Red Cross: Iraq situation getting worse.
By on Apr 11th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Red Cross: Iraq situation getting worse.
“Millions of Iraqis are in a ‘disastrous’ situation that is getting worse, with mothers appealing for someone to pick up the bodies on the street so their children will be spared the horror of looking at them on their way to school, the international Red Cross said Wednesday.”
UPDATE: In Mosul, “the body remained dumped in the street for hours as all ambulance drivers refused to carry the body due to the death threats directed at them not to carry the bodies from armed groups’ attacks.” Police officers are now reportedly tasked with removing dead bodies, and “the police command operations room has suffered.”
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http://english.aljazeera.net/English
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April 11th, 2007 at 3:04 pmYou people don’t get it. Iraq streets are “littered” with body parts. A head here, next to another mans arm, next to a foot. It is like this all up and down the streets. Think of trash littered here in the worst usa city. Just replace same with B L O O D Y parts.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:05 pmToday I have absolutely zero hope for this country. Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel different, but not today. That we could do such things to a nation which never threatened us and still continue to do so, AND that our utterly feckless, hopeless, worse-than-dead political MAJORITY PARTY allows it to continue is just beyond the pale.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:05 pmThe Pentagon will lengthen tours of duty for all active-duty Army units in Iraq to 15 months from the current 12 months
April 11th, 2007 at 3:06 pmThat’s not the smell of decaying corpses, it is the smell of freedom.
-Pus Lambrain
April 11th, 2007 at 3:09 pmSo, when are Chimpy and Dickkk going to visit? (without bullet proff vests, surrounded by military and in a roped off area)
April 11th, 2007 at 3:14 pm500 Terror Attacks in EU in 2006 – But Only 1 by Islamists
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/
April 11th, 2007 at 3:14 pmAre there body parts in that market where McCain shopped?
April 11th, 2007 at 3:14 pmI agree the Dems in Congress need to grow a pair and impeach this administration.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:15 pm“http://english.aljazeera.net/English
Comment by Tobey Tall — April 11, 2007″
It figures you dopes would believe something you read in aljazeera!
April 11th, 2007 at 3:15 pmThe International Committee of the Red Cross is an anti-American, liberal, Islamofascism-loving organization part of the vast left-wing conspiracy to make our Dear Leader look bad.
/sarcasm off
April 11th, 2007 at 3:15 pmkinda like the bodies left to rot following katrina…
April 11th, 2007 at 3:19 pmComment by michael — April 11, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
It figures you dopes would believe something you read from the Administration!
April 11th, 2007 at 3:20 pmSo, when are Chimpy and Dickkk going to visit? (without bullet proff vests, surrounded by military and in a roped off area)
Comment by Kay — April 11, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
No time. hehehehe. Too busy counting our money. snicker, snicker, burp
April 11th, 2007 at 3:21 pmGregor; our wannabe “fuhrer” doesn’t need ANY help to look bad. He did it all on his own.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:22 pmmichael; al-jazeera has more credibilty than our own msm. The Bush admin has a credibilty gap bigger than the Grand Canyon. Go suck a trailer hitch.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:25 pmAnyone else get the feeling the Bush admin gets sexually excited off things goin down hill in Iraq while denying it to everyone else?
Jus askin, these people couldn’t be more sadistic
April 11th, 2007 at 3:30 pmLyndsey Graham said he bought 5 livers for $5.00 and he plans on donating them to Duke Cunningham and Mark Foley. The other three he’ll throw over the fence at the Cheney compound. Deadeye Dick is done hibernating and is looking for some fresh meat.
-GSD
April 11th, 2007 at 3:31 pmIt figures you dopes would believe something you read in aljazeera! Comment by michael — April 11, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
Says the dope that used to support Al Qaeda to fight commies. Oh wait, you didn’t fight michael, you hid under your desk while the real men like Kerry fought for your right to wear a skirt wherever you like.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:33 pmour wannabe “fuhrer†doesn’t need ANY help to look bad.
Comment by Uncle Ho — April 11, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
Which is why I have to laugh every time one of the Bush cultists comes here to whine about how that mean “liberal” media are making their authoritarian father figure “look bad”.
Those poor, mentally feeble Bush cultists….
April 11th, 2007 at 3:38 pmIt costed $340 billion for Iraq War thus far and it only needs $19 billions to save the people in global poverty. I hope our political leader will realize how much money and precious lives they are wasting on a war against “terrorism”.
April 11th, 2007 at 4:44 pmAccording to Boren Project, $12 billion can provide education for every kid on earth; $15 billion can provide access to water and sanitation. Comparing to the $522 billion U.S. military budget, these annual cost of improving the world is very little.
It is really not so hard if we are truly willing to make a change and bring peace to the world bot by military solution but by humanitarian aid.
I am ashamed of being in the Western Civilization.
I think only after 5th avenue is filled with corpses, people will understand that there is no such a thing as a “just” war.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:03 pm#24 ” It costed $340 billion for Iraq War thus far …”
April 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pmWhat I want to know is WHO ended up with the $340 Billion. Wouldn’t surprise me if they were Big Bush Supporters.
This country accrued a good portion of bad karma when they dropped two atom bombs on civilian populations in Japan. This complete and utter disaster that we have brought to the Iraqi people is even worse, I think.
“…mothers appealing for someone to pick up the bodies on the street so their children will be spared the horror of looking at them on their way to school.”
This horror, resulting in incredible trauma to these people…and especially the kids, is earning more and more anger and hostility toward the U.S. every day. And we live here, and will get to participate in that resultant hostility and anger sooner or later.
THIS IS A SIN!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 6:41 pm#
It costed $340 billion for Iraq War thus far and it only needs $19 billions to save the people in global poverty. I hope our political leader will realize how much money and precious lives they are wasting on a war against “terrorismâ€.
According to Boren Project, $12 billion can provide education for every kid on earth; $15 billion can provide access to water and sanitation. Comparing to the $522 billion U.S. military budget, these annual cost of improving the world is very little.
It is really not so hard if we are truly willing to make a change and bring peace to the world bot by military solution but by humanitarian aid.
Comment by Eliakim — April 11, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
Well said and you are completely right. Unfortunately, the human race is still a long way from being evolved to this level. If we can avoid blowing the world up, or utterly destroying the environment, we might reach this point someday. Generations from now. Pray.
April 11th, 2007 at 6:46 pmIt saddens me to imagine all the dead bodies left lying on the streets. Like it is in Iraq, suffering and death is also widely prevelant in poverty-stricken neighborhoods- especially in Africa- where people barely survive on less than $1 a day (which is 1 out of every 5 person on earth). Consequently, as long as Bush makes no attempt to eradicate global poverty or end the war, people will continue to suffer. The Millennium Development Goals, therefore, were agreed upon by 191 world leaders in 2000 to cut global poverty in half by 2015 and eliminate it by 2025. By combating global poverty (which is at the root of the problem), Bush can protect our country from future terrorists and save millions of lives.
April 11th, 2007 at 6:51 pmI think only after 5th avenue is filled with corpses, people will understand that there is no such a thing as a “just†war.
Comment by Juan C
I’m not sure they’d understand it then, either.
April 11th, 2007 at 6:52 pmand Bush just keeps on smirking…..
April 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pmSWEET MOTHER MACREE,
April 12th, 2007 at 12:35 amJESUS F*CKING CHRIST!!!!
THE INHUMANITY OF MAN–CHANGE THAT–IN-HUMAN CHIMPya AND Bushland Uber Allies TO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS IN Iraq!!!!!