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Who's Chanting War Songs? Iraqi Families Sell Organs Out Of Poverty by engrfaruq(m): 4:26am On Apr 22, 2016 |
Om Hussein is a mother close to breaking point. Along with her
husband and their four young children, she is struggling with poverty
like millions of other Iraqis. Her husband, Ali, is unemployed. He is diabetic and has heart problems. She has been the breadwinner for the past nine years, eking out a living as a housemaid. But she is now exhausted, and can no longer work. "I am tired and we cannot make any money to pay for the rent, medicine, children's needs and food," Ms Hussein said at the family's temporary one bedroom home in eastern Baghdad. Their dilapidated house collapsed a few months ago, and they have survived thanks to the help of friends and relatives. Her husband said I worked at everything you could think of. As a butcher, a day labourer, a rubbish collector. I would not ask for money, but they would give it to us. I would not ask for food. Grinding poverty has made the trafficking of kidneys and other organs a phenomenon in Baghdad. About 22.5% of Iraq's population of nearly 30 million people live in abject poverty, according to World Bank statistics from 2014. Gangs, offering up to $10,000 (£7,000) for a kidney, have increasingly targeted the country's poor, making it a new hub for the organ trade across the Middle East. "The phenomenon is so widespread that authorities are not capable of fighting it," said Firas al-Bayati, a human rights lawyer. "I have personally dealt over the past three months with 12 people who were arrested for selling their kidneys. And poverty was the reason behind their acts," he said. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36083800 |
Re: Who's Chanting War Songs? Iraqi Families Sell Organs Out Of Poverty by joshing(m): 4:31am On Apr 22, 2016 |
chisos poverty bad o |
Re: Who's Chanting War Songs? Iraqi Families Sell Organs Out Of Poverty by tit(f): 4:43am On Apr 22, 2016 |
Fulani are not making noise. they just caught off heads 1 Like |
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