I can't believe this. The outrage never ends.
Buried in the Boston Globe, Over half of Iraqis struggle in poverty. (Reg. may be required. I forget.)
The UN World Food Program, which monitors the distribution of rations, recently reported ''significant countrywide shortages of rice, sugar, milk, and infant formula." Families in Baghdad haven't received sugar or baby milk since January. Newspapers have also begun reporting that the tea and flour handouts contain metal filings and that people have fallen ill after consuming food rations.
NO BABY MILK IN BAGHDAD SINCE JANUARY? UNBELIEVABLE! I AM SO GODDAMN ANGRY! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Iraqis were already poor, they'll say.
The country's median income fell from $255 in 2003 to about $144 in 2004, according to a recent UN survey.
Mr. President, why are you not feeding the Iraqi people? What have you done with our $300 billion?
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