Bad Food Flooding Iraqi Markets

[Judi Lynn]

Bad Food Flooding Iraqi Markets

By Yaseen Omer and Hemin Baqir

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, July 28, 2005 (ENS) - The removal of customs checkpoints is responsible for the flood of poor quality food currently sweeping Iraq and making people sick, say health officials.

Both market stalls and stores are selling expired products, even in Iraqi Kurdistan, which was thought to have a better quality control system than elsewhere in Iraq.

Before the American-led invasion in 2003, Kurdistan had several customs checkpoints where food items were stored until samples tested by the Directorate of Health showed that they were safe for consumption.

But the Americans removed the checkpoints after the fall of the Saddam regime, paving the way for poor quality food items to enter the region.
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http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-28-01.asp

[oscar111]

1. bush again, cant govern Iraq.

its why the insurgents get so many new recruits, said some US officer months back.

makes sense to me.

should have fixed the electric right after the victory.. and fixed sewer.. and free healthcare.. and created 1OO % employment.

didnt do any of that.

incompetent, blinded by ideology.
Just like vietnam war.

[EFerrari]

4. I think you give them too much credit. I don't think theygive a damn.

What use is an electic grid or functioning sewer to the Cabal's bottom line?

[LisaL]

7. Can Bush govern US?

:shrug:
Free health care sounds nice.

[magellan]

2. Halliburton strikes again?

j/k. Kinda. Hey, it's well known Halliburton don't provide our troops fresh food; maybe they've found another market for their nasty cuisine.

[WhiteTara]

10. my thoughts exactly. n/t

[anarchy1999]

3. Let us all not even consider or talk about the depleted uranium contamina-

tion of vegation and livestock, shall we?

We have so many sick soldiers coming home. This disaster is going to put "agent orange" in a really whole new perspective. We've killed the planet with our depleted uranium. Our dirty bombs, our cluster bombs. We have much to be held accountable for. The world is waiting for us the US, the "citizens" to stand up and hold our government accountable for crimes against "humanity".

Are we going to?

[EFerrari]

5. Right to Lifers, meet Depleted Uranium.

Just wait until all those kids come home to birth defects and infertility. That's going to be one bad day.

[anarchy1999]

6. Sweetheart, they have no clue or any information. They are blind, deaf

and dumb. It is a very sad state of affairs we are going into. Far worse than anything we as a nation have ever experienced before.\

I cry for us all.

[CountAllVotes]

8. so do I

Talk about IMMORAL .. this is beyond IMMORAL.

How horribly disgusting and beyond all reproach. We will never live this down in our lifetimes sady. NEVER.

:(

:kick:

[sintax]

9. Planned chaos

No food, no water, no services this is by design-It is genocide.

It is diabolical and where are the mass protests!?

Dysentery is the norm-Cholera everywhere-birth defects skyrocketing-the morgues are overflowing.

Where is the outrage!?

[warrens]

11. Y'know, If I were an Iraqi, I might even be missing that thug Saddam

No water, no electricity, no gas, no air conditioning, no food, no nothing. Great job, Smirk.

[Barrett808]

13. Many Iraqis openly wish for a return to the Ba'ath regime n/t

[jsamuel]

12. At what point does this become Genocide?