.....Tired populace

[rodeodance]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4565633F-9691-44A8-B14E-F3D1F97C6414.htm


......Tired populace



The talk of fronts and political alliances, however, seems to carry little weight with Iraqis who continue to flee the country in droves.

They point to a lack of security, clean drinking water, electricity, and a failing infrastructure as reasons behind their flight.

According to Amnesty International, Iraq is suffering from the fastest growing displacement crisis in the world, with as many as 4.2 million people internally displaced, and over 2 million leaving the country.

But for Badriya al-Amiri, 39, an Iraqi housewife, the failure to start schools on time has been yet another sign the country is increasingly dysfunctional.

She said: "Schools just started today, several weeks too late, all that because our country is insecure. I will not send my seven-year-old daughter to school, it is dangerous - I will send only her two teenaged brothers."

She has given up in any talk of political reconciliation.

"We do hope that God will take care of us," she said.