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Originally Posted by Webby
If there is that much interest or concern over the plight of the people in Iraq, why don't they trail after the average Iraqi family and show the problems and obstacle courses they have to face each day as a result of the "war"??
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Webby, life is a breeze in Iraq since the liberation .... I know, because a guy standing at a podium , mumbling freedom, forward, democracy, better ... in a garden told me so .....
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Food and fuel supplies are reportedly running out in the central Iraqi city of Samarra because of a curfew imposed after an insurgent attack 12 days ago.
Four babies are said to have died in the city's hospital because of a lack of fuel to power their incubators. Two elderly patients have also died.
Residents have called on US and Iraqi troops to end the restrictions and allow humanitarian aid into the city.
But only some aid deliveries have been allowed through after intense searches.
One Iraqi Red Crescent worker from the nearby town of Tikrit said that three of his organisation's trucks had been turned away.
"The humanitarian situation in Samarra is terrible," he said.
'Collective punishment'
The restrictions began on 6 May after a bomb attack killed 12 police officers, including the police chief, Abd al-Jalil al-Dulaimi.
US and Iraqi forces responded by encircling the mainly Sunni Arab city, blocking off entrances with concrete slabs and sand bags.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6671075.stm
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Babies in incubator ... reminds me of stories .....