Cholera outbreak south of Baghdad.
By on Sep 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Cholera outbreak south of Baghdad.
Cholera — a “gastrointestinal disease typically spread by drinking contaminated water” — has broken out in a province south of Baghdad. At least 20 cases have been reported, although local authorities “insist the real figure is much higher and have complained that the government in Baghdad has been slow in responding to the outbreak.” According to a March poll, only 38 percent of Iraqis rate the availability of clean water as “good.”
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So…that’s how you spell liberation… c-h-o-l-e-r-a
thank god the surge is working
September 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pmHow come the Iraqis aren’t more grateful about the gift of freedumb we have given them?
September 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pmLooks like the Iraqis have another reason to be grateful to Amerika for their ‘liberation’.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:14 pmWe’re trying to do as well there as we did in New Orleans. Heck of a job brownie.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pmKBR is supplying water to Iraqis, too, now? I thought it was just our servicepeople….
September 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThey’re just a bunch of whiners. That’s not Cholera, that’s just a contagious case of liquid freedom farts that is breaking out all over that liberated land.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThis is sad.
Children’s Gastro-Intestinal systems are particularly vulnerable to Cholera. Adults suffer greatly, but children can & do die.
While we’re bombing women & children to death in Afghanistan, we’re doing it with virii & bacteria in Iraq.
This is total madness. Psycho Cheney & Puppet Bush bear much of the responsibility, but at some point, we as citizens do, too.
Let’s quit playing Good Germans & get to work. If you don’t have a lawn sign or are volunteering, please consider it.
America is too great to allow profit whores to run rampant.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:21 pmAnother mission (death and destruction of a culture) accomplished for the BushitCo bastards.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pmThank you, Zimzone. I was getting ready to post another snarky “who woulda thunk”, but what you wrote truly gave me pause. And you are correct.
We as a country may not be turning out back on the smoke pouring from crematoriums, but we have been and continue to allow ourselves to avert our eyes from Iraq, Darfur, and in many cases, the family down the street being evicted.
The specter of Iraq has been raised on TP a few times today, and we do owe it to that country to at least care. When I hear McStain and Palin talk about getting some of Iraq’s $78 billion surplus back because they aren’t paying for their reconstruction, it sickens me. Again, it’s all about money.
It is time for our country to come together, work together and move forward.
And don’t worry about me, I’m doing everything I can do make sure we elect Obama and take our country back.
PEACE
September 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pmThe greatest cause of death from war is not actual violence, but the conditions that civil strife creates. The lack of safe drinking water, access to medicines and health care are devastating to the nonfighting population. Food can be difficult to move and we’re all aware of Iraq’s electricity problem.
None of this is new to world leaders. Bush/Cheney knew this when they pushed the “Shock & Awe” button.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pmAmerikan ‘lberation’, the gift that keeps on giving.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:55 pm‘liberation’
September 8th, 2008 at 4:55 pmWe bombed their infrastructure and they don’t have water.
What is the expected result ?
September 8th, 2008 at 5:07 pmAnother example of an occupying country failing in its responsibility towards the people of the occupied country.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:13 pmAnother three cheers for this administration. (I guess someone can f*rt three times in a row.)
As a great Christian nation we appear as the anti-Christ to Iraq. We brought them pestilence, hunger, ethnic cleansing, mass exodus. They are just to stupid to realize this is freedom from The Great Liberator America. Is it possible for a country to be the ANTI-CHRIST?
September 8th, 2008 at 5:27 pmTo add to the linked to article – saying that in “extreme circumstances” cholera can lead to dehydration and death.
Normal treatment is to get someone in peril of dehydration and hook up the IV bags full of fluids. But the hospitals are all bombed out and don’t have access to even a lot of basic medical tools.
Considering the balmy weather of Iraq in the summer, I would imagine that would also increase the risk of dehydration.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pmOur tax dollars should be able to fix that…If not, maybe the troop surge will?
September 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pmAh…those poor people. Those poor, poor people.
We Americans are going to pay for this in hatred and blood for 100 years…
September 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pmAre we also responsible for the outbreak in Iran?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-08-30-cholera_N.htm
September 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pmAs if those people haven’t had enough misery.
Are they preparing the thank you note to the US at this very moment?
September 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pmbackup Says:
Are we also responsible for the outbreak in Iran?
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No because we arent occupying Iran. However occupying powers DO have certain responsibilities outlined in the Fourth Geneva convention and we are DEFINITLY responsible for the outbreak in Iraq
September 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pmWhat’s this have to do with Palin’s tits? Or Jesus? I hope the Cholera doesn’t cause abortions. As long as they aren’t raising taxes.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pmEugenedebs, while I agree with you, I remind you that according to the WH, WH Attorney General, etc. : the Geneva Convention is a quaint outdated document.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:48 pmJuly Casualty Totals: Chicago 52 – Iraq 13July casualty figures are nearly finalized for Iraq and Chicago, with Chicago having 4 times the number of murders as US Military Casualties in Iraq.
By my count, 7 of the casualties in Iraq were the result of hostile fire, the other 6 were accidents. Accidents, of course, are not regarded as homicide in Chicago.
In response to a previous comment, 4 homicides were counted in Sen. Obama’s former State Senate District, with the adjacent wards adding 13 more homicides.
Calculations may vary for Chicago, as ongoing cases are not consistenly included in homicide statistics. In Iraq, injuries which later result in death are counted in the month of the death rather than month of the injury.
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September 8th, 2008 at 9:31 pmCopano_Texian Says:
July Casualty Totals: Chicago 52 – Iraq 13July casualty figures are nearly finalized for Iraq and Chicago, with Chicago having 4 times the number of murders as US Military Casualties in Iraq.
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GOD you Limborg hiveminders are SO PATHETIC. The Greater Chicago area has a population of about 9.7 million people Chicago itself has a population of about 2.9 million. How many AMERICANS are in Baghdad? 20 or 30 thousand? That is more like asking how may White male CATHOLICS were murdered in Chicago. Of course this sort of stupidity only works on the exceptionally feebleminded and brainwashed hivemind moron. Congratulations for making the cut. MAN you are an idiot
September 8th, 2008 at 10:23 pmI see you compared the casualties of ALL American miliatry in Iraq that is STILL what 130 to 150 thousand that is STILL one twentieth the population of Chicago in the CITY LIMITS ALONE. You are a moron congratulations. This is what happens when you let a rightwing screechmonkey on AM radio do your thinking for you.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:29 pm