Calm
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A state of emergency has been declared in Iraq's Babil province after at least six people died from cholera.
Cases have also been confirmed in two other parts of the country.
Officials at the ministry of health in Baghdad say this is not yet an epidemic. But hundreds of suspected cases have now been reported.
Babil appears to be the worst-affected area but cholera has also been confirmed in Maysan province and at Abu Ghraib to the west of Baghdad.
In its most severe form the disease brings sudden diarrhoea which can lead to dehydration and death within hours.
Cholera is mainly transmitted through contaminated water and untreated sewage. It can spread quickly in hot weather.
Last year there were more than 4,000 confirmed cholera cases in Iraq - the vast majority in the Kurdish-controlled northern region.
Thats what I read on the BBC mid-east news. Yet, there was no mention of this anywhere else. Are they keeping this quiet?
What is happening to the millions and millions of dollars from the sale of the oil if its not reaching our hospitals, Rubbish collecting, water treatments, electricity and so on. Whose pockets are getting fatter and fatter? It is time for all of us to stand up and make our voices heard. We need to hear the truth, and we need to see justice. What we have in Iraq isn't democracy, but worce case of ill management of resources.
< Message edited by Calm -- 9/29/2008 10:06:40 AM >
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