Iraqi Children "Paying High Price..."

[Stuart G]

Source: BBC

Iraqi Children "Paying High Price":...


An Iraqi girl crouches in a street in central Baghdad (4 December 2007)
The violence led to extreme hardship for many children in Iraq
Two million children in Iraq are facing threats including poor nutrition, lack of education, disease and violence, the UN children's agency, Unicef, has said.
Hundreds were killed in violence during 2007, while 1,350 were detained by the authorities, it said in a new report.
Some 25,000 children and their families had to leave their homes each month to seek shelter in other parts of Iraq.
But Unicef said the fall in violence in recent months was opening a window for more international assistance.
Earlier, the top US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, told the BBC that the number of violent attacks in Iraq had fallen to its lowest in two-and-a-half years.
According to recent figures, some 536 Iraqis have died in violence so far this month, compared with more than 2,300 in December 2006.
'High price'
In a report entitled "Little Respite for Iraq's Children in 2007", Unicef said Iraqi children continued to pay too high a price for their country's turmoil, and that this year things had got worse.

Iraqi children were frequently caught in the crossfire of conflict throughout 2007
Unicef
The report said an average 25,000 children per month were being displaced from their homes as their families fled violence or intimidation. By the end of the year, 75,000 children had resorted to living in camps or temporary shelt



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See what Mr. Bush has done?

.............Merry Christmas Mr. Bush...

[wilt the stilt]

1. two million Al Queda

members recruited

[L0oniX]

2. That will teach them not to attack us, make wmd's and help Osama.

:sarcasm: