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muriel_volestrangler

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6. Eyewitness: Seven women and children have died since yesterday because of dehydration

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 12:00 PM

Aug 2014

We've been under siege for four days. We eat once a day - either in the morning or at night.

We've managed to get some basic food supplies from neighbouring areas, but three children died today because of starvation. Seven women and children have died since yesterday because of dehydration.

A lot of the people here have disabilities or suffer from serious illnesses like diabetes. It's 50C here and we're being bombarded indiscriminately.

We need help. Until now, no humanitarian aid has been delivered and no help provided by aid organisations - not the Red Cross or the Red Crescent, or even the United Nations. The Iraqi government and the Iraqi president have not helped. Nothing at all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28687329

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