The Real Surge in Iraq

In real life Iraq, there has definitely been a"surge" in:
-- daily attacks played down in the major media;
-- refugees fleeing for safety;
-- a near-total breakdown of essential services like electricity, drinking water, sanitation, medical care, education, security and even food compounded by mass unemployment and extreme poverty; the result is a crisis level humanitarian disaster of epic proportions that continues to worsen.

A July 30, 2007 Oxfam International and NCCI network of aid organizations report had grim findings. It estimates:
-- eight million Iraqis need emergency aid - one-third of the population;
-- four million can't buy enough to eat;
-- 70% of Iraqis have no adequate water supply;
-- 80% lack adequate sanitation;
-- 28% of children are malnourished;
-- the rate of underweight baby births has tripled;
-- 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems due to fear;
-- there's been a mass exodus of around 80% of doctors, nurses, teaching staff at schools and hospitals and other vitally needed professionals.

[Excerpt from Stephen Lendman, TheMicroEffect.com]