Iraqi women in "silent emergency" - 08 Mar 09

On International Women's Day, a new report released by the aid agency Oxfam says women in Iraq are trapped in a "silent emergency".

It describes the women of Iraq as the forgotten victims of the recent war.

Many have been widowed by the violence and are forced to work, while looking after their children at the same time.

Omar Alsaleh reports.

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[harveysims]

If the husband is unemployed why isn't he out there packing bricks????

[hannahr77]

4a

hmm so tell me why are the Shiat blowing up the Sunnis and vs? And we don't have to kill anybody the Iraqis quite capable of doing that all by themselves, need no help form us, even your blessed Saddam where killing his own ppl without the help from any 1

[jessehaley615]

This is a very "plain" video. =p

[codycalhoun13]

This video went viral on Nouakchott

[LadyIIGaga]

@milkibay fuck terrorists!!!!!

[totoynani143]

when i was there what i remember was the women doing the work while men r just chilli'n and bs'ing,one time my squad leader had ask me and my team to dismount just to make one of those lazy fucker carry a big bundle of firewood from the lady head,made him carry it by his hand.

[BlahBlahBlah8347]

@NWA90s Pakistan harbors and trains terrorists, so you get what you deserve....a drone right up your dirty asses.......Remember to duck !!!!  BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM

[BlahBlahBlah8347]

@NWA90s Oh well, 1 terrorist and 13 civilians...that equals 1 dead terrorist and 13 future terrorists which equals 14 less idiots to worry about. India and Pakistan is like a cockroach motel, you kill half a million and they breed like rats and make another million. Love the pictures of thousands of them hanging off the buses and roofs of the buses like cockroaches. Even with the British there, you still couldn't educate them. Keep blaming the states.

[NWA90s]

@BlahBlahBlah8347 so i guess everyone who imigrated to the US and rest of europe before ww1 were uneducated morons and filth?

the United STATES does go into my state and bomb people.

they may kill one terrorist in those drone attacks but at least 13 civilians get killed to.

the british colonized india, which is todays india and pakistan. They lived as kings there, so why not pakis and indians go to britain as well now? when the british where there?

[BlahBlahBlah8347]

@NWA90s You should know being a paki, you don't need war to fuck up pakistan or india, they're all fucked up to begin with. That's why you're all leaving in droves and heading to other countries, because of the uneducated morons and the filth. The only thing is, you still have that blood running through your veins. The States doesn't go into pakistan and make you all live in slums you're own government is good at that !!! Try another one pal!