"We're helpless," says Iraqi surgeon ("They use cluster bombs")

Why are these hospitals not getting supplies....for crying out loud....

would be my guess. :(

Halliburton going into the Medical supply field...

funding children's hospitals in Iraq? Was that part of the propaganda less than a year ago?

two for a nickle one for a dime rhetoric

the use of depleted uranium weapons as war crimes of the highest order . . . the "collateral damage" that each causes takes them far beyond the legitimate uses of weaponry in wartime . . .

on edit: it continues to amaze and disgust me that our "leaders" in Congress remain mute about the kinds of weapons BushCo is using in Iraq . . . and their disastrous impact on the civilian population . . . they KNOW about it, but they refuse to DO -- or even SAY -- anything about it . . .

maybe because the own stock in the weapons manufacturers? . . . or because those companies have plants in their states/districts? . . . just speculating, mind you, but I wouldn't be surprised . . .

that's one thing that princess diana was so so right about and that's fighting these terrible weapons.

...to compensate for US troops going into "force-protection" mode.

ITMFA

:( :( :mad:

man's inhumanity against man...

As the NeoCons fatten their wallets

And that's exactly how the world sees it.

I don't recall which one, but this was reported in The Architect of Genocide (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874515963/sr=8-1/qid=1144953973/ref=sr_1_1/103-2730935-6778244?%5Fencoding=UTF8).

:eyes:

I so cringe with guilt for what has been done to these people in OUR name. :cry:

we must take action before the rest of world think the American people are as bad as their politicians. Geez, this is just disgusting, Iran watch out.

To see news of the mothers in agony whose beloved children were killed in their own homes by OUR cluster bombs, was the worst sight I could ever see.

They used illegal bombs in an illegal war due to an illegal president.

Their love of money and power, cost us our world.

Didn't the fine GOP candidate running for Duke Cunningham's congressional seat say that all is well in Iraq? He even had pictures of Burger King and all. How can this be?

What a hell hole bush has made....

:(

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6NSJ49?OpenDocument

BAGHDAD, 12 April (IRIN) - The National Blood Transfusion Centre (NBTC) in the capital, Baghdad, is making urgent appeals for blood donations due to a shortage caused by the worsening security situation and rising sectarian violence.

"We need reagents, gloves, syringes and - above all - we need blood donors to help their Iraqi brothers who are suffering due to the lack of blood for transfusions," said NBTC Director Dr Hayder al-Shammari. "We can't meet the demand, and this could cause very serious problems in the coming days." He added that the NBTC's blood banks, used now only in emergency cases, were almost depleted.

Ahmed Odey, a haematologist at the centre, said that about 15 percent of all blood donated locally was rejected due to the presence of infections and other defects. "We practically haven't found any cases of HIV, but hepatitis commonly comes up in laboratory tests," said Odey.

According to al-Shammari, the demand for blood has tripled since last December and has escalated further within the last couple weeks of rising violence. "We were supplying Baghdad with about 300 blood bags per day last year," said al-Shammari. "These days, though, this number can climb as high as 1,000 bags a day."