IDP's finding little refuge in Iraq
Dahr Jamail reports for Al Jazeera (March 19th): Haifa
has been living as a refugee in a corner of the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad,
a stone's throw from the Tigris River, since 2007 when she fled increasing
sectarian violence in her native Nahrawan town.
And according to current figures from Iraq’s Ministry of
Migration and Displacement (MoMD), she is only one of 1.1 million other
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Iraq today.
UNHCR estimates provided to Al Jazeera by Jessica Hyba, the
Public Information and External Relations Officer in Iraq show that the
greatest number of IDP’s to be in the Baghdad governorate, and puts the number
at 200,000 Iraqis.
War's legacy of cancer
Dahr Jamail reports for Al Jazeera (March 15th):
Contamination from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions and other military-related
pollution is suspected of causing a sharp rises in congenital birth defects,
cancer cases, and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq.
Many prominent doctors and scientists contend that DU
contamination is also connected to the recent emergence of diseases that were
not previously seen in Iraq, such as new illnesses in the kidney, lungs, and
liver, as well as total immune system collapse. DU contamination may also be
connected to the steep rise in leukaemia, renal, and anaemia cases, especially
among children, being reported throughout many Iraqi governorates.
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