Life 'worse' for many of Iraq's poor, survey reveals

[muriel_volestrangler]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/108237842520.htm

The quality of life for Iraq's poor has deteriorated since the defeat of the Saddam regime, according to a new survey commissioned by Christian Aid.
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Christian Aid partner, the Iraqi Kurdish NGO Network, interviewed around 1,000 families in eight of Baghdad's poorest, predominantly Shia neighbourhoods. It is one of the first ever large-scale surveys of the living conditions of poor Iraqis.
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The results present a stark picture of miserable living conditions - now greatly exacerbated by insecurity, crime, economic uncertainty, unemployment, inadequate public services and poor housing.
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Poor water supply affects most of the families interviewed, many of which now have no functioning sewerage system. Years of neglect left many water supplies contaminated with sewage.

[FloridaPat]

1. I wonder if the supreme idiots will claim that 1,000 are not

enough to base a poll on?

How still don't understand why these criminals are getting away with the treatment of these people like this.

[Moderator]

2. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=496613

[Roaming]

3. It wasn't that great in Germany after WWII was over either; in fact,

the economy was WORSE than it was during the war. It will take some time, many years, before the population will really feel the full effects of democracy and freedom. Once the new government's in place and the uprisings are actually over (if that ever happens!), then the process of recovery can really begin.