Posted on 01/31/2016 7:26:29 AM PST by Olog-hai
The United Nations has launched an appeal for $861 million in international humanitarian aid for Iraq. The country is struggling to cover humanitarian costs amid falling oil prices and the fight against "Islamic State."
Lise Grande, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said Sunday that $861 million (795 million euros) in aid was needed to reach Iraq's "most vulnerable," some 7.3 million people. [...]
The already huge number of displaced Iraqis is expected to increase further in 2016 as Iraqi forces fight to retake areas from jihadist militants in the Anbar and Nineveh provinces.
Iraq's revenues have also been hit by the recent plunge in oil prices, which has left Baghdad unable to cover the costs of addressing the humanitarian crisis. ...
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Iraq is beyond help until they rid the scourge of islam.
Hey Lise!
They just got $170 BILLION!!!!!
You should be FIRED just for suggesting such waste of UN funds.
Obama’s Fault
Sorry pal
We all gave at the office
There is no solution except irradiation for this mudscum scourge. It's obvious the kinder gentler way doesn't work at all.
Dictatorships are the perfect government for Muslims. At least under Saddam, all factions of Islam and even Christians co-existed together. Same with Gaddahfi. Who cares if he feeding his enemies to wood-chippers? Not our problem.
After 9/11, we should have immediately closed the borders and ended all Muslim immigration. Next, the war should have been limited to Afghanistan and Pakistan, using special ops, drones, and targeted assassinations.
It's time we stop trying to bring "democracy" to a region that's been in turmoil since biblical times.
Ba’ath “Christians” are not Christians. Ba’athism is Nazism.
Make the Jews pay, say the Arabs
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