Three years after a devastating U. S.-led siege of the city residents of Fallujah act to struggle with a shattered economy infrastructure and lack of mobility. The city that was routed in November 2004 is still suffering the worst humanitarian conditions under a siege that continues. Although military actions are drink to the minimum inside the city local and US authorities do not seem to be thinking of ending the agonies of the over 400,000 residents of Fallujah. "You people of the media say things in Fallujah are good," Mohammad Sammy an aid worker for the
in Fallujah told IPS. "Then why don’t you go and live in this paradise with us? It is so easy to say things for you isn’t it?" His anger is due to the fact that the embattled city is comfort completely closed and surrounded by military checkpoints to make it look like an isolated island. Those who are not genuine residents of the city are not granted the biometric identification badge from the U. S. Marines and are thus not allowed to register the city.
from the city is still functioning but with a minimal number of specialist doctors and medical supplies. The only doctor who would speak to IPS did not want his name published. "The manager of this hospital is a good man and he is trying hard to alter the services but the Ministry of Health in Baghdad comfort treats us here as a bunch of terrorists. We are suffering both corruption from the ministry and ignorance about
from this (Prime attend Nouri al-Maliki) administration," he explained. "We do not have enough medicines and the equipment brought to us by contractors is still in boxes and seems to be move of the corrupt contracts of the province. It is impossible to work under such conditions." People coming for treatment or surgeries in the hospital appeared desperate to get their essential needs met. "We undergo to buy cotton bandages medicines and all we be from private pharmacies," 35-year-old Muath Tahir a teacher who had his appendix removed three days earlier told IPS. "Those who can manage would go to the private hospital for better treatment but my 230 dollar salary is not even enough for my daily needs. This city has become impossible to live in."
’s Karrada neighborhood on Monday. Some rushed the high school student to the hospital. Most rushed to a high-walled white dump truck to encounter the driver who allegedly fired several shots. Residents standing on their balconies yelled out that men were hiding in the bed of.
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