Fear breeds poverty in Iraq's Sadr City - 10 Feb 08

The statistics on violence and security in Iraq have improved slightly over the last year, but basic living standards are still sliding daily.

The worst hit areas are those where service providers are unable or afraid to work.

One of the poorest areas in the capital, Baghdad, is Sadr City. Once a slum area under Saddam Hussein, Sadr City is now a stronghold for the Shia militia, the Mehdi army.

Hoda Abdel Hamid reports on people living on the edge of the overcrowded borough, home to two million people driven to increasingly desperate measures by poverty.

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[toosinbeymen]

Wait a minute, the second largest oil reserve in the world? What's up with that? The Iraqi government should stop listening to American overlords and help these people. Americans don't care about poverty, look at our country. Americans are oblivious to shame otherwise we wouldn't have our soldiers fighting for oil for rich investors.

[BurBass]

You people talk about death like a normal thing, this is sad man, poor american soldiers and poor iraquis,they die every day. In war nobody won or lose, there are only death people. Before Death peolpe by Sadam and now Death peolpe by bush.

[Hadeer17]

Those who are making money out of the Iraqi OIL today, believe it or not they will be punished by lourd later.. let them have fun now but they will be surprised when they will find themselves in hell later..

[NeroroPuj]

@toosinbeymen "The Iraqi government should stop listening to American overlords" How can a puppet regime stop listening to it's master, when in reality everything that they say or do come from their masters mouth?

It's like you have a doll. It can't speak or walk: you make it speak and walk. When Iraqi people don't want the Colonialist puppet regime US must keep it Up by totalitarian force. They controll it.

[Nazmul99]

Everyday we should thank Allah for the favours He has given us. Muhammad (pbuh) said to look at the people below us and if we do that we wont be deceived by the material dream. We should make du'a for them, send money to them, but they should also turn to Allah.

[73mandala]

the young guy said "suicide bombers are like politicians they both kill us" how true is that

[4aaaaa4]

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In the October 1st 2002 NIE report, 16 intelligence agencies told Bush Cheney that "Iraq did NOT have WMD's" and were "NOT a threat to America or anyone else" and were "Not harboring terrorists" ..and yet, Bush, Cheney and their fellow leaders in the Military Industrial Complex get away with pleading that they had "faulty intelligence" that said Iraq had " WMDs."

They should all have been hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead for war crime. ...and it's not too late.

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[a1foodmart3]

you are fucking shity go whipe your ass with clean water brain washed play video games NWO alumnati ass whole

[WarDogLRS]

You can thank the voters for voting in war mongers like Bush Carter Clinton Reagen Obama. They and they alone are responsible for this out rage. I am so sorry for these poor people that the voters of America have done this to you.

I am with you your pain is felt deeply in my heart unfortunately the Americans are to busy watching there game shows

[hlwanmoe1981]

What a chaos.

[MelOAyness]

If standing up to and disobeying our American leaders were possible, we real Americans have!

Who in your God-forsaken country had balls enough to stand up to or disobey Saddam? If you think that we, the lowly taxpayer enjoys dumping our hard-earned dollars into Bush's private war, you are suffering from heat stroke there in your costly oasis.

Oh, and China is going to get you long before it even thinks about US.

Now, go fist your camel, Abdul...