Editorial: Before you read the text click the image to see two photos from AFP which give an idea of life for school children in Sadr city: At the end of the 1980s, after pouring oil money into schools, Iraq had virtually eliminated illiteracy. The education system in ...
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Vulnerable groups: It is extremely difficult for the population to get health care provisions in an environment that is short on supplies and limited when it comes to facilities because of buildings that are too old. The problem is even more acute for vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant ...
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It took the embargo thirteen years for an estimated million and a quarter souls, to die of 'embargo-related causes.' (United Nations phrase.) It has taken just five years for America and Britain's 'liberation', to kill almost the same amount - according to the respected, ORB and John Hopkins, Bloomburg ...
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