spit_me
23.12.07, 03:11
I ponad 5-set miliardow dolcow wyrzucownych w bloto w panstwie ktore
ma jedno z najwiekszych zloz ropy na Swiecie zmniejsza i tak glodowe
racje najpotrzebniejszych artykulow zywnosciowych ,...
Niech jedza demokracje ,...
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Iraq set to slash food rations
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By Abdul-Ilah As-Saadi with Afif Sarhan in Baghdad
Up to eight million Iraqis still require immediate emergency aid,
with nearly half this
number living in "absolute poverty" according to Oxfam [GALLO/GETTY]
Iraq is set to halve essential items covered by rations and
subsidies because of insufficient funds and spiralling inflation, in
a further threat to an already deteriorating ration system.
The cuts, to be introduced at the beginning of 2008, have prompted
criticism from those who have already warned of social unrest if
measures are not taken to address rising poverty and unemployment.
Mohammed Hanoun, the Iraqi trade minister's chief of staff, told Al
Jazeera that a request for $7.2bn to cover 10 basic items currently
rationed and subsidised by the government had been rejected ,...
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F80EB18B-84C5-4939-9250-004F6697D8F2.htm