Iraqis Despair at Struggle of Their Daily Lives

[spinbaby]

Not exactly news to those of us who've been paying attention:

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Price spikes have turned onions into a luxury. There is barely any electricity, and the Iraqi telephone networks are so bad that a call-in show with the prime minister had to be canceled.

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Faced with constant violence and with everyday life turning into a struggle, many Iraqis who can afford to leave have done so, to countries such as Jordan and Lebanon. People with less money have fled to Syria, which is less picky about the financial position of Iraqis it lets in.


Villa after villa in the affluent neighborhoods of Mansour and Arasat are empty, their windows shuttered, their once pretty gardens overgrown with weeds.


Those who remain have to deal with a lack of fuel and electricity and rising prices that make most things beyond the reach of ordinary people.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=1&u=/nm/life_iraq_dc

[Desertrose]

1. Heartbreaking.....

and the MSM continues to lie about elections and how the Iraquis are better off.

I am so ashamed of my country....more and more every day.

[leftchick]

2. Look At These Poor People!

I am so ashamed of this country. :(



Iraqis wait in a queue to buy cooking gas in Baghdad's Sadr City January 13, 2005. A cylinder of liquefied gas for cooking now costs 5,000-10,0000 dinars ($3.50-7) compared with 2,000 dinars two or three months ago and 500 dinars during Saddam Husseins rule. An aura of resignation has settled over Iraqis as services deteriorate despite promises of improvement and not even U.S.-backed government officials expect an upturn any time soon. Picture taken January 13, 2005. REUTERS/Stringer