'paying high price'


Two million children in Iraq are facing threats including poor nutrition, lack of education, disease and violence, the UN children's agency, Unicef, has said.

Hundreds were killed in violence during 2007, while 1,350 were detained by the authorities, it said in a new report.

Some 25,000 children and their families had to leave their homes each month to seek shelter in other parts of Iraq.

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In a report entitled "Little Respite for Iraq's Children in 2007", Unicef said Iraqi children continued to pay too high a price for their country's turmoil, and that this year things had got worse.

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Unicef said children in remote and hard-to-reach areas were frequently cut off from healthcare and that only 20% outside the capital, Baghdad, had working sewerage in their community. Access to safe water was also a serious issue.

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Mr Wright stressed that Iraqi children should be the priority for international investment in Iraq as they would be the "foundation for their country's recovery".
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recovery?! a generation too sick, too uneducated, suffering too much from PTS

[Forkboy]

1. Yeah, but Saddam is gone. They should thank us.

They're doing great thanks to us and our liberation of them from the yoke of tyranny.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. My friend's yard sign for Christmas:

[donsu]

3. your friend deserves a gold star

nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I shall tell him you said that

We will be at our usual Sunday vigil spot today. He is wearing his Santa suit and I will be handing out candy canes with END THE WAR on them.

Have a terrific holiday! Here's a song for you -> http://www.box.net/shared/static/v0uxagvs74.mp3

:hi:

[Annces]

5. That is a good sign

It says a lot.