“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
Today has been a day of blood in Irak - key to photos: 
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حذر الناطق الاعلامي باسم القوات متعددة الجنسيات ، الثلاثاء ، من استخدام ماء الشرب الواصل لمنطقة حي رفعت جنوبي الديوانية اثر تعرض 150من ابناء المنطقه الى حلات اسهال واغماء شديدين بسبب تلوث الماء . واضاف العقيد جيلينسكي في بيان تلقت الوكالة المستقلة للانباء (اصوات العراق) نسخة منه ، الثلاثاء ، بان القوات متعددة الجنسيات قامت باخذ عينه من الماء الصافي لمنطقة حي رفعت (5 كم) جنوبي الديوانيه بعد ان تعرض 150 شخصا من ابناء الحي لحالات اسهال واغماء شديدين ” واضاف “وبعد اجراء الفحص في المختبرات تبين ان الماء الواصل للمنطقه ملوثا وهو غير قابل للاستهلاك البشري او الاستحمام ” وحذر البيان بان الماء ملوثا ببكتريا ادت الى حالات الاغماء التي اصيب بها المواطنيين ولم يشير الناطق الى الاجراءات التي سوف تتخذها الحكومه او القوات متعددة الجنسيات بخصوص معالجة المياه المذكوره . وكان 150 شخصا قد تعرضو لحالات اسهال واغماء شديد قبل اسبوع في المنطقه ماادى الى نقل العديد منهم الى المستشفى وقد قامت القوات متعددة الجنسيات باخذ عينات من الماء وتم التاكد من وجود تلوث في مياه الشرب وتقع مدينة الديوانية ،على بعد (180 كم) إلى الجنوب من بغداد
DO NOT DRINK THE WATER OR BATHE IN IT
More than 150 people have been severely affected by severe diarrhea, fainting because of contamination water supply for the water supplied in the districts south of Diwaniyah
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BAGHDAD, 22 May 2007 (IRIN) - The centralized distribution of medicines in Iraq has meant hospitals have not been able to stock sufficient quantities, some doctors and analysts say.
At present, every drug entering Iraq has to be tested by Kimadia, the government department responsible for quality control of medicines. All drugs go through the same procedure, regardless of their origin, or even if they have already been tested by the World Health Organization (WHO). “The quality control [system] is overwhelmed, as Iraq is now importing more medicines than before. The centralization of the administration makes quality control very slow due to bureaucracy, deteriorated security and lack of staff,” said Cedric Turlan, information officer for the Non-Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Committee in Iraq (NCCI). It can take weeks, and sometimes months, for drugs to be tested. A consequence of this has been an increase in the smuggling of untested drugs. “The quality control laboratory was also looted and is being rehabilitated. It is currently working at a much reduced capacity,” he said, adding that large-scale incidents led to shortages, and it took a long time before stocks could be replenished. Security situation Rashid Fae’ek, an epidemiological and public health analyst, however, rejects the idea that the main problem lies with the centralized distribution system. He points, instead, to the inability of the authorities to function properly because of the security situation. This has led to attacks on health centres, and staff abandoning their jobs or not being able to get to work. |
