Iraq's war Wounded: In their Own Words

[RestoreGore]

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/photogallery/2007/amman/index.cfm

Excerpt from first photograph:

"Once a leader in the Middle East, Iraq's health system is today under tremendous strain, itself a casualty of the war. Hospitals, especially in Baghdad, are overwhelmed in the wake of a multiple-casualty attack, and don't have enough medicines, surgical supplies, even electricity. Patients are often simply patched up, stabilized, and sent home, often only to face further complications. Worse, many of the country's highly trained doctors have fled or have been assassinated. And some people are afraid to go to hospitals in areas that are controlled by certain religious or political parties, or armed groups. Since August, 2006, MSF has been providing surgical care to Iraqi victims of violence, regardless of their ethnic or religious identities. Surgeries are performed in Amman, Jordan. MSF is also supporting several hospitals inside Iraq by providing essential medicines and medical supplies."
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These pictures taken by MSF /Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders tell a story that never should have had to be told. The faces of those whose lives have been changed forever because of this occupation need to be ingrained in the minds of those who so visciously continue this horror.

My thanks goes to MSF for their relentless dedication to saving lives around the world without political preference, but based on a moral code that seeks to heal. Their work is outstanding. May those who were lucky enough to go to Amman to be treated by them regain some semblance of peace.

[RestoreGore]

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